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- The 2007 Sunshine Tour was the eighth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000, and the marked the beginning of a new era as the tour switched to a calendar based season, having previously been seasonal. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region. The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 24 of the 28 tournaments being held in the country. Two events were held in Swaziland, with one each in Zambia and Namibia. There were five new tournaments, the Joburg Open, one of three events co-sanctioned by the PGA European Tour, the Nashua Golf Challenge, the Lombard Insurance Classic, the returning Mount Edgecombe Trophy, and the Nedbank Affinity Cup, introduced to the schedule as an appetizer to the high profile Nedbank Golf Challenge. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with three events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour. The Winter Swing ran from March to November, starting with the Mount Edgecombe Trophy, and closing with the Coca-Cola Charity Championship. Since the tour switched to a calendar based season, this part of the tour effectively splits the Summer Swing into two, with five events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in December. Due to these scheduling changes, the first five events of the 2007 season had already been part of the 2006–07 tour schedule, but continued to count towards the final standings of both. The Order of Merit was won for the first time by James Kingston, breaking Charl Schwartzel's three year stranglehold on the title. (en)
- De Sunshine Tour 2007 was het achtste seizoen van de Sunshine Tour. Het omvatte een serie van golftoernooien voor golfprofessionals, dat grotendeels plaatsvond in Zuid-Afrika. Het seizoen startte in januari 2007 en eindigde in eind december 2007. In tegenstelling tot vorige seizoenen, werd dit seizoen niet meer gespeeld over twee verschillende jaren. De toernooien die in 2007 plaatsvonden bij de Sunshine Tour 2006/07, werden automatisch opgenomen voor dit kalenderjaar en de respectievelijke winnaars bleven ongewijzigd. Naast Zuid-Afrika, vond er ook golftoernooien plaats in andere Afrikaanse landen zoals Swaziland en Zambia. De "Order of Merit" van dit seizoen werd gewonnen door de Zuid-Afrikaan James Kingston. (nl)
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- The 2007 Sunshine Tour was the eighth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000, and the marked the beginning of a new era as the tour switched to a calendar based season, having previously been seasonal. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region. The Order of Merit was won for the first time by James Kingston, breaking Charl Schwartzel's three year stranglehold on the title. (en)
- De Sunshine Tour 2007 was het achtste seizoen van de Sunshine Tour. Het omvatte een serie van golftoernooien voor golfprofessionals, dat grotendeels plaatsvond in Zuid-Afrika. Het seizoen startte in januari 2007 en eindigde in eind december 2007. In tegenstelling tot vorige seizoenen, werd dit seizoen niet meer gespeeld over twee verschillende jaren. De toernooien die in 2007 plaatsvonden bij de Sunshine Tour 2006/07, werden automatisch opgenomen voor dit kalenderjaar en de respectievelijke winnaars bleven ongewijzigd. (nl)
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