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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | 25–27 Mar | FNB Botswana Open | Gaborone Golf Club, Botswana | 150,000 | Barry Painting | [1] | |
2004 | 31 Mar – 2 Apr | Parmalat Classic | De Zalze Golf Club | 125,000 | Justin Walters (1) | [2] | |
2004 | 5–8 May | Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open | Royal Swazi Sun Country Club, Swaziland | 300,000 | Nic Henning (3) | [3] | |
2004 | 27–29 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pezula) | Pezula Championship Course | 200,000 | Patrick O'Brien | New tournament | [4] |
2004 | 10–12 Jun | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Schoeman Park) | Schoeman Park Golf Club | 200,000 | Steve van Vuuren (6) | New tournament | [5] |
2004 | 18–20 Jun | Royal Swazi Sun Classic | Royal Swazi Sun Country Club, Swaziland | 200,000 | Bradford Vaughan (4) | Last year of this event | [6] |
2004 | 30 Jun – 2 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Zimbali) | Zimbali Lodge & CC | 200,000 | Thomas Aiken (1) | New tournament | [7] |
2004 | 21–23 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Sun City) | Lost City Golf Course | 200,000 | Thomas Aiken (2) | New tournament | [8] |
2004 | 17–19 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Arabella) | Arabella Country Club | 200,000 | Louis Oosthuizen (1) | New tournament | [9] |
2004 | 8–10 Oct | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Witbank Golf Club | 150,000 | Divan van den Heever (1) | [10] | |
2004 | 14–16 Oct | Limpopo Eskom Classic | Polokwane Golf Club | 250,000 | Bradford Vaughan (5) | [11] | |
2004 | 19–21 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf Championship | The Links, Fancourt | 200,000 | Thomas Aiken (3) | New tournament | [12] |
2004 | 28–30 Oct | Platinum Classic | Mooinooi Golf Club | 300,000 | Titch Moore (5) | [13] | |
2004 | 4–6 Nov | MTC Namibia PGA Championship | Windhoek Country Club, Namibia | 225,000 | Mark Murless (2) | New tournament | [14] |
2004 | 11–13 Nov | Seekers Travel Pro-Am | Dainfern Country Club | 125,000 | Ulrich van den Berg (3) | [15] | |
2004 | 9–12 Dec | Dunhill Championship | Leopard Creek Country Club | 2,800,000 | Charl Schwartzel (1) | Co-sanctioned with European Tour | [16] |
2005 | 20–23 Jan | South African Airways Open | Durban Country Club | 2,300,000 | Tim Clark (2) | Co-sanctioned with European Tour | [17] |
2005 | 27–30 Jan | Dimension Data Pro-Am | Gary Player Country Club | 550,000 | Simon Wakefield (1) | [18] | |
2005 | 3–6 Feb | Nashua Masters | Wild Coast Sun Country Club | 500,000 | Richard Sterne (1) | [19] | |
2005 | 17–20 Feb | Telkom PGA Championship | Woodhill Country Club | 1,000,000 | Warren Abery (3) | [20] | |
2005 | 24–27 Feb | Vodacom Tour Championship | Country Club Johannesburg | 1,000,000 | Marc Cayeux (7) | [21] |
Order of Merit
Rank | Player[22] | Country | Events | Prize money (R) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charl Schwartzel | South Africa | 7 | 1,635,850.44 |
2 | Neil Cheetham | England | 5 | 732,962.58 |
3 | Warren Abery | South Africa | 21 | 704,836.61 |
4 | Titch Moore | South Africa | 13 | 490,267.71 |
5 | Marc Cayeux | Zimbabwe | 9 | 430,676.41 |
References
- ↑ FNB Botswana Open results
- ↑ Parmalat Classic results
- ↑ Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open results
- ↑ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Pezula results
- ↑ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Schoeman Park results
- ↑ Royal Swazi Sun Classic results
- ↑ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Zimbali results
- ↑ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Sun City results
- ↑ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Arabella results
- ↑ Bearingman Highveld Classic results
- ↑ Limpopo Eskom Classic results
- ↑ Vodacom Origins of Golf Championship results
- ↑ Platinum Classic results
- ↑ MTC Namibian PGA Championship results
- ↑ Seekers Travel Pro-Am results
- ↑ Dunhill Championship results
- ↑ South African Airways Open results
- ↑ Dimension Data Pro-Am results
- ↑ Nashua Masters results
- ↑ Telkom PGA Championship results
- ↑ Vodacom Tour Championship results
- ↑ "2004/2005 Final Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2014.