Warren Abery is a South Africa

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n professional golf

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er. He currently plays on the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour

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 where he has won seven times between 1998 and 2010.

Abery was born in Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, and currently resides in Umhlanga Rocks. He won the South African Amateur Tournament in 1995 and turned professional in 1997 the same year he joined the Sunshine Tour, where he found immediate success. He gained a place on the European Tour

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 in 2006 via qualifying school

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, but was unable to retain his card.

Sunshine Tour wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	4 Sep 1998	ABSA Bank Corporate Challenge	-10 (67-67-72=206)	3 strokes	Brett Liddle Brett Liddle Brett Anthony Liddle is a professional golfer from South Africa.Liddle was born in Boksburg. He turned professional in 1992 and picked up his first win on the Sunshine Tour a year later. He would add five more wins between then and 2000... ,   Pelop Panagopoulos   Bryan Prytz
2	10 Nov 2001	Graceland Challenge	-11 (69-70-66=205)	3 strokes	Richard Sterne Richard Sterne (golfer) -Life and career:Sterne was born in Pretoria. He was runner-up in the Boys' 15-17 Division at the 1999 World Junior Golf Championships and turned pro in 2001. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2002 and graduated to membership of the main European Tour in 2003. He won his first European...
3	20 Feb 2005	Telkom PGA Championship	-15 (68-68-68-69=273)	1 stroke	Charl Schwartzel Charl Schwartzel Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2011 Masters Tournament. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number seven, in May 2011.... ,   Jaco Van Zyl Jaco van Zyl Jaco Phillipus van Zyl is a professional golfer from South Africa.Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour...
4	17 Aug 2005	Sun City Touring Pro-Am	-7 (71-67-71=209)	4 strokes	Chris Williams Chris Williams (golfer) Christopher Gary Williams is a professional golfer from England who currently lived in South Africa who has won nine times on the Sunshine Tour....
5	5 Feb 2006	Nashua Masters	-15 (67-63-67-68=265)	2 strokes	Doug McGuigan Doug McGuigan Douglas Gordon McGuigan is a professional golfer from South Africa. He has won four times on the Sunshine Tour between 2003 and 2009.McGuigan was born in Durban, and currently resides in Johannesburg...
6	30 June 2007 2007 Sunshine Tour 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...	Nashua Golf Challenge	-9 (69-67-71=207)	4 strokes	Adilson da Silva Adilson da Silva Adilson Jose da Silva is a Brazilian professional golfer. He currently plays on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour, where he has won eight times....
7	4 Nov 2010 2010 Sunshine Tour The 2010 Sunshine Tour was the 11th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 4th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007...	Neshua Masters	-13 (66-67-65-69=267)	2 strokes	Oliver Bekker,   Branden Grace Branden Grace Branden John Grace is a professional golfer from South Africa. He was born in Pretoria and turned professional at the end of 2007, since when he has played on the Sunshine Tour. His best finish on tour through 2009 came at the 2009 Africa Open, where he finished tied for second, one stroke behind...   Alex Haindl
8	10 Nov 2011 2011 Sunshine Tour The 2011 Sunshine Tour is the 12th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 5th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007...	Nedbank Affinity Cup Nedbank Affinity Cup The Nedbank Affinity Cup is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2007 as a precursor to the Nedbank Golf Challenge, and is played at the Gary Player designed Lost City Golf Club, in Sun City, North West province, South Africa.-Winners:...	-11 (70-65-70=205)	2 strokes	Andrew Curlewis,   Prinavin Nelson

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