2004–05 Sunshine Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 2004–05 Sunshine Tour 2004 3 11 y – 2005 2 27 y 22 ZAF Thomas Aiken (3) Order of Merit ZAF Charl Schwartzel Rookie of the Year WAL Garry Houston 2003–04 2005–06 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. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2004–05 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=205S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2004/05 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.OWGRpointsOthertoursCHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.Notes 14 Mar 2004 dm Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia €110,000 ZAF Michael Kirk (1) 10 CHA 27 Mar 2004 dm FNB Botswana Open Botswana 250,000 ZWE Barry Painting (1) n/a 2 Apr 2004 dm Parmalat Classic Eastern Cape 200,000 ZAF Justin Walters (1) n/a 8 May 2004 dm Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 400,000 ZAF Nic Henning (3) n/a 29 May 2004 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pezula Western Cape 300,000 ZAF Patrick O'Brien (1) n/a New tournament series 12 Jun 2004 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Schoeman Park North West 300,000 ZAF Steve van Vuuren (6) n/a 20 Jun 2004 dm Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 250,000 ZAF Bradford Vaughan (4) n/a 2 Jul 2004 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zimbali KwaZulu-Natal 300,000 ZAF Thomas Aiken (1) n/a 23 Jul 2004 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sun City North West 300,000 ZAF Thomas Aiken (2) n/a 19 Sep 2004 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 300,000 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (1) n/a 10 Oct 2004 dm Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 250,000 ZAF Divan van den Heever (1) n/a 16 Oct 2004 dm Limpopo Eskom Classic Limpopo 500,000 ZAF Bradford Vaughan (5) n/a 21 Oct 2004 dm Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 300,000 ZAF Thomas Aiken (3) n/a 30 Oct 2004 dm Platinum Classic North West 550,000 ZAF Titch Moore (5) n/a 6 Nov 2004 dm MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia 500,000 ZAF Mark Murless (2) n/a New tournament 13 Nov 2004 dm Seekers Travel Pro-Am Gauteng 230,000 ZAF Ulrich van den Berg (3) n/a 12 Dec 2004 dm Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga £500,000 ZAF Charl Schwartzel (1) 18 EUR 23 Jan 2005 dm South African Airways Open KwaZulu-Natal £500,000 ZAF Tim Clark (2) 32 EUR Flagship event 30 Jan 2005 dm Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,000,000 ENG Simon Wakefield (1) 12 Pro-Am 6 Feb 2005 dm Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 ZAF Richard Sterne (1) 12 20 Feb 2005 dm Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 1,750,000 ZAF Warren Abery (3) 12 27 Feb 2005 dm Vodacom Tour Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 ZWE Marc Cayeux (7) 12 Tour Championship 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=205S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2004/05 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 9 September 2023https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/schwartzel-is-best-young-player-in-world-542435 'Schwartzel is best young, player in world' Independent Online Grant Winter 23 February 2005 9 September 2023 He has won the 2004-05 Sunshine Tour order of merit by the proverbial mile. PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 1,635,8502 ENG Neil Cheetham 732,9633 ZAF Warren Abery 704,8374 ZAF Titch Moore 490,2685 ZIM Marc Cayeux 430,676 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) WAL Garry Houston South African Golfers Yearbook Picasso Headline 2002 https://books.google.com/books?id=_PJOAQAAIAAJ 9 8 November 2023 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. Google Books Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour