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词条 2008 Sunshine Tour
释义

  1. Schedule

  2. Order of Merit

  3. References

  4. External links

The 2008 Sunshine Tour was the ninth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the second since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.

The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 26 of the 30 tournaments being held in the country. Two events were held in Swaziland, with one each in Zambia and Namibia. There were two new tournaments, The Africa Open, which the tour hopes will become "Africa's Major" in the future, and the BMG Classic, founded by the Bearing Man Group, who wished to continue their involvement with the tour following the end of their long run as title sponsors of the Highveld Classic.

The order of merit was dominated by Richard Sterne, who won all three European Tour co-sanctioned tournaments, by far the richest on the tour.

Schedule

The table below shows schedule of events for the 2008 Sunshine Tour.[1] As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with three events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Since the tour switched to a calendar based season, this part of the tour has been split in two, with six events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in December.

The Winter Swing ran from March to November, starting with the Mount Edgecombe Trophy, and closing with the Coca-Cola Charity Championship, hosted by Gary Player.

Prize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.

DatesTournamentVenue
(RSA unless stated)		Prize fundWinnerOWGR
points		Notes
10–13 JanJoburg OpenRoyal Johannesburg and Kensington GC€1,000,000ZAF}} Richard Sterne (3)20Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
24–27 JanDimension Data Pro-AmGary Player CC and Lost City GC, Sun City€1,100,000ZAF}} James Kamte (2)14
31 Jan – 3 FebNashua MastersWild Coast Sun CCR1,200,000ZWE}} Marc Cayeux (9)14
7–10 FebThe Africa OpenFish River Sun CCR1,200,000ZAF}} Shaun Norris (1)14New event
14–17 FebVodacom ChampionshipPretoria CCR2,400,000ZAF}} James Kingston (10)14
21–24 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipThe Country Club, JohannesburgR2,500,000ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen (5)14
28 Feb – 2 MarMount Edgecombe TrophyMount Edgecombe GCR500,000ZAF}} Mark Murless (4)n/a
28–30 MarZambia OpenLusaka, ZambiaR750,000ZAF}} Tyrone Ferreira (1)n/a
3–5 AprVodacom Origins of Golf Free StateBloemfontein GCR440,000ZAF}} Dion Fourie (2)n/a
23–25 AprVodacom Origins of Golf GautengPretoria CCR440,000ZAF}} Tyrone van Aswegen (1)n/a
7–10 MaySamsung Royal Swazi Sun OpenRoyal Swazi GC, SwazilandR700,000ZAF}} Jean Hugo (6)n/a
15–17 MayNashua Golf ChallengeGary Player CC and Lost City GC, Sun CityR500,000ZAF}} Keith Horne (3)n/a
28–30 MayVodacom Origins of Golf KwaZulu NatalSelborne Hotel Spa and Golf EstateR440,000ZAF}} Jean Hugo (7)n/a
6–8 JunLombard Insurance ClassicRoyal Swazi GC, SwazilandR400,000ZAF}} Merrick Bremner (1)n/a
21–23 AugSAA Pro-Am InvitationalPaarl GCR500,000ZAF}} George Coetzee (2)n/a
27–29 AugVodacom Origins of Golf Western CapeArabella GCR440,000ZAF}} Garth Mulroy (1)n/a
3–5 SepTelkom PGA Pro-AmCenturion CCR400,000ZAF}} Merrick Bremner (2)n/a
11–13 SepSuncoast ClassicDurban CCR500,000ZAF}} Jake Roos (1)n/a
17–19 SepVodacom Origins of Golf Eastern CapeHumewood GC, Port ElizabethR440,000ZAF}} George Coetzee (3)n/a
2–4 OctSeekers Travel Pro-AmDainfern CCR440,000ZAF}} Trevor Fisher Jnr (3)n/a
10–12 OctBMG ClassicEbotse GC, JohannesburgR500,000ZAF}} Doug McGuigan (3)n/aNew event
17–19 OctMetmar Highveld ClassicWitbank GCR600,000ZAF}} James Kamte (3)n/a
22–24 OctVodacom Origins of Golf FinalSt Francis LinksR440,000ZAF}} Jaco van Zyl (2)n/a
30 Oct – 1 NovPlatinum ClassicMooinooi GCR705,000RSA}} Thomas Aiken (7)n/a
6–9 NovMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipWindhoek Country Club, NamibiaR1,000,000ZWE}} Tongoona Charamba (2)n/a
25–27 NovCoca-Cola Charity ChampionshipThe Outeniqua, FancourtR550,000RSA}} Garth Mulroy (2)n/a
1–3 DecNedbank Affinity CupLost City GC, Sun CityR550,000RSA}} Tyrone van Aswegen (2)n/a
4–7 DecNedbank Golf ChallengeGary Player CC, Sun City$4,385,000SWE}} Henrik Stenson (N/A)34
11–14 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipLeopard Creek CC, Malelane€1,000,000ZAF}} Richard Sterne (4)24Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
18–21 DecSouth African Open ChampionshipPearl Valley Golf Estates€1,000,000ZAF}} Richard Sterne (5)40Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Order of Merit

RankPlayer[2]CountryEventsPrize Money (R)
1 Richard Sterne {{ZAF}} 55,999,264.60
2 Garth Mulroy {{ZAF}} 61,442,350.70
3 Thomas Aiken {{ZAF}} 8967,378.26
4 Mark Murless {{ZAF}} 28885,055.74
5 James Kingston {{ZAF}} 7775,903.20

England's Robert Rock was the third highest money winner (with R1,280,632.80) but did not qualify for the Order of Merit, having only played in two events.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.co.za/schedule.asp?id=24 |title=2008 Sunshine Tour schedule |publisher=Sunshine Tour |accessdate=6 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205013208/http://www.pgatour.co.za/schedule.asp?id=24 |archivedate=5 December 2008 |deadurl=yes}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sunshinetour.info/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~season=208S~bdlink=y~ |title=2008 Final Order of Merit |publisher=Sunshine Tour |date=21 December 2008 |accessdate=6 January 2009}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.sunshinetour.com}}
{{Sunshine Tour seasons}}

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