2005–06 Sunshine Tour

The 2005–06 Sunshine Tour was the sixth 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.

As in the previous year, there were 21 tournaments on the schedule. The Royal Swazi Sun Classic was last held in 2004, and the Telkom PGA Pro-Am was added in 2005. The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 18 of the 21 tournaments being held in the country. One event each was held in Botswana, Swaziland and Namibia. Two tournaments, the Alfred Dunhill Championship and the South African Airways Open were co-sanctioned by the European Tour.

The Order of Merit was won for the second straight time by Charl Schwartzel.

Schedule

The table below shows schedule of events for the 2005–06 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. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.

Year Dates Tournament Venue
(RSA unless stated)		 Prize fund
(R)		 Winner Notes Ref
200517–19 MarFNB Botswana OpenPhakalane GC, Botswana150,000 Nico van Rensburg (6)[1]
20057–9 AprParmalat ClassicPaarl Golf Glub200,000 Ulrich van den Berg (4)[2]
20054–7 MayCapital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun OpenRoyal Swazi Sun Country Club, Swaziland400,000 Hendrik Buhrmann (8)[3]
200511–13 MayVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pretoria)Pretoria Country Club200,000 Desvonde Botes (10)[4]
200525–27 MayVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pezula)Pezula Championship Course200,000 Desvonde Botes (11)[5]
200529 Jun – 1 JulVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Wild Coast Sun)Wild Coast Sun Country Club200,000 Dean Lambert[6]
200524–26 AugVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Bloemfontein)Bloemfontein Golf Club200,000 Nic Henning (4)[7]
200531 Aug – 2 SepTelkom PGA Pro-AmCenturion CC150,000 Thomas Aiken (4)New tournament[8]
20057–9 SepVodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Erinvale)Erinvale Golf Club200,000 Hennie Otto (6)[9]
200529 Sep – 1 OctSeekers Travel Pro-AmDainfern Country Club150,000 Anton Haig (1)[10]
20057–9 OctBearing Man Highveld ClassicWitbank Golf Club200,000 Bradford Vaughan (6)[11]
200513–15 OctMTC Namibia PGA ChampionshipWindhoek Country Club, Namibia250,000 Thomas Aiken (5)[12]
200519–21 OctVodacom Origins of Golf Tour ChampionshipThe Links, Fancourt200,000 Steve Basson[13]
200527–29 OctPlatinum ClassicMooinooi Golf Club300,000 Jaco van Zyl (1)[14]
200517–20 NovLimpopo ClassicPolokwane Golf Club500,000 Bradford Vaughan (7)[15]
20058–11 DecDunhill ChampionshipLeopard Creek Country Club€1,000,000 Ernie Els (16)Co-sanctioned with European Tour[16]
200515–18 DecSouth African Airways OpenThe Links, Fancourt€1,000,000 Retief Goosen (8)Flagship event
Co-sanctioned with European Tour		[17]
200626–29 JanDimension Data Pro-AmGary Player Country Club500,000 Alan McLean (2)[18]
20062–5 FebNashua MastersWild Coast Sun Country Club500,000 Warren Abery (4)[19]
200616–19 FebTelkom PGA ChampionshipCountry Club Johannesburg1,000,000 Grégory Bourdy (1)[20]
200623–26 FebVodacom Tour ChampionshipPretoria Country Club1,250,000 Charl Schwartzel (2)Tour Championship[21]

Order of Merit
RankPlayer[22]CountryEventsPrize money (R)
1Charl Schwartzel South Africa61,207,459.70
2Grégory Bourdy France6936,394.20
3Louis Oosthuizen South Africa4842,091.85
4Thomas Aiken South Africa20779,565.85
5Darren Fichardt South Africa7763,324.20

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 Pretoria results
  5. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Pezula results
  6. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Wild Coast Sun results
  7. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Bloemfontein results
  8. Telkom PGA Pro-Am results
  9. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Erinvale results
  10. Seekers Travel Pro-Am results
  11. Bearingman Highveld Classic results
  12. MTC Namibia PGA Championship results
  13. Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Championship results
  14. Platinum Classic results
  15. Limpopo Classic 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. "2005/2006 Final Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. 2006-02-26. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
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