2008 Sunshine Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 2008 Sunshine Tour 2008 1 10 y – 2008 12 21 y 30 ZAF Richard Sterne (3) Order of Merit ZAF Richard Sterne Players' Player of the Year Rookie of the Year ZAF Louis Moolman 2007 2009 The 2008 Sunshine Tour was the 38th 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 2008 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=208S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2008 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 8 September 2023 DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)Winnertotals 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.OWGRpointsOthertourstours ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.Notes13 JanJoburg OpenGauteng€1,100,000ZAF Richard Sterne (3)20EUR27 JanDimension Data Pro-AmNorth West1,800,000ZAF James Kamte (2)14Pro-Am3 FebNashua MastersEastern Cape1,200,000ZWE Marc Cayeux (9)1410 FebAfrica OpenEastern Cape1,200,000ZAF Shaun Norris (1)14New tournament17 FebVodacom ChampionshipGauteng2,400,000ZAF James Kingston (8)1424 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng2,500,000ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (5)142 MarMount Edgecombe TrophyKwaZulu-Natal500,000ZAF Mark Murless (4)n/a30 MarChainama Hills Zambia OpenZambia750,000ZAF Tyrone Ferreira (1)n/a4 AprVodacom Origins of Golf at BloemfonteinFree State440,000ZAF Dion Fourie (2)n/a25 AprVodacom Origins of Golf at PretoriaGauteng440,000ZAF Tyrone van Aswegen (1)n/a10 MaySamsung Royal Swazi Sun OpenSwaziland700,000ZAF Jean Hugo (6)n/a17 MayNashua Golf ChallengeNorth West500,000ZAF Keith Horne (3)n/a30 MayVodacom Origins of Golf at SelborneKwaZulu-Natal440,000ZAF Jean Hugo (7)n/a8 JunLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland400,000ZAF Merrick Bremner (1)n/a23 AugSAA Pro-Am InvitationalWestern Cape500,000ZAF George Coetzee (2)n/a29 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape440,000ZAF Garth Mulroy (1)n/a5 SepTelkom PGA Pro-AmGauteng400,000ZAF Merrick Bremner (2)n/a13 SepSuncoast ClassicKwaZulu-Natal500,000ZAF Jake Roos (1)n/a19 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at HumewoodEastern Cape440,000ZAF George Coetzee (3)n/a4 OctSeekers Travel Pro-AmGauteng440,000ZAF Trevor Fisher Jnr (3)n/a12 OctBMG ClassicGauteng500,000SCO Doug McGuigan (3)n/aNew tournament19 OctMetmar Highveld ClassicMpumalanga600,000ZAF James Kamte (3)n/a24 OctVodacom Origins of Golf FinalWestern Cape440,000ZAF Jaco van Zyl (2)n/a1 NovPlatinum ClassicNorth West705,000ZAF Thomas Aiken (7)n/a9 NovMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipNamibia1,000,000ZWE Tongoona Charamba (2)n/a27 NovCoca-Cola Charity ChampionshipWestern Cape550,000ZAF Garth Mulroy (2)n/a3 DecNedbank Affinity CupNorth West550,000ZAF Tyrone van Aswegen (2)n/a7 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$4,385,000SWE Henrik Stenson (n/a)34Limited-field event14 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,000,000ZAF Richard Sterne (4)24EUR21 DecSouth African Open ChampionshipWestern Cape€1,000,000ZAF Richard Sterne (5)40EURFlagship event Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertourstoursNotes9 NovHSBC ChampionsChinaUS$5,000,000ESP Sergio García52ANZ,PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event ASA,Asian Tour unofficial event EURLimited-field event Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.https://sst.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=208S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2008 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 19 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419163148/https://sst.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=208S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 19 April 2023https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/sterne-proves-hes-a-true-diamond-596743 Sterne proves he's a true diamond Independent Online Grant Winter 22 December 2008 19 April 2023 That win at Leopard Creek, incidentally, sealed 2008 Sunshine Order of Merit honours for him with earnings of just over R3.8-million. Now he's added a further R2.15-million, bringing his seasons earnings to almost R6-million. PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF Richard Sterne 5,999,2652 ZAF Garth Mulroy 1,442,3513 ZAF Thomas Aiken 967,3784 ZAF Mark Murless 885,0565 ZAF James Kingston 775,903 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) ZAF Louis Moolman https://www.europeantour.com/players/louis-moolman-35948/ Louis Moolman European Tour 9 September 2023 The same year, he won the Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year award following ten top 20 finishes. Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour