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.

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.

The Order of Merit was won by Charl Schwartzel.

Schedule

The table below shows schedule of events for the 2004–05 Sunshine 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.

Prize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.

Year Dates Tournament Venue
(RSA unless stated)		 Prize fund
(R)		 Winner Notes Ref
200411–14 MarStanbic Zambia OpenLusaka Golf Club, Zambia909,400 Michael Kirk (1)Co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour
200425–27 MarFNB Botswana OpenGaborone Golf Club, Botswana150,000 Barry Painting[1]
200431 Mar – 2 AprParmalat ClassicDe Zalze Golf Club125,000 Justin Walters (1)[2]
20045–8 MayCapital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun OpenRoyal Swazi Sun Country Club, Swaziland300,000 Nic Henning (3)[3]
200427–29 MayVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pezula)Pezula Championship Course200,000 Patrick O'BrienNew tournament[4]
200410–12 JunVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Schoeman Park)Schoeman Park Golf Club200,000 Steve van Vuuren (6)New tournament[5]
200418–20 JunRoyal Swazi Sun ClassicRoyal Swazi Sun Country Club, Swaziland200,000 Bradford Vaughan (4)Last year of this event[6]
200430 Jun – 2 JulVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Zimbali)Zimbali Lodge & CC200,000 Thomas Aiken (1)New tournament[7]
200421–23 JulVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Sun City)Lost City Golf Course200,000 Thomas Aiken (2)New tournament[8]
200417–19 SepVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Arabella)Arabella Country Club200,000 Louis Oosthuizen (1)New tournament[9]
20048–10 OctBearing Man Highveld ClassicWitbank Golf Club150,000 Divan van den Heever (1)[10]
200414–16 OctLimpopo Eskom ClassicPolokwane Golf Club250,000 Bradford Vaughan (5)[11]
200419–21 OctVodacom Origins of Golf ChampionshipThe Links, Fancourt200,000 Thomas Aiken (3)New tournament[12]
200428–30 OctPlatinum ClassicMooinooi Golf Club300,000 Titch Moore (5)[13]
20044–6 NovMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipWindhoek Country Club, Namibia225,000 Mark Murless (2)New tournament[14]
200411–13 NovSeekers Travel Pro-AmDainfern Country Club125,000 Ulrich van den Berg (3)[15]
20049–12 DecDunhill ChampionshipLeopard Creek Country Club2,800,000 Charl Schwartzel (1)Co-sanctioned with European Tour[16]
200520–23 JanSouth African Airways OpenDurban Country Club2,300,000 Tim Clark (2)Flagship event
Co-sanctioned with European Tour		[17]
200527–30 JanDimension Data Pro-AmGary Player Country Club550,000 Simon Wakefield (1)[18]
20053–6 FebNashua MastersWild Coast Sun Country Club500,000 Richard Sterne (1)[19]
200517–20 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipWoodhill Country Club1,000,000 Warren Abery (3)[20]
200524–27 FebVodacom Tour ChampionshipCountry Club Johannesburg1,000,000 Marc Cayeux (7)Tour Championship[21]

Order of Merit
RankPlayer[22]CountryEventsPrize money (R)
1Charl Schwartzel South Africa71,635,850.44
2Neil Cheetham England5732,962.58
3Warren Abery South Africa21704,836.61
4Titch Moore South Africa13490,267.71
5Marc Cayeux Zimbabwe9430,676.41

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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