The 2011 Sunshine Tour was the 41st season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

2011 Sunshine Tour season
Duration6 January 2011 (2011-01-06) – 4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
Number of official events29
Most winsSouth Africa Jean Hugo (3)
South Africa Hennie Otto (3)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Garth Mulroy
Players' Player of the YearSouth Africa Jean Hugo
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Allan Versfeld
2010
2012

OWGR points adjustment

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In July, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that the "Winter Series" events would be awarded points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event.[1]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
9 Jan Africa Open Eastern Cape €1,000,000   Louis Oosthuizen (6) 22 EUR
16 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng €1,300,000   Charl Schwartzel (5) 20 EUR
30 Jan Africom Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,250,000   Theunis Spangenberg (1) 14
20 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 3,000,000   Hennie Otto (10) 14 Pro-Am
27 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 3,250,000   George Coetzee (4) 14
20 Mar MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia 1,200,000   J. G. Claassen (1) 14
7 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 750,000   Justin Walters (2) 14
14 May Nashua Golf Challenge North West 500,000   Adilson da Silva (8) n/a
27 May Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Gauteng 540,000   Jean Hugo (11) n/a
5 Jun Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 850,000   Justin Harding (2) n/a
10 Jun Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 540,000   Chris Swanepoel (2) n/a
29 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Eastern Cape 540,000   Jean Hugo (12) n/a
12 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun KwaZulu-Natal 540,000   Darren Fichardt (11) n/a
2 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen Northern Cape 540,000   Adilson da Silva (9) n/a
9 Sep Telkom PGA Pro-Am Gauteng 500,000   Jaco van Zyl (10) n/a
17 Sep Northern Cape Classic Northern Cape 600,000   Oliver Bekker (1) n/a New tournament
23 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Limpopo 600,000   Jean Hugo (13) n/a
8 Oct Platinum Classic North West 500,000   Hennie Otto (11) n/a
15 Oct KCM Zambia Open Zambia 1,200,000   Doug McGuigan (5) 14
22 Oct Suncoast Classic KwaZulu-Natal 500,000   Darren Fichardt (12) n/a
30 Oct BMG Classic Gauteng 600,000   James Kamte (4) n/a
6 Nov Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,200,000   Shaun Norris (2) 14
10 Nov Nedbank Affinity Cup North West 600,000   Warren Abery (8) n/a
20 Nov Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,000,000   Garth Mulroy (3) 20 EUR
27 Nov SA Open Championship Gauteng €1,000,000   Hennie Otto (12) 32 EUR Flagship event
4 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge North West US$5,000,000   Lee Westwood (n/a) 38 Limited-field event

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.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1   Garth Mulroy 3,464,463
2   Hennie Otto 2,806,214
3   George Coetzee 1,586,587
4   Thomas Aiken 1,569,896
5   Jaco van Zyl 1,231,134

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year   Jean Hugo [4]
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)   Allan Versfeld [4]

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking Board announces adjustments to ranking system". Official World Golf Ranking. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2011 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ "2011 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "World at a glance". The Star. Johannesburg, South Africa. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2023 – via Pressreader. Garth Mulroy, winner of last year's Alfred Dunhill Championship, was handed the Sid Brews Trophy for winning the 2011 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, earning R3,464,463... Allan Versfeld received the Bobby Locke Trophy... The Players' Player of the Year was Jean Hugo.
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