2008 Sunshine Tour
Golf tour season
The 2008 Sunshine Tour was the 38th 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 2008 season.[1]
Date
Tournament
Location
Purse (R )
Winner[a]
OWGR points
Other tours[b]
Notes
13 Jan
Joburg Open
Gauteng
€1,100,000
Richard Sterne (3)
20
EUR
27 Jan
Dimension Data Pro-Am
North West
1,800,000
James Kamte (2)
14
Pro-Am
3 Feb
Nashua Masters
Eastern Cape
1,200,000
Marc Cayeux (9)
14
10 Feb
Africa Open
Eastern Cape
1,200,000
Shaun Norris (1)
14
New tournament
17 Feb
Vodacom Championship
Gauteng
2,400,000
James Kingston (8)
14
24 Feb
Telkom PGA Championship
Gauteng
2,500,000
Louis Oosthuizen (5)
14
2 Mar
Mount Edgecombe Trophy
KwaZulu-Natal
500,000
Mark Murless (4)
n/a
30 Mar
Chainama Hills Zambia Open
Zambia
750,000
Tyrone Ferreira (1)
n/a
4 Apr
Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein
Free State
440,000
Dion Fourie (2)
n/a
25 Apr
Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria
Gauteng
440,000
Tyrone van Aswegen (1)
n/a
10 May
Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open
Swaziland
700,000
Jean Hugo (6)
n/a
17 May
Nashua Golf Challenge
North West
500,000
Keith Horne (3)
n/a
30 May
Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne
KwaZulu-Natal
440,000
Jean Hugo (7)
n/a
8 Jun
Lombard Insurance Classic
Swaziland
400,000
Merrick Bremner (1)
n/a
23 Aug
SAA Pro-Am Invitational
Western Cape
500,000
George Coetzee (2)
n/a
29 Aug
Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella
Western Cape
440,000
Garth Mulroy (1)
n/a
5 Sep
Telkom PGA Pro-Am
Gauteng
400,000
Merrick Bremner (2)
n/a
13 Sep
Suncoast Classic
KwaZulu-Natal
500,000
Jake Roos (1)
n/a
19 Sep
Vodacom Origins of Golf at Humewood
Eastern Cape
440,000
George Coetzee (3)
n/a
4 Oct
Seekers Travel Pro-Am
Gauteng
440,000
Trevor Fisher Jnr (3)
n/a
12 Oct
BMG Classic
Gauteng
500,000
Doug McGuigan (3)
n/a
New tournament
19 Oct
Metmar Highveld Classic
Mpumalanga
600,000
James Kamte (3)
n/a
24 Oct
Vodacom Origins of Golf Final
Western Cape
440,000
Jaco van Zyl (2)
n/a
1 Nov
Platinum Classic
North West
705,000
Thomas Aiken (7)
n/a
9 Nov
MTC Namibia PGA Championship
Namibia
1,000,000
Tongoona Charamba (2)
n/a
27 Nov
Coca-Cola Charity Championship
Western Cape
550,000
Garth Mulroy (2)
n/a
3 Dec
Nedbank Affinity Cup
North West
550,000
Tyrone van Aswegen (2)
n/a
7 Dec
Nedbank Golf Challenge
North West
US$4,385,000
Henrik Stenson (n/a)
34
Limited-field event
14 Dec
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Mpumalanga
€1,000,000
Richard Sterne (4)
24
EUR
21 Dec
South African Open Championship
Western Cape
€1,000,000
Richard Sterne (5)
40
EUR
Flagship event
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand .[2] [3]
Awards
Notes
^ 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.
^ a b ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia ; ASA − Asian Tour ; EUR − European Tour .
References
^ "2008 Tournament schedule" . Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023 .
^ "2008 Order of Merit" . Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023 .
^ Winter, Grant (22 December 2008). "Sterne proves he's a true diamond" . Independent Online . Retrieved 19 April 2023 . That win at Leopard Creek, incidentally, sealed 2008 Sunshine Order of Merit honours for him with earnings of just over R3.8-million. Now he's added a further R2.15-million, bringing his seasons earnings to almost R6-million.
^ "Louis Moolman" . European Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023 . The same year, he won the Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year award following ten top 20 finishes.
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