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.
| 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 |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → | |
Schedule edit
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 edit
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 edit
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) | Johan Edfors |
[4] |
Notes edit
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ "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...