Year: | 1999–2000 |
Tour: | Southern Africa Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 17 |
Most Wins: | Bobby Lincoln (2) Hennie Otto (2) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Darren Fichardt |
Honor2: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree2: | Jean Hugo |
Prevseason: | 1998–99 |
Nextseason: | 2000–01 |
The 1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1999–2000 Vodacom Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, that was announced in June 1997.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 1999–2000 season.[2] [3]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
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17 Apr | Gauteng | 125,000 | Brett Liddle (4) | n/a | ||||
23 Apr | Vodacom Series (Gauteng) | Gauteng | 200,000 | Nico van Rensburg (1) | n/a | |||
8 May | Limpopo | 100,000 | Hennie Otto (1) | n/a | ||||
15 May | Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape) | Eastern Cape | 200,000 | Ashley Roestoff (6) | n/a | |||
12 Jun | Vodacom Series (KwaZulu-Natal) | KwaZulu-Natal | 200,000 | Hennie Otto (2) | n/a | |||
14 Aug | Vodacom Series (Mpumalanga) | Mpumalanga | 200,000 | André Cruse (1) | n/a | |||
12 Sep | Mpumalanga | 100,000 | Bobby Lincoln (5) | n/a | ||||
25 Sep | Vodacom Series (Free State) | Free State | 200,000 | Desvonde Botes (7) | n/a | |||
30 Sep | Swaziland | 200,000 | Bradford Vaughan (2) | n/a | ||||
10 Oct | Vodacom Series (Western Cape) | Western Cape | 200,000 | Sean Ludgater (1) | n/a | |||
31 Oct | North West | 200,000 | Bobby Lincoln (6) | n/a | ||||
28 Nov | Zimbabwe | 475,000 | Jean Hugo (1) | 12 | ||||
12 Dec | Western Cape | 2,000,000 | Nic Henning (1) | 20 | ||||
16 Jan | Mpumalanga | £500,000 | Anthony Wall (n/a) | 12 | New tournament | |||
23 Jan | Gauteng | US$1,000,000 | Mathias Grönberg (n/a) | 32 | Flagship event | |||
30 Jan | North West | 2,000,000 | Lee Westwood (n/a) | 22 | Pro-Am | |||
6 Feb | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Mark McNulty (29) | 12 |
The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner | OWGR points | Notes | |
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22 Jul | Eastern Cape | 75,000 | n/a | ||||
17 Aug | Gauteng | 80,000 | n/a | Title shared | |||
27 Aug | Swaziland | 75,000 | n/a | ||||
5 Dec | Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge | North West | US$2,500,000 | Ernie Els | 40 | Limited-field event |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[4] [5]
Position | Player | Prize money (R) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 558,735 | ||
2 | 525,388 | ||
3 | 443,705 | ||
4 | 347,527 | ||
5 | 330,590 |