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2003–04 Sunshine Tour season
Duration	6 March 2003 – 22 February 2004
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Andrew McLardy (2)
Order of Merit	Darren Fichardt
Rookie of the Year	Johan Edfors
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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	Johan Edfors (1)	10	CHA
29 Mar	FNB Botswana Open	Botswana	250,000	Trevor Fisher Jnr (1)	n/a
10 May	Limpopo Industrelek Classic	Limpopo	300,000	Marc Cayeux (6)	n/a
18 May	Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	250,000	Des Terblanche (6)	n/a
30 May	Devonvale Championship	Western Cape	200,000	Hendrik Buhrmann (3)	n/a		New tournament
7 Jun	Canon Classic	Western Cape	200,000	Tyrol Auret (1)	n/a		New tournament
22 Jun	Royal Swazi Sun Classic	Swaziland	200,000	Nic Henning (2)	n/a
27 Jun	Parmalat Classic	Eastern Cape	200,000	Desvonde Botes (9)	n/a		New tournament
4 Oct	Seekers Travel Pro-Am	Gauteng	200,000	Chris Williams (7)	n/a		New tournament
12 Oct	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	200,000	Dion Fourie (1)	n/a
1 Nov	Platinum Classic	North West	500,000	Doug McGuigan (1)	n/a
18 Jan	South African Airways Open	Western Cape	£500,000	Trevor Immelman (4)	32	EUR	Flagship event
25 Jan	Dunhill Championship	Gauteng	£500,000	Marcel Siem (n/a)	18	EUR
1 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	2,000,000	Darren Fichardt (4)	12		Pro-Am
8 Feb	Nashua Masters	Eastern Cape	1,000,000	Andrew McLardy (4)	12
15 Feb	Telkom PGA Championship	Gauteng	1,500,000	Warrick Druian (2)	12
22 Feb	The Tour Championship	Mpumalanga	2,000,000	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	Darren Fichardt	726,545
2	Andrew McLardy	617,278
3	Desvonde Botes	457,265
4	Louis Oosthuizen	381,729
5	Titch Moore	368,710

Awards

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

Notes

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

References

^ "2003/04 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
^ "2003/04 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
^ "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...
^ "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...