List of golfers with most Sunshine Tour wins

This is a list of golfers who have recorded the most number of tournament wins on the Sunshine Tour since it was established. It was previously named the South African winter Tour, the FNB Winter Tour and the South African Tour. This list contains golfers who have won any number of events that are and/or have been recognized as professional golf events in South Africa. There are some complications in preparing such a list, and different publications have produced different numbers.

The Sunshine Tour is based in primarily in South Africa with a few events held in neighbouring countries including Swaziland, Zambia, Namibia, and in the past Zimbabwe. Originally known as the Sunshine Circuit, the tour was known simply as the Southern Africa Tour, or Southern Africa PGA Tour, until the start of the 2000/2001 season when it was rebranded as the Sunshine Tour.

The number of wins a player can accumulate on the Sunshine Tour depends in part on how many years he devotes to the tour. There have always been some leading African players or Sunshine Tour members from outside Africa who have gone on to play part or full-time on the U.S.-based PGA Tour and cut back their commitments in Africa, and this seems to be an increasing trend.

Many of the players on the list have won many events on other tours and unofficial events. The numbers in the "Majors" column are the total number of major championships the player won in his career whether or not he was a member of the Sunshine Tour at the time. Major Championships are not counted as Sunshine Tour victories, and do not count towards the Order of Merit. Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold.

Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame are annotated HoF.

This list is up to date through 2 September 2018.

This list may be incomplete.
RankNameLifespanCountryWinsMajorsWinning span
1Gary Player HoF1935– South Africa6391955–1981
2Mark McNulty1953– Zimbabwe
 Ireland		3301979–2002
3Bobby Locke HoF1917–1987 South Africa3041935–1958
4Sid Brews1899–1972 South Africa2601925–1953
5John Bland1945– South Africa2101970–1991
6Jean Hugo1975– South Africa1801999–2018
7Tony Johnstone1956– Zimbabwe1701984–1998
T8Ernie Els HoF 1969– South Africa1641991–2010
Darren Fichardt1975– South Africa1601997–2018
10Bobby Lincoln1953– South Africa1501985–1999
11Jaco van Zyl1979– South Africa1402005–2016
T12Desvonde Botes1974– South Africa1301993–2006
Dale Hayes1952– South Africa1301971–1978
T14Adilson da Silva1972– Brazil1201997–2013
Des Terblanche1965– South Africa1201989–2007
T16Fulton Allem1957– South Africa1101986–1991
Hugh Baiocchi1946– South Africa1101971–1989
Justin Hobday1963– South Africa1101989–2001
James Kingston1965– South Africa1101992–2013
Hennie Otto1976– South Africa1101999–2011
Wayne Westner1961–2017 South Africa1101983–1996
T22John Fourie1939– South Africa1001970–1977
Allan Henning1944– South Africa1001963–1980
Titch Moore1976– South Africa1002000–2016
Nick Price HoF1957– Zimbabwe1031979–1998
Ashley Roestoff1963– South Africa1001992–2002
T27Marc Cayeux1978– Zimbabwe901998–2008
Trevor Fisher Jnr1979– South Africa902003–2015
Retief Goosen1969– South Africa921991–2009
Keith Horne1971– South Africa901998–2017
Charl Schwartzel1984– South Africa912004–2016
Roger Wessels1961– South Africa901992–2001
Chris Williams1959– England
 South Africa		901985–2007
T34Thomas Aiken1983– South Africa802004–2014
Hendrik Buhrmann1963– South Africa801991–2005
George Coetzee1986– South Africa802007–2016
Bobby Cole1948– South Africa801969–1986
Doug McGuigan1970– South Africa802003–2017
Bradford Vaughan1975– South Africa801997–2006
T40Warren Abery1973– South Africa701998–2010
Oliver Bekker1984– South Africa702011–2017
Justin Harding1986– South Africa702010–2018
Louis Oosthuizen1982– South Africa712004–2012
Ulrich van den Berg1975– South Africa702000–2013
Steve van Vuuren1959– South Africa701995–2007
T46Jaco Ahlers1982– South Africa602009–2016
Dean Burmester1989– South Africa602013–2015
David Frost1959– South Africa601983–1999
Simon Hobday1940–2017 South Africa601971–1985
Derek James1960– South Africa601991–1994
Jake Roos1980– South Africa602008–2013
Nico van Rensburg1966– South Africa601989–2005
Vaughn Groenewald1974– South Africa602006–2018
Peter Karmis1981– South Africa
 Greece		602007–2018
T55Merrick Bremner1986– South Africa502008–2016
Branden Grace1988– South Africa502010–2015
Denis Hutchinson1932– South Africa501959–1970
Trevor Immelman1979– South Africa512000–2007
Andrew McLardy1974– South Africa501997–2004
Sean Pappas1966–2015 South Africa501992–2000
Richard Sterne1981– South Africa502005–2008

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