Alfred Dunhill Championship

Home , 2019 Asian Tour, 2020 European Tour, Challenge Tour, Limpopo Championship, Sunshine Tour

VENUE: Leopard Creek GC DATE: Thursday 28th – Sunday 1st December CLOSING DATE: Thursday 7th November 2019 FIELD: 156 Players ET TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: David Williams ([email protected]) ST TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Gary Todd ([email protected]) QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Monday 25th November 2019 QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Woodhill CC PRIZE MONEY: €1 500 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots (The Pre Q is only open to Sunshine Tour members)

ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 71* available players from the 2020 European Tour Exemption Category list (excluding Categories 6 and 8); b) The leading 71 available players from the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Categories, with the exception of invitations; c) A maximum of 5 invitations by the Sunshine Tour to Transformation Players under the terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; d) A maximum of 5 Invitations nominated by the Sunshine Tour; e) A maximum of 4 Invitations nominated by the European Tour;

PRO-AM: Pre-tournament pro-am on Tuesday 26th November

FORMAT: 72 holes stroke play with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties

AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

VENUE: Heritage GC DATE: Thursday 5th December – Sunday 8th December 2019 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 14th November 2019 FIELD: 156 Players ET TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Miguel Vidaor ([email protected]) ST TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Pauli van Meersbergen ([email protected]) QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Friday 22nd November 2019 QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Centurion CC PRIZE MONEY: €1 000 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 5 Spots (The Pre Q is only open to Sunshine Tour members)

ELIGIBILITY: (a) The leading 48* available players from the 2020 European Tour Exemption Category List, (excluding Categories 6 and 8); b) The leading 48 available players from the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category List with the exception of tournament invitations (the 5 pre q spots are included in the 48); c) The leading 48 available players from the 2019 Asian Tour Exemption Category List; d) 6 promoter/sponsor professional invitations (2 of which must be in consultation/agreement with the 3 Tours); e) 2 Sunshine Tour professional invitations ; f) 2 European Tour professional invitations ; g) 2 Asian Tour professional invitations.

Eligibility Notes: (i) *Blank entries will be filed for European Tour Qualifying School graduates exempt through this Category who have a deadline for withdrawal to avoid loss of entry fee of 12 noon on Friday 22nd November (ii) The following policy will be adopted at close of entries for players who are members of and exempt through both the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour: The highest ranked dual member on the European Tour Exemption Category list will be allocated to (b) above, the second highest ranked dual member will be allocated to (a) above. This alternate allocation will be repeated until all such exempt dual members are allocated to one Tour or the other. (iii) The following policy will be adopted at close of entries for players who are members of and exempt through both the Sunshine Tour and the Asian Tour: The highest ranked dual member on the Asian Tour Exemption Category list, who is exempt on both sides at the close of entries, will be allocated to (c) above, the second highest ranked member will be allocated to (b) above. This alternate allocation will be repeated until all such exempt dual members are allocated to one Tour or the other. (iv) The following policy will be adopted at close of entries for players who are members of and exempt through both the Asian Tour and the European Tour: Asian Players who are members of and exempt through both Tours will be entered through (c) above. Players from outside Asia who are members of and exempt through both Tours will be entered through (a) above. (v) When a Player who is a member of more than one Tour becomes exempt, he will remain allocated to the Tour under which he first became exempt, even if he subsequently becomes exempt through his “home” Tour. (vi) Should the European Tour or the Asian Tour not fill their allocation of spots prior to the commencement of the tournament, then the unused spots will be allocated to b) above

PRO-AM: Pre-tournament pro-am on Tuesday 3rd December

FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties

South African Open hosted by the City of Johannesburg

VENUE: Randpark GC (Firethorn & Bushwillow Courses) DATE: Thursday 9th – 12th January 2020 CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 17th December 2019 FIELD: 240 Players ET TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: David Williams ([email protected]) ST TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Ludwick Manyama ([email protected]) QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Monday 6th January 2020 QUALIFYING ROUND VENUES: Parkview GC, Modderfontein GC and CMR GC PRIZE MONEY: R17 500 000 PRE Q SPOTS: To be confirmed after the close of entries.

ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 98 available players from the 2020 European Tour Exemption Category List, b) The leading 98 available players from the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations and pre qualifying spots; c) Any player ranked within the top 50 of the OWGR as at Monday 16th December 2019; d) 5 amateur invitations determined by Golf RSA; e) 1 Junior invite determined by Golf RSA; f) 5 invitations granted to South African Transformation Players, in terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; g) 6 invited players nominated by the City of Joburg; h) 7 tournament invitations determined by the Sunshine Tour; i) 5 tournament invitations determined by the European Tour; j) The balance of the field will be made up of players who are not otherwise exempt and who have successfully qualified.

Eligibility Notes: (i) The following policy will be adopted at close of entries for players who are members of and exempt through both the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour: The highest ranked dual member on the European Tour Exemption Category list who is exempt on both Tours at close of entries, will be allocated to the Sunshine Tour, the second highest ranked dual member will be allocated to the European Tour. This alternate allocation will be repeated until all such exempt dual members are allocated to one Tour or the other. (ii) When a Player who is a member of both Tours becomes exempt, he will remain allocated to the Tour under which he first became exempt, even if he subsequently becomes exempt through his “home” Tour. (iii) Should either Tour not fill their allocation of spots prior to the commencement of the tournament, then the unused spots will be allocated to j) above (iv) After close of entries, any withdrawals from (c) above will result in the additional places being allocated to the qualifying round. PRO-AM: Pre-tournament pro-am on Monday 6th January 2020 @ Soweto CC. Shotgun Start @ 07h30 & 12h30

FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties

Eye of Africa PGA Championship

VENUE: Eye of Africa Signature Golf Estate DATE: Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th January 2020 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 2nd January 2020 FIELD: 156 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Ludwick Manyaya ([email protected]) QUALIFYING ROUND DATE Monday 13th January 2020 QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Eye of Africa Signature Golf Estate PRIZE MONEY: R2 000 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots (The Pre Q is only open to Sunshine Tour members)

ELIGIBILITY: a) 144 professionals as per the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Rankings b) 12 players as nominated by the PGA of SA

PRO-AM: Pre-tournament pro-am on Tuesday 14TH January.

FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 60 professionals and ties

Team Championship hosted by Dainfern

VENUE: Dainfern Golf & Residential Estate DATE: Thursday 23rd – Saturday 25th January 2020 CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 7th January 2020 FIELD: 96 professionals (48 teams) TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Gary Todd ([email protected]) PRIZE MONEY: R1 500 000 NO QUALIFIER

ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 94 available players from the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations and pre qualifying spots; c) The leading 2 available Transformation Players, off the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour Player Rankings, who are not eligible in 1) above will qualify; c) No Tournament invitations; d) No Qualifying Round.

Eligibility Notes: (i) Qualifying players are able to choose their partners, and are to let the entries department know who their partners will be by 10am on Monday 20th January. Any “unpaired” players who have not confirmed their partners after this deadline, will be allocated a partner by the Tour (ii) In the event of a withdrawal from an exempt player after 10am on Monday 20th January, his partner will be paired with the 1st reserve (iii) The tournament will count towards the Order of Merit and the Players List (iv) The winners of this event will each carry a winners exemption in Category 3C for 12 months

PRO-AM: Pre-tournament pro-am on Wednesday 22nd January (20 teams).

FORMAT: 54 Holes of betterball and foursomes as follows: Thursday 23rd January: 18 holes betterball Friday 24th January: 18 holes foursomes Saturday 25th January: There will be a cut after 36 holes. 24 teams will make the cut. If more than 24 teams tie on the cut number, a count out will be one to determine the qualifying teams, but all teams on the cut number will be paid. The format of play is a betterball

Limpopo Championship * (*This tournament will be co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour)

VENUE: Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate and Koro Creek Bushveld Golf Estate DATE: Thursday 30th January – Sunday 2nd February 2020 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 9th January 2020 FIELD: 204 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Ludwick Manyama ([email protected]) QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Monday 27th January 2020 QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate PRIZE MONEY: Minimum of R3 500 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots (The Pre Q is only open to Sunshine Tour members)

ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 95 available players from the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations; b) The leading 95 available players from the 2020 Challenge Tour Exemption Category Ranking List; c) 5 invitations granted to South African Transformation Players, in terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; d) 5 Sunshine Tour tournament invitations; e) 4 Challenge Tour tournament invitations;

Eligibility Notes: (i) The following policy will be adopted at close of entries for players who are members of and exempt through both the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour: (ii) Any Challenge Tour Member in category 1-10 on the 2020 Challenge Tour exemption categories will be entered into the Challenge Tour side of the field. (iii) For those players who have dual membership but with a Challenge Tour category below category 10, these players will be entered into the Tournaments through the Sunshine Tour side of the field. (iv) In the event that one Tour in any of the Tournaments is unable to provide, due to late withdrawals, a full field within the agreed exemption categories, then the remaining spots will be filled by reserves from the other Tour.

PRO-AM: Pre-tournament pro-am at Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate on Tuesday 28th January.

FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 60 professionals and ties

RAM Cape Town Open* (*This tournament will be co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour)

VENUE: Royal Cape and King David Mowbray GC DATE: Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th February 2020 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 16th January 2020 FIELD: 204 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: TBC QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Tuesday 4th February 2020 QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: King David Mowbray Golf Club PRIZE MONEY: Minimum of R3 500 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots (The Pre Q is only open to Sunshine Tour members)

ELIGIBILITY: (a) The leading 95 available players from the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations; (b) The leading 95 available players from the 2020 Challenge Tour Exemption Category Ranking List; (c) 5 invitations granted to South African Transformation Players, in terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; (d) 5 Sunshine Tour tournament invitations; (e) 4 Challenge Tour tournament invitations;

PRO-AM: Pre-tournament pro-am at Royal Cape on Tuesday 4th February.

FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 60 professionals and ties

Dimension Data Pro-Am* (*This tournament will be co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour)

VENUE: Fancourt DATE: Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th February 2020 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 23rd January 2020 FIELD: 180 professionals and 180 amateurs TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Gary Todd ([email protected]) QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Tuesday 11th February 2020 QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Montagu Course at Fancourt PRIZE MONEY: R6 300 000 (R6 000 000 for the main tournament and R300 000 for the betterball competition) PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots (The Pre Q is only open to Sunshine Tour members)

ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 80 available players from the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations and past tournament winners; b) The leading 80 available players from the 2020 Challenge Tour Exemption Category Ranking List; c) 5 invitations granted to South African Transformation Players, in terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; d) 4 Sunshine Tour tournament invitations; e) 4 Challenge Tour tournament invitations; f) Past tournament winners to a maximum of 7 players. In the event or more than 7 players qualifying in this category, priority will be given to the most recent winners.

FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay played over 3 courses. Teams consist of 1 professional and 1 amateur, with play in 4 balls.

There will be 2 competitions running concurrently 1. Pro- individual 2. Team best net score on each hole

All teams will play each of the 3 courses over the first three days. A cut will then be made to the leading 60 professionals and ties. Additionally, there will be a cut to the leading 25 teams. The fourth and final round for those making the cut will then be played on the Montagu course NOTE: There will be some professionals making the cut by virtue of their team position only (having missed the professional cut of the top 60 and ties). These professionals will then only be competing for the team prize fund on the final day.

Tour Championship

VENUE: Serengeti Estates DATE: Thursday 20th – Sunday 23rd February 2020 CLOSING DATE: 10am Monday 10th February 2020 FIELD: 50 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Gary Todd ([email protected]) PRIZE MONEY: TBC NO QUALIFIER

ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 50 players off the 2019/2020 Sunshine Tour OoM on conclusion of the Dimension Data Pro- Am, who have played a minimum of 5 events will qualify; b) The tournament will count for official money and as an event played for Order of Merit and Players List purposes

Eligibility Notes: (i) The winner of this event will earn a 24 month exemption in Category 3a

PRO-AM: 3 round pro-am being played on Wednesday 19th – Friday 21st February All players will play in the pro-am

FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with no cut