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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17–19 Mar | FNB Botswana Open | Phakalane GC, Botswana | 150,000 |  Nico van Rensburg (6) |
[1] | |
| 2005 | 7–9 Apr | Parmalat Classic | Paarl Golf Glub | 200,000 | Ulrich van den Berg (4) |
[2] | |
| 2005 | 4–7 May | Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open | Royal Swazi Sun Country Club, Swaziland | 400,000 | Hendrik Buhrmann (8) |
[3] | |
| 2005 | 11–13 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pretoria) | Pretoria Country Club | 200,000 | Desvonde Botes (10) |
[4] | |
| 2005 | 25–27 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pezula) | Pezula Championship Course | 200,000 | Desvonde Botes (11) |
[5] | |
| 2005 | 29 Jun – 1 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Wild Coast Sun) | Wild Coast Sun Country Club | 200,000 | Dean Lambert |
[6] | |
| 2005 | 24–26 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Bloemfontein) | Bloemfontein Golf Club | 200,000 | Nic Henning (4) |
[7] | |
| 2005 | 31 Aug – 2 Sep | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | Centurion CC | 150,000 | Thomas Aiken (4) |
New tournament | [8] |
| 2005 | 7–9 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Erinvale) | Erinvale Golf Club | 200,000 | Hennie Otto (6) |
[9] | |
| 2005 | 29 Sep – 1 Oct | Seekers Travel Pro-Am | Dainfern Country Club | 150,000 | Anton Haig (1) |
[10] | |
| 2005 | 7–9 Oct | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Witbank Golf Club | 200,000 | Bradford Vaughan (6) |
[11] | |
| 2005 | 13–15 Oct | MTC Namibia PGA Championship | Windhoek Country Club, Namibia | 250,000 | Thomas Aiken (5) |
[12] | |
| 2005 | 19–21 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Championship | The Links, Fancourt | 200,000 | Steve Basson |
[13] | |
| 2005 | 27–29 Oct | Platinum Classic | Mooinooi Golf Club | 300,000 | Jaco Van Zyl (1) |
[14] | |
| 2005 | 17–20 Nov | Limpopo Classic | Polokwane Golf Club | 500,000 | Bradford Vaughan (7) |
[15] | |
| 2005 | 8–11 Dec | Dunhill Championship | Leopard Creek Country Club | €1,000,000 | Ernie Els (14) |
Co-sanctioned with European Tour | [16] |
| 2005 | 15–18 Dec | South African Airways Open | The Links, Fancourt | €1,000,000 | Retief Goosen (8) |
Co-sanctioned with European Tour | [17] |
| 2006 | 26–29 Jan | Dimension Data Pro-Am | Gary Player Country Club | 500,000 |  Alan McLean (2) |
[18] | |
| 2006 | 2–5 Feb | Nashua Masters | Wild Coast Sun Country Club | 500,000 | Warren Abery (4) |
[19] | |
| 2006 | 16–19 Feb | Telkom PGA Championship | Country Club Johannesburg | 1,000,000 |  Grégory Bourdy (1) |
[20] | |
| 2006 | 23–26 Feb | Vodacom Tour Championship | Pretoria Country Club | 1,250,000 | Charl Schwartzel (2) |
[21] |
Order of Merit
| Rank | Player[22] | Country | Events | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charl Schwartzel | South Africa |
6 | 1,207,459.70 |
| 2 | Grégory Bourdy | France |
6 | 936,394.20 |
| 3 | Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa |
4 | 842,091.85 |
| 4 | Thomas Aiken | South Africa |
20 | 779,565.85 |
| 5 | Darren Fichardt | South Africa |
7 | 763,324.20 |
References
- ^ FNB Botswana Open results
- ^ Parmalat Classic results
- ^ Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open results
- ^ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Pretoria results
- ^ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Pezula results
- ^ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Wild Coast Sun results
- ^ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Bloemfontein results
- ^ Telkom PGA Pro-Am results
- ^ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour at Erinvale results
- ^ Seekers Travel Pro-Am results
- ^ Bearingman Highveld Classic results
- ^ MTC Namibia PGA Championship results
- ^ Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Championship results
- ^ Platinum Classic results
- ^ Limpopo Classic 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
- ^ "2005/2006 Final Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. 2006-02-26. Retrieved 2014-07-18.