2013 Sunshine Tour

2013 Sunshine Tour season
Duration	22 January 2013 – 14 December 2013
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Jacques Blaauw (3); Jaco van Zyl (3)
Order of Merit	Dawie van der Walt
Players' Player of the Year	Darren Fichardt
Rookie of the Year	Dylan Frittelli
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The 2013 Sunshine Tour was the 43rd 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 2013 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
25 Jan	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	Gauteng	600,000	Oliver Bekker (3)	4
10 Feb	Joburg Open	Gauteng	€1,300,000	Richard Sterne (6)	22	EUR
17 Feb	Africa Open	Eastern Cap	€1,000,000	Darren Fichardt (13)	20	EUR
24 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Western Cape	4,000,000	Jaco van Zyl (11)	14		Pro-Am
3 Mar	Tshwane Open	Gauteng	€1,500,000	Dawie van der Walt (1)	20	EUR	New tournament
17 Mar	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	3,750,000	Jaco van Zyl (12)	14
24 Mar	Investec Cup	North West	1,000,000	Jaco van Zyl (13)	14		New tournament
21 Apr	Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	1,650,000	Jake Roos (6)	14
4 May	Investec Royal Swazi Open	Swaziland	1,000,000	James Kingston (10)	14
19 May	Zambia Sugar Open	Zambia	1,200,000	Adilson da Silva (11)	14
2 Jun	Lombard Insurance Classic	Swaziland	900,000	Merrick Bremner (3)	6
7 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola	Eastern Cape	600,000	Jacques Blaauw (1)	4
15 Jun	Polokwane Classic	Limpopo	500,000	Dean Burmester (1)	4		New tournament
28 Jun	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne Park	Kwazulu-Natal	600,000	Jacques Blaauw (2)	6
5 Jul	Sun City Challenge	North West	600,000	Adilson da Silva (12)	6
9 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Euphoria	Limpopo	600,000	Heinrich Bruiners (1)	6
23 Aug	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Langebaan	Western Cape	600,000	Jean Hugo (14)	6
29 Aug	Wild Waves Golf Challenge	Kwazulu-Natal	600,000	Andrew Curlewis (2)	4
13 Sep	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Parys	Northern Cape	600,000	Andrew Curlewis (3)	4
21 Sep	Platinum Classic	North West	500,000	Neil Schietekat (1)	4
11 Oct	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	Eastern Cape	600,000	J. J. Senekal (1)	4
20 Oct	BMG Classic	Gauteng	600,000	Ulrich van den Berg (7)	6
3 Nov	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	Western Cape	2,000,000	Tjaart van der Walt (1)	14
7 Nov	Nedbank Affinity Cup	North West	700,000	Jacques Blaauw (3)	4
24 Nov	South African Open Championship	Gauteng	€1,100,000	Morten Ørum Madsen (n/a)	32	EUR	Flagship event
1 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	€1,500,000	Charl Schwartzel (7)	22	EUR
8 Dec	Nedbank Golf Challenge	North West	US$6,500,000	Thomas Bjørn (n/a)	46	EUR	Limited-field event
14 Dec	Nelson Mandela Championship	Kwazulu-Natal	€1,000,000	Dawie van der Walt (2)	20	EUR

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	Dawie van der Walt	5,094,333
2	Darren Fichardt	4,518,495
3	Jaco van Zyl	3,027,749
4	Hennie Otto	2,475,830
5	Jbe' Kruger	2,045,405

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Darren Fichardt	^[4]
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Dylan Frittelli	^[5]^[4]

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.
^ EUR − European Tour.

References

^ "2013 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ "2013 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ Bisset, Fergus (15 December 2013). "Dawie van der Walt wins Nelson Mandela Championship". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 8 September 2023. ...whose victory also saw him claim the co-sanctioning Sunshine Tour's Order of Merit for 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Walters named Comissioner's Award winner". The Citizen. Johannesburg, South Africa. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2023. Darren Fichardt won the approval of his peers as he took the Players' Player of the Year award.... Winner Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year 2013: Dylan Frittelli
^ "2013 Rookie of the Year". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.