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SUNSHINE TOUR

About the Sunshine Tour

The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal. A large majority of the tour events are still staged in South Africa.

The tour is one of the six leading men's tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, which includes the PGA Tour, The European PGA Tour, The Japan Golf Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia, and the Asian Tour. In 2009 the International Federation of PGA undertook a major expansion in 2009 adding 11 more tours as members. The federation also founded the World Golf Championships in 1999 and sanction the Official World Golf Rankings.

The Sunshine Tour currently co-sanctions four tournaments with the European Tour, these being the Africa Open, The Alfred Dunhill Championship, the Joburg Open, and the South African Open, the second oldest championship in golf. This serves as the launch of the European Tour each season.

The tour currently runs through all twelve months of the year with the 2010 season opening at the Africa Open.