2009 Sunshine Tour

The 2009 Sunshine Tour was the 39th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2009 Sunshine Tour season

Duration	8 January 2009 (2009-01-08) – 20 December 2009 (2009-12-20)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Darren Fichardt (3) Brandon Pieters (3) Jaco van Zyl (3)
Order of Merit	Anders Hansen
Rookie of the Year	Graham DeLaet
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
11 Jan	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,100,000	Anders Hansen (1)	20	EUR
18 Jan	Africa Open Golf Challenge	Eastern Cape	5,000,000	Retief Goosen (6)	18
25 Jan	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	1,800,000	Deane Pappas (2)	14		Pro-Am
1 Feb	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,200,000	Darren Fichardt (7)	14
15 Feb	Vodacom Championship	Gauteng	2,650,000	Anders Hansen (2)	14
22 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	2,750,000	Jaco van Zyl (3)	14
3 Apr	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein	Free State	480,000	Trevor Fisher Jnr (4)	n/a
2 May	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st)	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Adilson da Silva (5)	n/a
9 May	Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	750,000	Jaco van Zyl (4)	n/a
16 May	Nashua Golf Challenge	North West	500,000	Doug McGuigan (4)	n/a
22 May	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria	Gauteng	480,000	Brandon Pieters (1)	n/a
7 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	500,000	Peter Karmis (2)	n/a
25 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Fancourt	Western Cape	480,000	Brandon Pieters (2)	n/a
8 Aug	Suncoast Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	500,000	Louis de Jager (1)	n/a
14 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale	Western Cape	480,000	Jaco Ahlers (1)	n/a
21 Aug	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	450,000	Jaco van Zyl (5)	n/a
30 Aug[c] 28 Mar	Zambia Open	Zambia	800,000	Jbe' Kruger (1)	n/a
5 Sep	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd)	Gauteng	500,000	Ryan Tipping (1)	n/a
18 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne	KwaZulu-Natal	480,000	Darren Fichardt (8)	n/a
3 Oct	SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd)	Western Cape	500,000	Prinavin Nelson (1)	n/a
9 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Western Cape	480,000	Brandon Pieters (3)	n/a
18 Oct	BMG Classic	Gauteng	500,000	Graham DeLaet (1)	n/a
25 Oct	Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	600,000	Lindani Ndwandwe (2)	n/a
31 Oct	Platinum Classic	North West	705,000	Darren Fichardt (9)	n/a
15 Nov	MTC Namibia PGA Championship	Namibia	1,000,000	Hennie Otto (8)	14
26 Nov	Coca-Cola Charity Championship	Western Cape	550,000	Christiaan Basson (1)	n/a
2 Dec	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	550,000	Jake Roos (2)	n/a
6 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$4,385,000	Robert Allenby (n/a)	30		Limited-field event
13 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,000,000	Pablo Martín (n/a)	20	EUR
20 Dec	South African Open Championship	Western Cape	€1,000,000	Richie Ramsay (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.^[4][5]

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Anders Hansen	4,286,038
2	Charl Schwartzel	2,315,188
3	Darren Fichardt	1,475,026
4	Jaco van Zyl	1,333,023
5	David Drysdale	1,184,733

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Graham DeLaet	[6]

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.
3. Postponed from its original date in March.^[2][3]