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.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia €110,000 Michael Kirk (1) 10 CHA FNB Botswana Open Botswana 250,000 Barry Painting (1) n/a Parmalat Classic Eastern Cape 200,000 Justin Walters (1) n/a Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 400,000 Nic Henning (3) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pezula Western Cape 300,000 Patrick O'Brien (1) n/a New tournament series Vodacom Origins of Golf at Schoeman Park North West 300,000 Steve van Vuuren (6) n/a Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 250,000 Bradford Vaughan (4) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zimbali KwaZulu-Natal 300,000 Thomas Aiken (1) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sun City North West 300,000 Thomas Aiken (2) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella Western Cape 300,000 Louis Oosthuizen (1) n/a Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 250,000 Divan van den Heever (1) n/a Limpopo Eskom Classic Limpopo 500,000 Bradford Vaughan (5) n/a Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 300,000 Thomas Aiken (3) n/a Platinum Classic North West 550,000 Titch Moore (5) n/a MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia 500,000 Mark Murless (2) n/a New tournament Seekers Travel Pro-Am Gauteng 230,000 Ulrich van den Berg (3) n/a Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga £500,000 Charl Schwartzel (1) 18 EUR South African Airways Open KwaZulu-Natal £500,000 Tim Clark (2) 32 EUR Flagship event Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,000,000 Simon Wakefield (1) 12 Pro-Am Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 Richard Sterne (1) 12 Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 1,750,000 Warren Abery (3) 12 Vodacom Tour Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 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.
PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 Charl Schwartzel 1,635,8502 Neil Cheetham 732,9633 Warren Abery 704,8374 Titch Moore 490,2685 Marc Cayeux 430,676
Awards AwardWinner Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Garry Houston
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