2010 Sunshine Tour

2010 Sunshine Tour season
Duration7 January 2010 (2010-01-07) – 19 December 2010 (2010-12-19)
Number of official events28
Most winsSouth Africa Jaco van Zyl (4)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel
Players' Player of the YearSouth Africa Jaco van Zyl
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Anthony Michael
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The 2010 Sunshine Tour was the 40th 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 2010 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
10 Jan Africa Open Eastern Cape €1,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (3) 20 EUR
17 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng €1,300,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (4) 22 EUR
14 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 3,000,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (10) 14 Pro-Am
21 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 3,000,000 South Africa Michiel Bothma (3) 14
28 Feb Vodacom Championship Gauteng 2,650,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (9) 14
16 Apr Vodacom Origins of Golf at Gardener Ross Gauteng 510,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (8) n/a
24 Apr Africom Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,200,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (2) 14
30 Apr Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Free State 510,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (6) n/a
8 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 750,000 South Africa Keith Horne (4) n/a
15 May Nashua Golf Challenge North West 500,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (7) n/a
6 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 700,000 South Africa Grant Muller (2) n/a
30 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood Eastern Cape 510,000 South Africa Ulrich van den Berg (6) n/a
20 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne KwaZulu-Natal 510,000 South Africa James Kingston (9) n/a
29 Aug Zambia Open Zambia 850,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (6) n/a
3 Sep Telkom PGA Pro-Am Gauteng 500,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (8) n/a
11 Sep SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st) Gauteng 500,000 South Africa Tyrone Ferreira (2) n/a
18 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Stellenbosch Western Cape 510,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (9) n/a
25 Sep SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd) Western Cape 500,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (9) n/a
2 Oct SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd) KwaZulu-Natal 500,000 South Africa Michiel Bothma (4) n/a
15 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 510,000 South Africa Justin Harding (1) n/a
24 Oct Suncoast Classic KwaZulu-Natal 500,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (7) n/a
30 Oct Platinum Classic North West 705,000 South Africa Jean Hugo (10) n/a
7 Nov Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,200,000 South Africa Warren Abery (7) 14
14 Nov BMG Classic Gauteng 550,000 South Africa Brandon Pieters (4) n/a
18 Nov Coca-Cola Charity Championship Western Cape 550,000 South Africa Branden Grace (1) n/a
5 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$5,000,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 34 Limited-field event
12 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,000,000 Spain Pablo Martín (n/a) 20 EUR
19 Dec South African Open Championship KwaZulu-Natal €1,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (15) 32 EUR Flagship event

Order of Merit

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 Charl Schwartzel 5,097,914
2 South Africa Thomas Aiken 1,959,543
3 South Africa Keith Horne 1,904,950
4 South Africa Jbe' Kruger 1,768,632
5 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 1,392,835

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year South Africa Jaco van Zyl [4]
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) South Africa Anthony Michael [4]

Notes

  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.

References

  1. ^ "2010 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2010 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Schwartzel wins BMW for ace". News24. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2023. Schwartzel picked up R444,355 for his efforts and in so doing clinched the 2010 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit title, banking a cool R5,097,913...
  4. ^ a b "Sun shines on Charl Schwartzel". TimesLIVE. Johannesburg, South Africa. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2023. The Bobby Locke Trophy for the rookie of the year was won by Anthony Michael... The players' player of the year was Van Zyl.