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The full 2023–24 schedule was announced in May 2023 and was originally intended to have 32 tournaments, and include co-sanctioned tournaments with the European Tour and Challenge Tour. [1] Notably, the Zanaco Masters returned to the schedule, having not been played on the Sunshine Tour since 2019.
The 2024–25 Sunshine Tour will be the 54th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971. Schedule [ edit ]
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the Southern Africa Tour or Sunshine Circuit ; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the FNB Tour [ 1 ] and the Vodacom Tour . [ 2 ]
In March 2024, Williams was defeated in a sudden-death playoff by Jordan Gumberg at the SDC Championship, an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. [10] He went on to finish second on the 2023–24 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit and earned Rookie of the Year honours. Williams also claimed a European Tour card for the 2025 ...
In May, Norris claimed the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit for the 2021–22 season. [5] [6] In December 2024, Norris won the season-ending Golf Nippon Series JT Cup for his seventh on the Japan Golf Tour. [7] Two weeks later, he won the Alfred Dunhill Championship for his second European Tour victory. [8]
In 2020, he won 4 tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in the space of 3 months. In March 2021, van Tonder claimed his first European Tour victory at the Kenya Savannah Classic. He defeated Jazz Janewattananond with a tap-in birdie on the third playoff hole. [3] The following month he lost in a four-man playoff for the Limpopo Championship. [4]
The 2023 event was scheduled as a co-sanctioned European Tour and Sunshine Tour event, played at The Club at Steyn City, the same venue in which the 2022 Steyn City Championship was played at. [3] In 2024, Matteo Manassero won the tournament by three shots in fading light, claiming his fifth European Tour victory and first in nearly 11 years. [4]
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [2] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2024–25 Sunshine Tour .