The Sunshine Tour is headed for one of the most thrilling season conclusions in its history, with the announcement of the new DNi Tour Championship at The Club at Steyn City as the final tournament of the season and the final event on the new The Courier Guy Playoffs series.
The R3-million DNi Tour Championship will take place at The Club at Steyn City from 27-30 March and will feature the top 50 professionals on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, delivered by The Courier Guy, competing for overall season honours as well exemptions into the Majors.
DNi is one of South Africa’s leading investment firms in distribution and technology, with a strong global network in 32 countries. The DNi sponsorship will give South Africa’s top performing professionals everything to play for at the end of the current 2024-25 season.
“DNi is thrilled to be partnering with the Sunshine Tour through the new DNi Tour Championship,” said Dr Ryan Noach, DNi group chief executive officer.
“Partnering with the best, in this case the leaders of professional golf in South Africa, allows us to expose our employees, our customers and our suppliers to a sport that attracts leaders of industry, and to create lasting memories with them through this unique event.”
Apart from the limited field vying for the attractive R3-million purse, the DNi Tour Championship will also decide the outcome of the final Order of Merit.
Upon conclusion of the DNi Tour Championship, the top three professionals on the final Order of Merit will all receive DP World Tour cards for the following season.
The first-place finisher on the Order of Merit will also receive exemptions into the Nedbank Golf Challenge as well as two Majors – The Open Championship and US PGA Championship – and a R500,000 cash bonus. Second place will earn a R200,000 cash bonus, while the third-place finisher will earn a R100,000 bonus.
“The Sunshine Tour offers a very strong and appealing platform for us to create even greater brand recognition for ourselves and unique exposure for our customers,” said Noach.
“This partnership through the DNi Tour Championship is wholly aligned to what we do. It’s a highly collaborative event, coming at the top end of The Courier Guy Playoffs series, and at the pinnacle of the Sunshine Tour.
“The Sunshine Tour and DNi share a strong strategic alignment around greatness. The Sunshine Tour believes Greatness Begins Here on their fairways. We similarly believe greatness lies in the founders of the businesses that we invest behind. We support these founders and entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, providing financial and strategic across a collaborative ecosystem.”
Thomas Abt, commissioner of the Sunshine Tour, said: “We are extremely proud to welcome on board DNi as the sponsor of the DNi Tour Championship. DNi as a company has a core philosophy about people and creating opportunities to unlock their inherent greatness that is strongly aligned with our own philosophy that greatness in golf begins on our fairways.”
“DNi are the perfect partner for our season ending event, and the culmination of The Courier Guy Playoffs series as a company that sees value in aligning with the best of our best professionals, and being passionate about not only rewarding them but creating further opportunities for them as well.
“The DNi Tour Championship will result in the most significant end to our Sunshine Tour season that we have had in recent years, and we have no doubt that our fans are going to love what they see that week.”
