2005–06 Sunshine Tour

2005–06 Sunshine Tour season
Duration16 March 2005 (2005-03-16) – 26 February 2006 (2006-02-26)
Number of official events21
Most winsSouth Africa Thomas Aiken (2)
South Africa Desvonde Botes (2)
South Africa Bradford Vaughan (2)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel

The 2005–06 Sunshine Tour was the 35th 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 2005–06 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
19 Mar FNB Botswana Open Botswana 250,000 South Africa Nico van Rensburg (3) n/a
9 Apr Parmalat Classic Eastern Cape 300,000 South Africa Ulrich van den Berg (4) n/a
7 May Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open Swaziland 500,000 South Africa Hendrik Buhrmann (4) n/a
13 May Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Gauteng 330,000 South Africa Desvonde Botes (10) n/a
27 May Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pezula Western Cape 330,000 South Africa Desvonde Botes (11) n/a
1 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun Eastern Cape 330,000 South Africa Dean Lambert (1) n/a
26 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein Free State 330,000 South Africa Nic Henning (4) n/a
2 Sep Telkom PGA Pro-Am Gauteng 300,000 South Africa Thomas Aiken (4) n/a New tournament
9 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale Western Cape 330,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (6) n/a
1 Oct Seekers Travel Pro-Am Gauteng 300,000 South Africa Anton Haig (1) n/a
9 Oct Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 400,000 South Africa Bradford Vaughan (6) n/a
15 Oct MTC Namibia PGA Championship Namibia 500,000 South Africa Thomas Aiken (5) n/a
21 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 400,000 South Africa Steve Basson (1) n/a
29 Oct Platinum Classic North West 500,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (1) n/a
20 Nov Limpopo Classic Limpopo 1,000,000 South Africa Bradford Vaughan (7) 18
11 Dec Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (13) 20 EUR
18 Dec South African Airways Open Western Cape €1,000,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (5) 32 EUR Flagship event
29 Jan Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 1,000,000 Scotland Alan McLean (2) 12 Pro-Am
5 Feb Nashua Masters Eastern Cape 1,000,000 South Africa Warren Abery (4) 12
19 Feb Telkom PGA Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 France Grégory Bourdy (1) 12
26 Feb Vodacom Tour Championship Gauteng 2,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (2) 12 Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
13 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 England David Howell 48 ANZ,[c] ASA,[d] EUR New limited-field event

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 Charl Schwartzel 1,207,460
2 France Grégory Bourdy 936,394
3 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 842,092
4 South Africa Thomas Aiken 779,566
5 South Africa Darren Fichardt 763,324

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. ^ a b ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. ^ PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event
  4. ^ Asian Tour unofficial event

References

  1. ^ "2005/06 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2005/06 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ Winter, Grant (27 February 2006). "Bright year awaits Schwartzel". Independent Online. Retrieved 9 September 2023. On Sunday he not only picked up R317 000 for the win, but became the first player since John Bland in 1989/1990 and 1990/91 to top the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit two years running.