2024–25 Sunshine Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2024–25 Sunshine Tour was the 54th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
Duration2 May 2024 – 30 March 2025
Number of official events30[a]
Most wins
Daniel van Tonder (4)
Daniel van Tonder (4)Order of Merit Daniel van Tonder
Daniel van Tonder| Duration | 2 May 2024 – 30 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 30[a] |
| Most wins | Daniel van Tonder (4) |
| Order of Merit | Daniel van Tonder |
| Rookie of the Year | Altin van der Merwe |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2024–25 season.[1][2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May | Waterfall City Tournament of Champions | Gauteng | 2,500,000 | Louis Albertse (3) | n/a | Limited-field mixed event[d] | |
| 12 May | FBC Zim Open | Zimbabwe | 2,500,000 | Michael Hollick (2) | 2.44 | ||
| 26 May | Kit Kat Cash & Carry Pro-Am | Gauteng | 2,000,000 |  Kieran Vincent (1) | 2.01 | Pro-Am | |
| 7 Jun | SunBet Challenge (Sun City) | North West | 2,000,000 | Jacques Blaauw (5) | 2.40 | ||
| 16 Jun | Mopani Zambia Open | Zambia | 2,500,000 | M. J. Viljoen (3) | 0.94 | ||
| 26 Jul | SunBet Challenge (Wild Coast) | Western Cape | 2,000,000 | Jaco Ahlers (12) | 2.11 | ||
| 3 Aug | FNB Eswatini Challenge | Eswatini | 2,000,000 | Daniel van Tonder (9) | 1.86 | ||
| 18 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Highland Gate | Mpumalanga | 2,000,000 | Jean Hugo (20) | 2.20 | ||
| 23 Aug | SunBet Challenge (Time Square Casino) | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | Thriston Lawrence (4) | 2.72 | ||
| 30 Aug | Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | Daniel van Tonder (10) | 2.13 | ||
| 15 Sep | Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | Jean Hugo (21) and Ruan Korb (3) | n/a | Team event | |
| 22 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen | Northern Cape | 2,000,000 | Yurav Premlall (1) | 2.04 | ||
| 4 Oct | SunBet Challenge (Sun Sibaya) | KwaZulu-Natal | 2,000,000 | Luke Jerling (1) | 1.83 | ||
| 13 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun | Western Cape | 2,000,000 | Jonathan Broomhead (2) | 1.69 | ||
| 20 Oct | Fortress Invitational | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | Robin Williams (2) | 2.43 | ||
| Zambia Masters | Zambia | – | Postponed[4] | – | |||
| 2 Nov | Blue Label Challenge | North West | 2,500,000 | Jonathan Broomhead (3) | 2.80 | ||
| 17 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Western Cape | 2,000,000 | Dean Burmester (11) | 3.54 | ||
| 24 Nov | PGA Championship | Eastern Cape | 2,000,000 | Pieter Moolman (3) | 2.71 | ||
| 8 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | North West | US$6,000,000 |  Johannes Veerman (n/a) | 20.90 | EUR | |
| 15 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | €1,500,000 | Shaun Norris (4) | 17.78 | EUR | |
| 22 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | US$1,500,000 |  John Parry (n/a) | 10.95 | EUR | |
| 19 Jan | Mediclinic Invitational | Free State | 2,000,000 |  Maximilian Steinlechner (1) | 3.57 | ||
| 26 Jan | SDC Open | Limpopo | US$375,000 | Daniel van Tonder (11) | 8.41 | CHA | |
| 2 Feb | MyGolfLife Open | North West | US$375,000 | Daniel van Tonder (12) | 8.94 | CHA | |
| 9 Feb | Cell C Cape Town Open | Western Cape | US$375,000 | Jamie Rutherford (n/a) | 8.76 | CHA | |
| 16 Feb | NTT Data Pro-Am | Western Cape | 7,000,000 | Wilco Nienaber (2) | 9.54 | CHA | Pro-Am |
| Hyundai Open | Gauteng | – | Postponed[5] | – | New tournament | ||
| 2 Mar | Investec South African Open Championship | KwaZulu-Natal | US$1,500,000 | Dylan Naidoo (2) | 15.59 | EUR | |
| 9 Mar | Joburg Open | Gauteng | 20,500,000 |  Calum Hill (n/a) | 15.02 | EUR | |
| 23 Mar | Serengeti Playoffs | Gauteng | 2,500,000 | George Coetzee (15) | 3.99 | Playoff event | |
| 30 Mar | DNi Tour Championship | Gauteng | 3,000,000 | Michael Hollick (3) | 3.13 | Playoff event |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was titled as the Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[6][7] The top three players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2026 European Tour (DP World Tour).[7][8]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel van Tonder | 4,155 | Already exempt[e] |
| 2 | Shaun Norris | 3,574 | Already exempt[f] |
| 3 | Dylan Naidoo | 3,545 | |
| 4 | Jonathan Broomhead | 1,956 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 5 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 1,937 | Already exempt[f] |
| 6 | Yurav Premlall | 1,915 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 7 | Michael Hollick | 1,678 |
Awards
See also
Notes
- A further two tournaments were scheduled but were postponed.
- 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.
- CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
- Also a new tournament.
- Van Tonder was already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 20 of the 2025 Challenge Tour Rankings.[9][10]
- Norris, Naidoo and Kruyswijk were already exempt due to being tournament winners on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour).[11][12][13]