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.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes14 JanJoburg OpenGauteng€1,000,000 Ariel Cañete (n/a)20EURNew tournament28 JanDimension Data Pro-AmNorth West1,600,000 Louis Oosthuizen (2)14Pro-Am4 FebNashua MastersEastern Cape1,200,000 Jean Hugo (5)1418 FebVodacom ChampionshipGauteng2,200,000 Richard Sterne (2)1425 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng2,250,000 Louis Oosthuizen (3)1411 MarMount Edgecombe TrophyKwaZulu-Natal500,000 Steve van Vuuren (7)n/a1 AprFinance Bank Zambia OpenZambia750,000 Steve Basson (3)n/a15 AprEskom Power CupNorth West400,000 Chris Swanepoel (1)n/a20 AprVodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape400,000 Andrew Curlewis (1)n/a5 MaySamsung Royal Swazi Sun OpenSwaziland600,000 Des Terblanche (7)n/a11 MayVodacom Origins of Golf at PretoriaGauteng400,000 Hennie Otto (7)n/a19 MaySuncoast ClassicKwaZulu-Natal400,000 Adilson da Silva (3)n/a10 JunLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland350,000 Peter Karmis (1)n/aNew tournament15 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at SelborneKwaZulu-Natal400,000 George Coetzee (1)n/a30 JunNashua Golf ChallengeNorth West400,000 Warren Abery (6)n/aNew tournament3 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at BloemfonteinFree State400,000 Ulrich van den Berg (5)n/a24 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at FancourtWestern Cape400,000 Adilson da Silva (4)n/a31 AugTelkom PGA Pro-AmGauteng350,000 Michiel Bothma (2)n/a8 SepSeekers Travel Pro-AmGauteng400,000 James Kamte (1)n/a28 SepVodacom Origins of Golf FinalEastern Cape400,000 Titch Moore (6)n/a7 OctBearing Man Highveld ClassicMpumalanga400,000 Marc Cayeux (8)n/a20 OctMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipNamibia700,000 Keith Horne (2)n/a27 OctPlatinum ClassicNorth West705,000 Louis Oosthuizen (4)n/a22 NovCoca-Cola Charity ChampionshipWestern Cape500,000 Titch Moore (7)n/a28 NovNedbank Affinity CupNorth West500,000 Mark Murless (3)n/aNew tournament2 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeNorth WestUS$4,385,000 Trevor Immelman (5)34Limited-field event9 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga€1,000,000 John Bickerton (n/a)22EUR16 DecSouth African Airways OpenWestern Cape€1,000,000 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)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes11 NovHSBC ChampionsChinaUS$5,000,000 Phil Mickelson52ANZ, 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 James Kingston 1,980,6892 Louis Oosthuizen 1,596,8463 Andrew McLardy 1,387,4754 Hennie Otto 1,331,3765 Richard Sterne 966,547
Awards AwardWinner Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Ross McGowan
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