2014 Sunshine Tour

2014 Sunshine Tour season
Duration6 February 2014 (2014-02-06) – 11 January 2015 (2015-01-11)
Number of official events26
Most winsSouth Africa Louis de Jager (2)
South Africa Keith Horne (2)
South Africa Titch Moore (2)
South Africa Daniel van Tonder (2)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Thomas Aiken
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Haydn Porteous
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The 2014 Sunshine Tour was the 44th 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

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
9 Feb Joburg Open Gauteng €1,300,000 South Africa George Coetzee (5) 20 EUR
16 Feb Africa Open Eastern Cape €1,000,000 South Africa Thomas Aiken (8) 20 EUR
23 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 3,750,000 Argentina Estanislao Goya (n/a) 14 Pro-Am
2 Mar Tshwane Open Gauteng €1,500,000 England Ross Fisher (n/a) 20 EUR
23 Mar Investec Cup North West 1,000,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (8) 14
6 Apr Telkom Business PGA Championship Gauteng 3,750,000 South Africa Titch Moore (8) 14
13 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,800,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (3) 14
10 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,000,000 South Africa Daniel van Tonder (1) 14
18 May Mopani Copper Mines Zambia Open Zambia US$250,000 South Africa Wallie Coetsee (2) 14
25 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 900,000 South Africa Christiaan Basson (3) 6
8 Jun Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1,200,000 South Africa Lyle Rowe (1) 14 New tournament
27 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf at Euphoria Limpopo 600,000 South Africa Daniel van Tonder (2) 6
4 Jul Sun City Challenge North West 700,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (2) 6
25 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 600,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (15) 4
1 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis Eastern Cape 600,000 South Africa Keith Horne (6) 6
29 Aug Wild Waves Golf Challenge Kwazulu-Natal 700,000 South Africa Colin Nel (1) 6
5 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun Eastern Cape 600,000 South Africa Louis de Jager (2) 7
3 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace Free State 600,000 South Africa PH McIntyre (1) 4
10 Oct Sun Boardwalk Golf Challenge Eastern Cape 600,000 South Africa Titch Moore (9) 4 New tournament
19 Oct BMG Classic Gauteng 800,000 South Africa Merrick Bremner (4) 7
31 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 650,000 South Africa Keith Horne (7) 4
6 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West 750,000 South Africa Louis de Jager (3) 4
30 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 1,500,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (2) 14
7 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$6,500,000 England Danny Willett (n/a) 38 EUR Limited-field event
14 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000 South Africa Branden Grace (4) 22 EUR
11 Jan South African Open Championship Gauteng 14,500,000 England Andy Sullivan (n/a) 32 EUR Flagship event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Thomas Aiken 4,057,642
2 South Africa Daniel van Tonder 3,900,386
3 South Africa George Coetzee 3,339,251
4 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 2,081,444
5 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr 2,052,708

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) South Africa Haydn Porteous [4][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Sunshine Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2014 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2014 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ Winter, Grant (12 January 2015). "Aiken captures Order of Merit". Cape Times. Cape Town, South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2023 – via Pressreader.
  4. ^ "2014 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ Titleist South Africa [@TitleistAfrica] (13 January 2015). "RT & join us in congratulating Titleist loyalist @HaydnPorteous" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 April 2023 – via Twitter. Winner of the '14 Sunshine Tour Rookie of the year!