The Sunshine Tour recognised some of the standout performances from its professionals at its 2025/26 Sunshine Tour Season Awards held at the De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate on Wednesday evening.
With two tournaments to go, the Sunshine Tour’s 2025-26 season is far from over. In fact, it’s now only starting to get real in terms of opportunity.
The Sunshine Tour’s most widespread gathering of winners from across the South African game – the Waterfall City Tournament of Champions – is building to yet another impressive tournament when this showpiece event tees off at Royal Johannesburg’s famed East Course next season.
South Africa’s MJ Viljoen claimed a dramatic playoff victory in the SDC Open at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa on Sunday, securing his first title on the HotelPlanner Tour.
Norway’s Baard Skogen and France’s Maxence Giboudot will head into the final round of the SDC Open tied for the lead on 15 under par after a thrilling third round of low scoring at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa.
Martin Vorster went back to playing golf like a kid again, and it resulted in a round of seven-under-par 65 to earn him the lead in the first round of the SDC Open at the Zebula Golf Estate & Spa.
Selwyn Nathan has officially announced his retirement as Executive Director of the Sunshine Tour, prompting an outpouring of tributes throughout the world of golf for the Tour’s longest serving executive member and a passionate and devoted servant of South African golf.
Samuel Simpson’s final round of three-under-par 69 was enough to finally end Herman Loubser’s dominance of this year’s Mopani Zambia Open and earn the young South African his first victory on the Sunshine Tour.
Jonathan Broomhead’s incredible start to the season continued as he claimed a share of the lead in Wednesday’s first round of the Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge, a tournament that is the Sunshine Tour’s tribute to the remarkable career of Gary Player and the Gary & Vivienne Player Foundation’s work to improve the lives of underprivileged children.
George Coetzee claimed the 15th title of his Sunshine Tour career with a three-stroke victory in the Serengeti Playoffs, and with it also secured the first win of the new Courier Guy Playoffs Series.