2004–05 Sunshine Tour

The 2004–05 Sunshine Tour was the fifth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.

2004–05 Sunshine Tour season
Duration11 March 2004 (2004-03-11) – 27 February 2005 (2005-02-27)
Number of official events22
Most wins3:
South Africa Thomas Aiken
Order of MeritSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel

There were 21 tournaments on the schedule. This was an increase of four from the previous year, primarily due to the addition of the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour, a series of six regional tournaments that has been held every year since. The other new tournament was the MTC Namibia PGA Championship. The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 17 of the 21 tournaments being held in the country. Two events were held in Swaziland, and one event each was held in Botswana and Namibia. Two events, the Dunhill Championship and the South African Airways Open were co-sanctioned by the European Tour.

As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points.

The Order of Merit was won by Charl Schwartzel.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004–05 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes Ref.
14 MarStanbic Zambia OpenZambia€110,000South Africa Michael Kirk (1)10CHA
27 MarFNB Botswana OpenBotswana150,000Zimbabwe Barry Painting (1)n/a[1]
2 AprParmalat ClassicEastern Cape125,000South Africa Justin Walters (1)n/a[2]
8 MayCapital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun OpenSwaziland300,000South Africa Nic Henning (3)n/a[3]
29 MayVodacom Origins of Golf at PezulaWestern Cape200,000South Africa Patrick O'Brien (1)n/aNew tournament series[4]
12 JunVodacom Origins of Golf at Schoeman ParkNorth West200,000South Africa Steve van Vuuren (6)n/a[5]
20 JunRoyal Swazi Sun ClassicSwaziland200,000South Africa Bradford Vaughan (4)n/a[6]
2 JulVodacom Origins of Golf at ZimbaliKwaZulu-Natal200,000South Africa Thomas Aiken (1)n/a[7]
23 JulVodacom Origins of Golf at Sun CityNorth West200,000South Africa Thomas Aiken (2)n/a[8]
19 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape200,000South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (1)n/a[9]
10 OctBearing Man Highveld ClassicMpumalanga150,000South Africa Divan van den Heever (1)n/a[10]
16 OctLimpopo Eskom ClassicLimpopo250,000South Africa Bradford Vaughan (5)n/a[11]
21 OctVodacom Origins of Golf FinalWestern Cape200,000South Africa Thomas Aiken (3)n/a[12]
30 OctPlatinum ClassicNorth West300,000South Africa Titch Moore (5)n/a[13]
6 NovMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipNamibia225,000South Africa Mark Murless (2)n/aNew tournament[14]
13 NovSeekers Travel Pro-AmGauteng125,000South Africa Ulrich van den Berg (3)n/a[15]
12 DecDunhill ChampionshipMpumalanga2,800,000South Africa Charl Schwartzel (1)18EUR[16]
23 JanSouth African Airways OpenKwaZulu-Natal2,300,000South Africa Tim Clark (2)32EURFlagship event[17]
30 JanDimension Data Pro-AmNorth West550,000England Simon Wakefield (1)12Pro-Am[18]
6 FebNashua MastersEastern Cape500,000South Africa Richard Sterne (1)12[19]
20 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipGauteng1,000,000South Africa Warren Abery (3)12[20]
27 FebVodacom Tour ChampionshipGauteng1,000,000Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (7)12Tour Championship[21]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[22]

PositionPlayerEventsPrize money (R)
1South Africa Charl Schwartzel71,635,850
2England Neil Cheetham5732,963
3South Africa Warren Abery21704,837
4South Africa Titch Moore13490,268
5Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux9430,676

Notes
  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Sunshine Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.
  2. CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References
  1. FNB Botswana Open results
  2. Parmalat Classic results
  3. Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open results
  4. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Pezula results
  5. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Schoeman Park results
  6. Royal Swazi Sun Classic results
  7. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Zimbali results
  8. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Sun City results
  9. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Arabella results
  10. Bearingman Highveld Classic results
  11. Limpopo Eskom Classic results
  12. Vodacom Origins of Golf Championship results
  13. Platinum Classic results
  14. MTC Namibian PGA Championship results
  15. Seekers Travel Pro-Am results
  16. Dunhill Championship results
  17. South African Airways Open results
  18. Dimension Data Pro-Am results
  19. Nashua Masters results
  20. Telkom PGA Championship results
  21. Vodacom Tour Championship results
  22. "2004/2005 Final Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
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