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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.
Duration | 16 March 2005 – 26 February 2006 |
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Number of official events | 21 |
Most wins | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
← 2004–05 2006–07 → |
The following table lists official events during the 2005–06 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 Mar | FNB Botswana Open | Botswana | 250,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
9 Apr | Parmalat Classic | Eastern Cape | 300,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
7 May | Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open | Swaziland | 500,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
13 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria | Gauteng | 330,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
27 May | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pezula | Western Cape | 330,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
1 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast Sun | Eastern Cape | 330,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
26 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Bloemfontein | Free State | 330,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
2 Sep | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | Gauteng | 300,000 | ![]() | n/a | New tournament | |
9 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale | Western Cape | 330,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
1 Oct | Seekers Travel Pro-Am | Gauteng | 300,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
9 Oct | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Mpumalanga | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
15 Oct | MTC Namibia PGA Championship | Namibia | 500,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
21 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Western Cape | 400,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
29 Oct | Platinum Classic | North West | 500,000 | ![]() | n/a | ||
20 Nov | Limpopo Classic | Limpopo | 1,000,000 | ![]() | 18 | ||
11 Dec | Dunhill Championship | Mpumalanga | €1,000,000 | ![]() | 20 | EUR | |
18 Dec | South African Airways Open | Western Cape | €1,000,000 | ![]() | 32 | EUR | Flagship event |
29 Jan | Dimension Data Pro-Am | North West | 1,000,000 | ![]() | 12 | Pro-Am | |
5 Feb | Nashua Masters | Eastern Cape | 1,000,000 | ![]() | 12 | ||
19 Feb | Telkom PGA Championship | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | ![]() | 12 | ||
26 Feb | Vodacom Tour Championship | Gauteng | 2,000,000 | ![]() | 12 | Tour Championship |
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[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | US$5,000,000 | ![]() |
48 | ANZ, ASA, EUR | New limited-field event |
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 | ![]() | 1,207,460 |
2 | ![]() | 936,394 |
3 | ![]() | 842,092 |
4 | ![]() | 779,566 |
5 | ![]() | 763,324 |
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