Sunshine Ladies Tour primed for sizzling summer
Valentine’s Day will signal a new era in women’s professional golf in South Africa when the champion of the first Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies tournament is crowned at Houghton Golf Club next month.
With the launch of the WPGA’s new Sunshine Ladies Tour just weeks away, top professionals Lee-Anne Pace, Tandi von Ruben, Laurette Maritz, Morgana Robbertze and Monique Smit, and LET rookies Kim Williams and Nicole Garcia, are among the country’s leading lights, set to fly the flag for South Africa against a host of international competitors.
“The Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies at Houghton from February 13 to 14 will officially mark the start of the Sunshine Ladies Tour,” says WPGA chairman, Margie Whitehouse.
“We are thrilled that so many of our top professionals have found a way to support the new Tour and will be playing in some, if not all, six of the tournaments throughout February and March and vie for a spot in the limited-field Investec Cup for Ladies.
“We are very excited to get the Tour off the ground and to give our members a local competitive platform with the help of the Sunshine Tour and our sponsors Investec, Sun International, SuperSport and Dimension Data.”
The format of the first six tournaments will be 36-holes stroke play with no cut and each event will offer prize money of R100 000. The Investec Cup for Ladies in March, however, is limited to the leading 10 professionals on the Order of Merit and boasts a purse of R300 000.
