2012 Sunshine Tour

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2012 Sunshine Tour season
Duration5 January 2012 (2012-01-05) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events26
Most winsSouth Africa Jake Roos (3)
South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (3)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Branden Grace
Players' Player of the YearSouth Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Daniel van Tonder
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2013 →

The 2012 Sunshine Tour was the 42nd 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

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The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
8 Jan Africa Open Eastern Cape €1,000,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (7) 20 EUR
15 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng €1,300,000 South Africa Branden Grace (2) 22 EUR
19 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 3,200,000 South Africa Oliver Bekker (2) 14 Pro-Am
26 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 3,500,000 South Africa Keith Horne (5) 14
24 Mar Platinum Classic North West 500,000 South Africa Jake Roos (3) 4
22 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,250,000 South Africa Chris Swanepoel (3) 6
5 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,000,000 South Africa Christiaan Basson (2) 6
11 May Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Eastern Cape 600,000 Zimbabwe Ryan Cairns (1) 8
26 May Sun City Challenge North West 550,000 South Africa Bryce Easton (1) 4
3 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 900,000 South Africa Jake Roos (4) 4
8 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula Limpopo 600,000 South Africa Bryce Easton (2) 4
17 Jun Indo Zambia Bank Zambia Open Zambia 1,200,000 South Africa Justin Harding (3) 6
27 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at De Zalze Western Cape 600,000 South Africa Allan Versfeld (1) 6
24 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne Park KwaZulu-Natal 600,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (10) 4
31 Aug Wild Waves Golf Challenge KwaZulu-Natal 600,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (5) 4 New tournament
7 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Northern Cape 600,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (6) 4
28 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 600,000 South Africa Branden Grace (3) 10
21 Oct BMG Classic Gauteng 600,000 South Africa Teboho Sefatsa (1) 4
27 Oct Suncoast Classic KwaZulu-Natal 600,000 South Africa Ruan de Smidt (1) 6
4 Nov ISPS Handa Match Play Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 Scotland Doug McGuigan (6) 14 New tournament
8 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West 650,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (7) 4
18 Nov SA Open Championship Gauteng €1,000,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (n/a) 32 EUR Flagship event
25 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 2,000,000 South Africa Jake Roos (5) 14 New tournament
2 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$5,000,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (n/a) 30 Limited-field event
9 Dec Nelson Mandela Championship KwaZulu-Natal €1,300,000 Scotland Scott Jamieson (n/a) 20 EUR New tournament
16 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (6) 28 EUR

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Branden Grace 2,760,319
2 South Africa George Coetzee 1,930,565
3 South Africa Jaco van Zyl 1,655,987
4 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr 1,502,093
5 South Africa Tjaart van der Walt 1,464,182

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr [3]
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) South Africa Daniel van Tonder [4][3]

See also

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Notes

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  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.

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