2007 Sunshine Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 2007 Sunshine Tour 2007 1 11 y – 2007 12 16 y 28 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (3) Order of Merit ZAF James Kingston Players' Player of the Year Rookie of the Year ENG Ross McGowan 2006–07 2008 The 2007 Sunshine Tour was the 37th 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 2007 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=207T~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2007 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.Notes14 JanJoburg OpenGauteng€1,000,000ARG Ariel Cañete (n/a)20EURNew tournament28 JanDimension Data Pro-AmNorth West1,600,000ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (2)14Pro-Am4 FebNashua MastersEastern Cape1,200,000ZAF Jean Hugo (5)1418 FebVodacom ChampionshipGauteng2,200,000ZAF Richard Sterne (2)1425 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng2,250,000ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (3)1411 MarMount Edgecombe TrophyKwaZulu-Natal500,000ZAF Steve van Vuuren (7)n/a1 AprFinance Bank Zambia OpenZambia750,000ZAF Steve Basson (3)n/a15 AprEskom Power CupNorth West400,000ZAF Chris Swanepoel (1)n/a20 AprVodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape400,000ZAF Andrew Curlewis (1)n/a5 MaySamsung Royal Swazi Sun OpenSwaziland600,000ZAF Des Terblanche (7)n/a11 MayVodacom Origins of Golf at PretoriaGauteng400,000ZAF Hennie Otto (7)n/a19 MaySuncoast ClassicKwaZulu-Natal400,000BRA Adilson da Silva (3)n/a10 JunLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland350,000ZAF Peter Karmis (1)n/aNew tournament15 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at SelborneKwaZulu-Natal400,000ZAF George Coetzee (1)n/a30 JunNashua Golf ChallengeNorth West400,000ZAF Warren Abery (6)n/aNew tournament3 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at BloemfonteinFree State400,000ZAF Ulrich van den Berg (5)n/a24 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at FancourtWestern Cape400,000BRA Adilson da Silva (4)n/a31 AugTelkom PGA Pro-AmGauteng350,000ZAF Michiel Bothma (2)n/a8 SepSeekers Travel Pro-AmGauteng400,000ZAF James Kamte (1)n/a28 SepVodacom Origins of Golf FinalEastern Cape400,000ZAF Titch Moore (6)n/a7 OctBearing Man Highveld ClassicMpumalanga400,000ZWE Marc Cayeux (8)n/a20 OctMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipNamibia700,000ZAF Keith Horne (2)n/a27 OctPlatinum ClassicNorth West705,000ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (4)n/a22 NovCoca-Cola Charity ChampionshipWestern Cape500,000ZAF Titch Moore (7)n/a28 NovNedbank Affinity CupNorth West500,000ZAF Mark Murless (3)n/aNew tournament2 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$4,385,000ZAF Trevor Immelman (5)34Limited-field event9 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,000,000ENG John Bickerton (n/a)22EUR16 DecSouth African Airways OpenWestern Cape€1,000,000ZAF James Kingston (7)32EURFlagship event Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertourstoursNotes11 NovHSBC ChampionsChinaUS$5,000,000USA Phil Mickelson52ANZ,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://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=207T~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2007 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 9 September 2023https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/final-71-nets-extra-r2m-for-kingston-582732 Final 71 nets extra R2m for Kingston Independent Online Grant Winter 17 December 2007 9 September 2023 This victory for Kingston is huge. Not only is it worth R1.6m in prizemoney, but it means he has finished No 1 on the 2007 Order of Merit. PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF James Kingston 1,980,6892 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 1,596,8463 ZAF Andrew McLardy 1,387,4754 ZAF Hennie Otto 1,331,3765 ZAF Richard Sterne 966,547 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) ENG Ross McGowan https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/golf/ross-has-a-lot-of-shine-529403 Ross has a lot of Shine Daily Mirror 19 December 2007 9 September 2023 Ross McGowan was named the 2007 Bobby Locke Rookie of the Year after a superb debut season on the Sunshine Tour. Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour