2025–26 Sunshine Tour
| Duration | 8 May 2025 – 29 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 31 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 Sunshine Tour will be the 55th 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 2025–26 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May | FBC Zim Open | Zimbabwe | 3,000,000 |  Luis Carrera (1) |
3.65 | ||
| 18 May | Kit Kat Cash & Carry Pro-Am | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | Luis Carrera (2) |
4.50 | Pro-Am | |
| 25 May | Waterfall City Tournament of Champions | Gauteng | 2,500,000 |  Kieran Vincent (2) |
n/a | Limited-field event | |
| 30 May | Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge | Gauteng | 2,000,000 |  Malcolm Mitchell (2) |
4.54 | ||
| 8 Jun | Mopani Zambia Open | Zambia | US$150,000 | Samuel Simpson (1) |
2.93 | ||
| 9 Aug | FNB Eswatini Challenge | Eswatini | 2,000,000 | Michael Hollick (4) |
4.32 | ||
| 17 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Parys | Free State | 2,000,000 | Herman Loubser (2) |
4.13 | ||
| 22 Aug | Sunbet Challenge (Time Square) | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | Jonathan Broomhead (4) |
4.32 | ||
| 5 Sep | Sunbet Challenge (Wild Coast) | Western Cape | 2,000,000 | .svg.png){kind=small} Austin Bautista (1) |
3.56 | ||
| 14 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Gowrie Farm | KwaZulu-Natal | 2,000,000 | Haydn Porteous (3) |
3.76 | ||
| 19 Sep | Sunbet Challenge (Sun Sibaya) | KwaZulu-Natal | 2,000,000 | Louis Albertse (4) |
4.20 | ||
| 28 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Devonvale | Western Cape | 2,000,000 | Jacques Kruyswijk (4) |
3.45 | ||
| 12 Oct | Limpopo Championship | Limpopo | 2,500,000 | Pieter Moolman (4) |
3.53 | ||
| 19 Oct | Fortress Invitational | Gauteng | 2,500,000 | Warwick Purchase (1) |
4.58 | ||
| 25 Oct | Blu Label Unlimited Challenge | North West | 3,200,000 | Hennie du Plessis (3) |
4.61 | ||
| 9 Nov | Hyundai Open | Gauteng | 2,500,000 | Casey Jarvis (1) |
4.08 | New tournament[c] | |
| 15 Nov | Stella Artois Players Championship | Gauteng | 2,500,000 | J. C. Ritchie (11) |
4.41 | ||
| 23 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Western Cape | 2,500,000 | Casey Jarvis (2) |
3.85 | ||
| 30 Nov | Fitch & Leedes PGA Championship | Eastern Cape | 3,000,000 | Deon Germishuys (3) |
5.18 | ||
| 7 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | North West | US$6,000,000 |  Kristoffer Reitan (n/a) |
21.01 | EUR | |
| 14 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | Gauteng | €1,500,000 | Jayden Schaper (1) |
16.86 | EUR | |
| 21 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | US$1,200,000 | Jayden Schaper (2) |
14.21 | EUR | |
| 25 Jan | Cell C Challenge | Eastern Cape | 2,500,000 | Benjamin Follett-Smith (3) |
4.23 | New tournament | |
| 1 Feb | SDC Open | Limpopo | US$375,000 | M. J. Viljoen (4) |
9.05 | CHA | |
| 8 Feb | Circa Cape Town Open | Western Cape | US$375,000 |  Will Enefer (n/a) |
8.72 | CHA | |
| 15 Feb | NTT Data Pro-Am | Western Cape | 7,000,000 | M. J. Daffue (1) |
7.14 | CHA | Pro-Am |
| 22 Feb | Jonsson Workwear Durban Open | KwaZulu-Natal | US$375,000 |  |
8.75 | CHA | |
| 1 Mar | Investec South African Open Championship | Western Cape | US$1,500,000 | |
EUR | ||
| 8 Mar | Joburg Open | Gauteng | 20,500,000 | |
EUR | ||
| 15 Mar | Serengeti Invitational | Gauteng | 2,500,000 | |
Playoff event | ||
| 29 Mar | DNi Tour Championship | Western Cape | 3,000,000 | |
Playoff event |
See also
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.
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
- ^ Tournament's debut delayed from 2024–25.
References
- ^ "2025/26 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Sunshine Tour 2025-26 schedule is strongest in history with global incentives". Sunshine Tour. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.