2007 Sunshine Tour
{{short description|Golf tour season}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox golf season
| year = 2007
| tour = Sunshine Tour
| image =
| pixels =
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| regular_season = {{start date|2007|1|11|df=y}} – {{end date|2007|12|16|df=y}}
| no_of_events = 28
| most_wins = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen (3)
| honor1 = Order of Merit
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ZAF}} James Kingston
| honor2 = Players' Player of the Year
| honoree2 =
| honor3 = Rookie of the Year
| honoree3 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Ross McGowan
| honor4 =
| honoree4 =
| prevseason = 2006–07
| nextseason = 2008
}}
The 2007 Sunshine Tour was the 37th 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 2007 season.{{cite web |url=https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=207T~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=2007 Tournament schedule |publisher=Sunshine Tour |access-date=8 September 2023}}
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!Date !Tournament !Location !Purse !Winner{{efn|name=totals|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.}} !OWGR !Other !Notes |
14 Jan
|Gauteng |align=right|€1,000,000 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Ariel Cañete (n/a) |align=center|20 |EUR |New tournament |
28 Jan
|North West |align=right|1,600,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen (2) |align=center|14 | |Pro-Am |
4 Feb
|Eastern Cape |align=right|1,200,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Jean Hugo (5) |align=center|14 | | |
18 Feb
|Gauteng |align=right|2,200,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Richard Sterne (2) |align=center|14 | | |
25 Feb
|Gauteng |align=right|2,250,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen (3) |align=center|14 | | |
11 Mar
|KwaZulu-Natal |align=right|500,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Steve van Vuuren (7) |align=center|n/a | | |
1 Apr
|Zambia |align=right|750,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Steve Basson (3) |align=center|n/a | | |
15 Apr
|North West |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Chris Swanepoel (1) |align=center|n/a | | |
20 Apr
|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella |Western Cape |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Andrew Curlewis (1) |align=center|n/a | | |
5 May
|Swaziland |align=right|600,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Des Terblanche (7) |align=center|n/a | | |
11 May
|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria |Gauteng |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Hennie Otto (7) |align=center|n/a | | |
19 May
|KwaZulu-Natal |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Adilson da Silva (3) |align=center|n/a | | |
10 Jun
|Swaziland |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Peter Karmis (1) |align=center|n/a | |New tournament |
15 Jun
|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne |KwaZulu-Natal |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} George Coetzee (1) |align=center|n/a | | |
30 Jun
|North West |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Warren Abery (6) |align=center|n/a | |New tournament |
3 Aug
|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein |Free State |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ulrich van den Berg (5) |align=center|n/a | | |
24 Aug
|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Fancourt |Western Cape |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Adilson da Silva (4) |align=center|n/a | | |
31 Aug
|Gauteng |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Michiel Bothma (2) |align=center|n/a | | |
8 Sep
|Gauteng |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} James Kamte (1) |align=center|n/a | | |
28 Sep
|Vodacom Origins of Golf Final |Eastern Cape |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Titch Moore (6) |align=center|n/a | | |
7 Oct
|Mpumalanga |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ZWE}} Marc Cayeux (8) |align=center|n/a | | |
20 Oct
|Namibia |align=right|700,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Keith Horne (2) |align=center|n/a | | |
27 Oct
|North West |align=right|705,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen (4) |align=center|n/a | | |
22 Nov
|Coca-Cola Charity Championship |Western Cape |align=right|500,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Titch Moore (7) |align=center|n/a | | |
28 Nov
|North West |align=right|500,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Mark Murless (3) |align=center|n/a | |New tournament |
2 Dec
|North West |align=right|US$4,385,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Trevor Immelman (5) |align=center|34 | |Limited-field event |
9 Dec
|Mpumalanga |align=right|€1,000,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} John Bickerton (n/a) |align=center|22 |EUR | |
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|16 Dec |Western Cape |align=right|€1,000,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} James Kingston (7) |align=center|32 |EUR |Flagship event |
=Unofficial events=
The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
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!Date !Tournament !Location !Purse !Winner !OWGR !Other !Notes |
11 Nov
|China |align=right|US$5,000,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson |align=center|52 |ANZ,{{efn|PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event}} ASA,{{efn|Asian Tour unofficial event}} EUR |Limited-field event |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.{{cite web |url=https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=207T~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=2007 Order of Merit |publisher=Sunshine Tour |access-date=9 September 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/final-71-nets-extra-r2m-for-kingston-582732 |title=Final 71 nets extra R2m for Kingston |work=Independent Online |first=Grant |last=Winter |date=17 December 2007 |access-date=9 September 2023 |quote=This victory for Kingston is huge. Not only is it worth R1.6m in prizemoney, but it means he has finished No 1 on the 2007 Order of Merit.}}
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!Position!!Player!!Prize money (R) | ||
align=center|1 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} James Kingston | align=center|1,980,689 |
align=center|2 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen | align=center|1,596,846 |
align=center|3 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Andrew McLardy | align=center|1,387,475 |
align=center|4 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Hennie Otto | align=center|1,331,376 |
align=center|5 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Richard Sterne | align=center|966,547 |
Awards
Notes
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References
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