The 2004–05 Sunshine Tour was the 34th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
| Duration | 11 March 2004 – 27 February 2005 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 22 |
| Most wins |  Thomas Aiken (3) |
| Order of Merit | Charl Schwartzel |
| Rookie of the Year |  Garry Houston |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2004–05 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar | Stanbic Zambia Open | Zambia | €110,000 | 10 | CHA | ||
| 27 Mar | FNB Botswana Open | Botswana | 250,000 | n/a | |||
| 2 Apr | Parmalat Classic | Eastern Cape | 200,000 | n/a | |||
| 8 May | Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open | Swaziland | 400,000 | n/a | |||
| 29 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pezula | Western Cape | 300,000 | n/a | New tournament series | ||
| 12 Jun | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Schoeman Park | North West | 300,000 | n/a | |||
| 20 Jun | Royal Swazi Sun Classic | Swaziland | 250,000 | n/a | |||
| 2 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zimbali | KwaZulu-Natal | 300,000 | n/a | |||
| 23 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sun City | North West | 300,000 | n/a | |||
| 19 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella | Western Cape | 300,000 | n/a | |||
| 10 Oct | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Mpumalanga | 250,000 | n/a | |||
| 16 Oct | Limpopo Eskom Classic | Limpopo | 500,000 | n/a | |||
| 21 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Western Cape | 300,000 | n/a | |||
| 30 Oct | Platinum Classic | North West | 550,000 | n/a | |||
| 6 Nov | MTC Namibia PGA Championship | Namibia | 500,000 | n/a | New tournament | ||
| 13 Nov | Seekers Travel Pro-Am | Gauteng | 230,000 | n/a | |||
| 12 Dec | Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | £500,000 | 18 | EUR | ||
| 23 Jan | South African Airways Open | KwaZulu-Natal | £500,000 | 32 | EUR | Flagship event | |
| 30 Jan | Dimension Data Pro-Am | North West | 1,000,000 | 12 | Pro-Am | ||
| 6 Feb | Nashua Masters | Eastern Cape | 1,000,000 | 12 | |||
| 20 Feb | Telkom PGA Championship | Gauteng | 1,750,000 | 12 | |||
| 27 Feb | Vodacom Tour Championship | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | 12 | Tour Championship |
Order of Merit
editThe Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,635,850 | |
| 2 | 732,963 | |
| 3 | 704,837 | |
| 4 | 490,268 | |
| 5 | 430,676 |
Awards
edit| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) | [4] |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References
edit- ^ "2004/05 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "2004/05 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ Winter, Grant (23 February 2005). "'Schwartzel is best young, player in world'". Independent Online. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
He has won the 2004-05 Sunshine Tour order of merit by the proverbial mile.
- ^ South African Golfers Yearbook. Picasso Headline. 2002. p. 9. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Google Books.
Rookie of the Year honours went to veteran Welshman Garry Houston, playing the tour for the first time. He finished 37th on the Order of Merit and just edged out 18-year-old Anton Haig (39th) by R3,300 for the award.