2005–06 Sunshine Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 2005–06 Sunshine Tour 2005 3 16 y – 2006 2 26 y 21 ZAF Thomas Aiken (2)ZAF Desvonde Botes (2)ZAF Bradford Vaughan (2) Order of Merit ZAF Charl Schwartzel Players' Player of the Year Rookie of the Year ZAF Mohamed Tayob 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Sunshine Tour was the 35th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2005–06 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=206S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2005/06 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 9 September 2023 DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)Winnertotals 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.OWGRpointsOthertourstours ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.Notes 19 Mar 2005 dm FNB Botswana Open Botswana 250,000 ZAF Nico van Rensburg (3) n/a 9 Apr 2005 dm Parmalat Classic Eastern Cape 300,000 ZAF Ulrich van den Berg (4) n/a 7 May 2005 dm Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 500,000 ZAF Hendrik Buhrmann (4) n/a 13 May 2005 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Gauteng 330,000 ZAF Desvonde Botes (10) n/a 27 May 2005 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pezula Western Cape 330,000 ZAF Desvonde Botes (11) n/a 1 Jul 2005 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun Eastern Cape 330,000 ZAF Dean Lambert (1) n/a 26 Aug 2005 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein Free State 330,000 ZAF Nic Henning (4) n/a 2 Sep 2005 dm Telkom PGA Pro-Am Gauteng 300,000 ZAF Thomas Aiken (4) n/a New tournament 9 Sep 2005 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale Western Cape 330,000 ZAF Hennie Otto (6) n/a 1 Oct 2005 dm Seekers Travel Pro-Am Gauteng 300,000 ZAF Anton Haig (1) n/a 9 Oct 2005 dm Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 400,000 ZAF Bradford Vaughan (6) n/a 15 Oct 2005 dm MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia 500,000 ZAF Thomas Aiken (5) n/a 21 Oct 2005 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 400,000 ZAF Steve Basson (1) n/a 29 Oct 2005 dm Platinum Classic North West 500,000 ZAF Jaco van Zyl (1) n/a 20 Nov 2005 dm Limpopo Classic Limpopo 1,000,000 ZAF Bradford Vaughan (7) 18 11 Dec 2005 dm Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,000,000 ZAF Ernie Els (13) 20 EUR 18 Dec 2005 dm South African Airways Open Western Cape €1,000,000 ZAF Retief Goosen (5) 32 EUR Flagship event 29 Jan 2006 dm Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,000,000 SCO Alan McLean (2) 12 Pro-Am 5 Feb 2006 dm Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 ZAF Warren Abery (4) 12 19 Feb 2006 dm Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 FRA Grégory Bourdy (1) 12 26 Feb 2006 dm Vodacom Tour Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 ZAF Charl Schwartzel (2) 12 Tour Championship Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertourstoursNotes13 NovHSBC ChampionsChinaUS$5,000,000ENG David Howell48ANZ,PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event ASA,Asian Tour unofficial event EURNew limited-field event Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=206S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2005/06 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 9 September 2023https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/bright-year-awaits-schwartzel-554671 Bright year awaits Schwartzel Independent Online Grant Winter 27 February 2006 9 September 2023 On Sunday he not only picked up R317 000 for the win, but became the first player since John Bland in 1989/1990 and 1990/91 to top the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit two years running. PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 1,207,4602 FRA Grégory Bourdy 936,3943 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 842,0924 ZAF Thomas Aiken 779,5665 ZAF Darren Fichardt 763,324 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) ZAF Mohamed Tayob https://brandsouthafrica.com/108415/sports-news/golf-210207/ Immelman a 'Compleat' winner Brand South Africa 21 February 2007 23 November 2025 Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour