2003–04 Sunshine Tour

2003–04 Sunshine Tour season
Duration6 March 2003 (2003-03-06) – 22 February 2004 (2004-02-22)
Number of official events17
Most winsSouth Africa Andrew McLardy (2)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Darren Fichardt
Rookie of the YearSweden Johan Edfors

The 2003–04 Sunshine Tour was the 33rd 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 2003–04 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
9 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia €100,000 Sweden Johan Edfors (1) 10 CHA
29 Mar FNB Botswana Open Botswana 250,000 South Africa Trevor Fisher Jnr (1) n/a
10 May Limpopo Industrelek Classic Limpopo 300,000 Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (6) n/a
18 May Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 250,000 South Africa Des Terblanche (6) n/a
30 May Devonvale Championship Western Cape 200,000 South Africa Hendrik Buhrmann (3) n/a New tournament
7 Jun Canon Classic Western Cape 200,000 South Africa Tyrol Auret (1) n/a New tournament
22 Jun Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 200,000 South Africa Nic Henning (2) n/a
27 Jun Parmalat Classic Eastern Cape 200,000 South Africa Desvonde Botes (9) n/a New tournament
4 Oct Seekers Travel Pro-Am Gauteng 200,000 South Africa Chris Williams (7) n/a New tournament
12 Oct Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 200,000 South Africa Dion Fourie (1) n/a
1 Nov Platinum Classic North West 500,000 Scotland Doug McGuigan (1) n/a
18 Jan South African Airways Open Western Cape £500,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman (4) 32 EUR Flagship event
25 Jan Dunhill Championship Gauteng £500,000 Germany Marcel Siem (n/a) 18 EUR
1 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 2,000,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (4) 12 Pro-Am
8 Feb Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 South Africa Andrew McLardy (4) 12
15 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa Warrick Druian (2) 12
22 Feb The Tour Championship Mpumalanga 2,000,000 South Africa Andrew McLardy (5) 12 Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Darren Fichardt 726,545
2 South Africa Andrew McLardy 617,278
3 South Africa Desvonde Botes 457,265
4 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 381,729
5 South Africa Titch Moore 368,710

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Sweden Johan Edfors [4]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2003/04 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2003/04 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Success pays off for Fichardt and Simon". Independent Online. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 10 September 2023. Fichardt claimed the Dimension Data Pro-Am title at Sun City and banked R726 544 for the season to finish well clear of Andrew McLardy...
  4. ^ "Golden Goose caps stellar year with top award". Independent Online. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Sweden's Johan Edfors became the first foreigner to win the Rookie of the Year title...