The 2006–07 Sunshine Tour was the 36th 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 2006–07 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia 750,000 Steve Basson (2) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 360,000 Jean Hugo (3) n/a SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st) Western Cape 350,000 Jean Hugo (4) n/a New tournament series Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 550,000 Thomas Aiken (6) n/a Suncoast Classic KwaZulu-Natal 350,000 Alex Haindl (1) n/a New tournament SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd) Gauteng 350,000 Tongoona Charamba (1) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Gauteng 360,000 Vaughn Groenewald (1) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne KwaZulu-Natal 360,000 Rossouw Loubser (1) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein Free State 360,000 Rossouw Loubser (2) n/a Telkom PGA Pro-Am Gauteng 330,000 Doug McGuigan (2) n/a Eskom Power Cup North West 350,000 Trevor Fisher Jnr (2) n/a New tournament Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pezula Western Cape 360,000 Kevin Stone (4) n/a Seekers Travel Pro-Am Gauteng 350,000 Desvonde Botes (12) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 360,000 Darren Fichardt (5) n/a Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 400,000 Darren Fichardt (6) n/a MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia 600,000 Anton Haig (2) n/a Platinum Classic North West 600,000 Vaughn Groenewald (2) n/a Limpopo Classic Limpopo 1,000,000 Bradford Vaughan (8) 12 Coca-Cola Charity Championship Western Cape 500,000 Alan Michell (1) n/a New tournament Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$4,385,000 Jim Furyk (n/a) 38 New to Sunshine TourLimited-field event Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,000,000 Álvaro Quirós (n/a) 18 EUR South African Airways Open Eastern Cape €1,000,000 Ernie Els (14) 32 EUR Flagship event Joburg Open Gauteng €1,000,000 Ariel Cañete (n/a) 20 EUR New tournament Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,600,000 Louis Oosthuizen (2) 14 Pro-Am Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,200,000 Jean Hugo (5) 14 Vodacom Championship Gauteng 2,200,000 Richard Sterne (2) 14 Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 2,250,000 Louis Oosthuizen (3) 14
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes12 NovHSBC ChampionsChinaUS$5,000,000 Yang Yong-eun52ANZ, 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 Charl Schwartzel 1,585,1172 Louis Oosthuizen 1,314,7393 Hennie Otto 1,274,3404 Andrew McLardy 1,239,9265 Darren Fichardt 1,160,182
Awards AwardWinner Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Rossouw Loubser
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