Tournament Eligibility for the 2021/2022 Season
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Tournament Eligibility for the 2021/2022 season Kit Kat Group Pro-Am VENUE: Royal Jhb & Kensington GC DATE: 5th – 7th March 2021 CLOSING DATE: Friday 12th February 2021 FIELD: 72 professionals and 60 amateurs TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Ludwick Manyama QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Thursday 4th March 2021 (Only open to Sunshine Tour members) QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Royal Jhb & Kensington GC PRO-AM: Pre tournament and In tournament pro-am on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday PRIZE MONEY: R1 000 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots ELIGIBILITY: a) 58 professionals as per the 2021/2022 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Rankings with the exception of invitations and pre q spots; b) 10 Pre Q spots a) 2 invitations granted to South African Transformation Players, in terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; c) 2 Sunshine Tour tournament invitations. FORMAT: 54 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 40 professionals and ties 1 Players Championship VENUE: Dainfern Golf Estate DATE: 11th - 14th March 2021 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 18th February 2021 FIELD: 144 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Gary Todd QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Tuesday 9th March 2021 (Only open to Sunshine Tour members) QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Dainfern Golf Estate PRO-AM: Wednesday 10th March 2021 PRIZE MONEY: R1 000 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots ELIGIBILITY: a) Professionals who bring an amateur to the pro-am; *** b) 10 Pre Q Spots; 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) 2 Affiliate Member Invitations; f) Balance of the field made up of players off the 2021/2022 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Rankings, excluding invitations and pre q spots. Eligibility Notes: (i) Professionals will be asked to get an amateur to play with them in the Pro-Am at R15 000 per person. There will be 40 pro-am spots available for sale. 20 spots will be given to the sponsor. The first 40 professionals to get amateur partners confirmed (and paid up) will be exempt for the tournament. Should you be nominated to play in the pro-am, but did not source the amateur yourself, you will not be exempt, but will need to be exempt according to the category rankings. A total of 60 professionals will play in the pro-am. (ii) If there is a lot of interest from amateurs, we can extend the pro-am by an additional 15 amateurs FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 40 professionals and ties Gauteng Championship presented by BETWAY VENUE: Ebotse Golf & Country Estate DATE: 18th – 21st March 2021 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 25th February 2021 FIELD: 144 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Reinard Kilian QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Tuesday 16th March 2021 (Only open to Sunshine Tour members) QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Ebotse Golf & Country Estate PRO-AM: Wednesday 17th March 2021 PRIZE MONEY: R1 000 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots ELIGIBILITY: a) 122 professionals as per the 2021/2022 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Rankings with the exception of invitations and pre q spots; b) 10 Pre Q spots 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) 2 Affiliate Member Invitations; FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 40 professionals and ties Serengeti Invitational and the Serengeti Pro Am Invitational VENUE: Serengeti Estates DATE: 24th – 28th March 2021 CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 3rd March 2021 FIELD: 144 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Gary Todd QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Tuesday 23rd March 2021 (Only open to Sunshine Tour members) QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Serengeti Estates PRO-AM: Friday 26th – Sunday 28th March 2021. PRIZE MONEY: R1 500 000 (pro-am prize money will be offered in addition to the prize money) PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots ELIGIBILITY: a) 122 professionals as per the 2021/2022 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Rankings with the exception of invitations and pre q spots; b) 10 Pre Q spots 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) 2 Affiliate Member Invitations; FORMAT: 90 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 50 professionals and ties Wednesday (Rd 1) Serengeti Invitational Rd 1 on the Championship course Thursday (Rd 2) Serengeti Invitational Rd 2 on the Championship course Thursday evening Calcutta auction Friday (Rd 3) Serengeti Invitational Rd 3 on the