2002–03 Sunshine Tour

2002–03 Sunshine Tour season
Duration21 February 2002 (2002-02-21) – 2 February 2003 (2003-02-02)
Number of official events15
Most winsSouth Africa Hennie Otto (3)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Trevor Immelman
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel

The 2002–03 Sunshine Tour was the 32nd 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 2002–03 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
24 Feb Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 500,000 South Africa Andrew McLardy (3) 12
10 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia €95,000 Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (5) 10 CHA
23 Mar FNB Botswana Open Botswana 275,000 South Africa Hendrik Buhrmann (2) n/a
11 May Limpopo Industrelek Classic Limpopo 225,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (3) n/a
19 May Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 200,000 South Africa James Kingston (6) n/a
28 Sep Vodacom Golf Classic Gauteng 200,000 South Africa Ashley Roestoff (10) n/a
6 Oct Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 200,000 South Africa Titch Moore (3) n/a
3 Nov Platinum Classic North West 500,000 South Africa Titch Moore (4) n/a
17 Nov Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 1,250,000 South Africa Michiel Bothma (1) 12
24 Nov Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (4) 12
8 Dec Vodacom Players Championship Western Cape 2,000,000 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (33) 12
12 Jan South African Airways Open Western Cape £500,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman (2) 32 EUR Flagship event
19 Jan Dunhill Championship Gauteng £500,000 England Mark Foster (2) 18 EUR
26 Jan Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 2,000,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman (3) 16 Pro-Am
2 Feb The Tour Championship Mpumalanga 2,000,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (5) 12 Tour Championship

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 Trevor Immelman 2,044,279
2 England Mark Foster 1,110,935
3 South Africa Hennie Otto 877,118
4 South Africa Bradford Vaughan 854,746
5 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 580,960

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) South Africa Charl Schwartzel [3]

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. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2002/03 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2002/03 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Winter, Grant (3 February 2003). "Otto king of Leopard Creek jungle". Independent Online. Retrieved 10 September 2023. Immelman topped the list on R2,044,279, with Briton Mark Foster second on R1 110 935, followed by Otto. Tim Clark (R901,036) earned more than Otto, but did not qualify for the order of merit due to having played only three events... Charl Schwartzel, 18, was awarded the Bobby Locke Trophy as rookie of the year.