The 2004–05 Sunshine Tour was the fifth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

s in the region. There were 21 tournaments on the schedule. This was an increase of four from the previous year, primarily due to the addition of the

Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour The Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour is a series of pro-am golf tournaments in South Africa. The series began in 2004 and forms part of the winter swing of the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour. 2004–05 season 2005–06 season 2006–07 seaso ...

, a series of six regional tournaments that has been held every year since. The other new tournament was the

MTC Namibia PGA Championship The MTC Namibia PGA Championship was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2004, the year after the PGA of Namibia was formed, and played at the Windhoek Country Club, to the south of Windhoek, Namibia until 2009 when it moved t ...

. The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 17 of the 21 tournaments being held in the country. Two events were held in

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, and one event each was held in

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and

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. Two events, the

Dunhill Championship The Alfred Dunhill Championship is a men's professional golf tournament which is played in South Africa. It is part of the Southern African Sunshine Tour and is one of several events in South Africa that are co-sanctioned by the more prestigious ...

and the South African Airways Open were co-sanctioned by the

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fif ...

. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the "Summer Swing" and "Winter Swing". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points. The Order of Merit was won by Charl Schwartzel.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004–05 season.

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in

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