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.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes13 JanJoburg OpenGauteng€1,100,000 Richard Sterne (3)20EUR27 JanDimension Data Pro-AmNorth West1,800,000 James Kamte (2)14Pro-Am3 FebNashua MastersEastern Cape1,200,000 Marc Cayeux (9)1410 FebAfrica OpenEastern Cape1,200,000 Shaun Norris (1)14New tournament17 FebVodacom ChampionshipGauteng2,400,000 James Kingston (8)1424 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng2,500,000 Louis Oosthuizen (5)142 MarMount Edgecombe TrophyKwaZulu-Natal500,000 Mark Murless (4)n/a30 MarChainama Hills Zambia OpenZambia750,000 Tyrone Ferreira (1)n/a4 AprVodacom Origins of Golf at BloemfonteinFree State440,000 Dion Fourie (2)n/a25 AprVodacom Origins of Golf at PretoriaGauteng440,000 Tyrone van Aswegen (1)n/a10 MaySamsung Royal Swazi Sun OpenSwaziland700,000 Jean Hugo (6)n/a17 MayNashua Golf ChallengeNorth West500,000 Keith Horne (3)n/a30 MayVodacom Origins of Golf at SelborneKwaZulu-Natal440,000 Jean Hugo (7)n/a8 JunLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland400,000 Merrick Bremner (1)n/a23 AugSAA Pro-Am InvitationalWestern Cape500,000 George Coetzee (2)n/a29 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape440,000 Garth Mulroy (1)n/a5 SepTelkom PGA Pro-AmGauteng400,000 Merrick Bremner (2)n/a13 SepSuncoast ClassicKwaZulu-Natal500,000 Jake Roos (1)n/a19 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at HumewoodEastern Cape440,000 George Coetzee (3)n/a4 OctSeekers Travel Pro-AmGauteng440,000 Trevor Fisher Jnr (3)n/a12 OctBMG ClassicGauteng500,000 Doug McGuigan (3)n/aNew tournament19 OctMetmar Highveld ClassicMpumalanga600,000 James Kamte (3)n/a24 OctVodacom Origins of Golf FinalWestern Cape440,000 Jaco van Zyl (2)n/a1 NovPlatinum ClassicNorth West705,000 Thomas Aiken (7)n/a9 NovMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipNamibia1,000,000 Tongoona Charamba (2)n/a27 NovCoca-Cola Charity ChampionshipWestern Cape550,000 Garth Mulroy (2)n/a3 DecNedbank Affinity CupNorth West550,000 Tyrone van Aswegen (2)n/a7 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$4,385,000 Henrik Stenson (n/a)34Limited-field event14 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,000,000 Richard Sterne (4)24EUR21 DecSouth African Open ChampionshipWestern Cape€1,000,000 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)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes9 NovHSBC ChampionsChinaUS$5,000,000 Sergio García52ANZ, ASA, EURLimited-field event
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 Richard Sterne 5,999,2652 Garth Mulroy 1,442,3513 Thomas Aiken 967,3784 Mark Murless 885,0565 James Kingston 775,903
Awards AwardWinner Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Louis Moolman
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