2016 Sunshine Tour
The 2016 Sunshine Tour will be the 17th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 10th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.
The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Mauritius.
Schedule
The table below shows the partial schedule of events for the 2016 Sunshine Tour season.
Prize funds shown do not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.
| Dates | Tournament | Location | Prize fund (R) |
Winner | OWGR points |
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| 7–10 Jan | BMW South African Open | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 15,000,000 |  Brandon Stone (2) |
32 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 14–17 Jan | Joburg Open | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 16,500,000 | Haydn Porteous (1) |
19 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 11–14 Feb | Tshwane Open | Tshwane, Gauteng | 18,500,000 | Charl Schwartzel (9) |
19 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 18–21 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | George, Western Cape | 5,000,000 |  |
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| 25–28 Feb | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 1,200,000 | |
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| 9–12 Mar | Investec Cup | Rustenburg, North West | 10,000,000 | |
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| 14–17 Apr | Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open | Zimbabwe | 1,800,000 | |
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| 21–24 Apr | Zambia Sugar Open | Zambia | 1,500,000 | |
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| 4–7 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 1,400,000 | |
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| 12–15 May | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | |
Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour | |
| 20–22 May | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 1,200,000 | |