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GOLFER NOBUHLE IN E6M SA TOUR

23/12/2019 08:30:00 BY ASHMOND NZIMA

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MBABANE – Ace golfer Nobuhle Dlamini will compete for an improved purse of nearly E6 million in the 2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour (SLT).

According to information sourced from Sport 24, the SLT, which is a series of tournaments which are played mainly in South Africa, will celebrate its seventh season in early 2020 with a bumper schedule, exciting incentives, including a E100 000 bonus for the 2020 Investec Order of Merit winner and record prize money of nearly E6 million on offer.

Dlamini is the 2019 Order of Merit winner after a flawless campaign which was headlined by victories in the Jo’burg Open, Dimension Data and Investec Open, among other events.

tripled

“In addition to increases in prize money and events, the Sunshine Ladies Tour attracted foreign investment and our international participation has tripled in the last three years, with over 40 foreign players competing in South Africa in 2019,” said Sunshine Tour commissioner Selwyn Nathan.
The seventh edition of the Sunshine Ladies Tour will feature seven Investec Order of Merit counting events, plus the new limited field Canon Serengeti Par 3 Challenge.

prestigious

“The 2020 season launches at the end of January with the Cape Town Ladies Open at King David Mowbray Golf Club and returns to the Mother City, where the prestigious Investec South African Women’s Open will fittingly draw the curtain on the seventh season in mid-March.

“This November, the LPGA and Ladies European Tour announced an exciting new 50-50 partnership with the joint goal of further developing women’s professional golf in Europe and we are thrilled to be a part of this development,” reads the posted information in part.

Sunshine

The Ladies European Tour will once again co-sanction the Investec South African Women’s Open with the Sunshine Ladies Tour and the WPGA.
“In addition to the lion’s share of the €200 000 (about E3.1 million) purse, the 2020 champion will receive a Tournament Winner’s Category Exemption on the Ladies European Tour and Sunshine Ladies Tour for the remainder of the 2020 season and the 2021 season, as well as exemption into two of the five Majors in 2020 – the Women’s British Open and the Evian Championship,” further reads the report.

Some of the tournaments with big prize money include the Jabra Ladies Classic, Dimension Data (both E600 000 each) Supersport Ladies Challenge (E400 000) and Jo’burg Ladies Open (E500 000).