Par 3 course Serengeti Pro Am Invitational Rd 1 Pro Am on the Par 3 course Saturday (Rd 4) Serengeti Invitational Rd 4 on the Championship course Serengeti Pro Am Invitational Rd 2 on the Championship course Sunday (Rd 5) Serengeti Invitational Rd 5/final Round on the Championship course Serengeti Pro Am Invitational Rd 3/final Round on the Championship course There will be no yardage books for the Par 3 course. Players may use DMD’s All players in Category 9 will be re ranked after this tournament Limpopo Championship VENUE: Euphoria Golf and Lifestyle Estate DATE: 22nd – 25th April 2021 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 1st April 2021 FIELD: 156 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Ludwick Manyama QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Monday 19th April 2021 (Only open to Sunshine Tour members) QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Euphoria Golf and Lifestyle Estate PRO-AM: Wednesday 21st April 2021 PRIZE MONEY: R3 000 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 67 available players from the 2021/2022 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations (this includes 10 pre q spots); b) The leading 71 available players from the 2021 Challenge Tour Exemption Category Ranking List; c) 4 Exchange Invitations for return for spots into 4 Challenge Tour tournaments for Sunshine Tour members (see eligibility note (iii) below); d) 5 invitations granted to South African Transformation Players, in terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; e) 5 Sunshine Tour tournament invitations; f) 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: The highest ranked dual Member on the European Challenge Tour Exemption Category list will be allocated to the Sunshine Tour, the second highest ranked dual Member will be allocated to the Challenge Tour. This alternate allocation will be repeated until all such exempt dual Members are allocated to one Tour or the other (ii) In the event that one Tour is unable to provide a full field within the agreed exemption categories, then the remaining spots will be filled by reserves from the other Tour. (iii) In the event of the exchange spots falling through for whatever reason, the additional spots will be allocated to the Sunshine Tour FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 60 professionals and ties Cape Town Open VENUE: Royal Cape Golf Club DATE: 29th April – 2nd May 2021 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 8th April 2021 FIELD: 156 professionals TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Reinard Kilian QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Monday 26th April 2021 (Only open to Sunshine Tour members) QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: ERPM Golf Club PRO-AM: Tuesday 27th April 2021 PRIZE MONEY: R3 000 000 PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots ELIGIBILITY: (a) The leading 67 available players from the 2021/2022 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations (this includes 10 pre q spots); (b) The leading 71 available players from the 2021 Challenge Tour Exemption Category Ranking List ; (c) 4 Exchange Invitations for return for spots into 4 Challenge Tour tournaments for Sunshine Tour members (see eligibility note (iii) below); (d) 5 invitations granted to South African Transformation Players, in terms of the Sunshine Tour Members General Regulations; (e) 5 Sunshine Tour tournament invitations; (f) 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: The highest ranked dual Member on the European Challenge Tour Exemption Category list will be allocated to the Sunshine Tour, the second highest ranked dual Member will be allocated to the Challenge Tour. This alternate allocation will be repeated until all such exempt dual Members are allocated to one Tour or the other. (ii) In the event that one Tour is unable to provide, a full field within the agreed exemption categories, then the remaining spots will be filled by reserves from the other Tour. (iii) In the event of the exchange spots falling through for whatever reason, the additional spots will be allocated to the Sunshine Tour FORMAT: 72 holes strokeplay with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 60 professionals and ties Dimension Data Pro-Am VENUE: Fancourt DATE: 6th – 9th May 2021 CLOSING DATE: Thursday 15th April 2021 FIELD: 162 professionals and 162 amateurs TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Gary Todd QUALIFYING ROUND DATE: Monday 3rd May 2021 (Only open to Sunshine Tour members) QUALIFYING ROUND VENUE: Royal Cape GC PRO-AM: In tournament pro-am Thursday to Sunday PRIZE MONEY: R6 300 000 (includes R300 000 for the pro-am competition) PRE Q SPOTS: 10 Spots ELIGIBILITY: a) The leading 68 available players from the 2021/2022 Sunshine Tour Exemption Category Ranking List, with the exception of invitations and past tournament winners (this includes