1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour

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1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour - Wikipedia

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1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour season
Duration	14 April 1999 (1999-04-14) – 6 February 2000 (2000-02-06)
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Bobby Lincoln (2) Hennie Otto (2)
Order of Merit	Darren Fichardt
Rookie of the Year	Jean Hugo
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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]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999–2000 season.^[2]^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
17 Apr	Lombard Tyres Classic	Gauteng	125,000	Brett Liddle (4)	n/a
23 Apr	Vodacom Series (Gauteng)	Gauteng	200,000	Nico van Rensburg (1)	n/a
8 May	Pietersburg Classic	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	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	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	Royal Swazi Sun Classic	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	Platinum Classic	North West	200,000	Bobby Lincoln (6)	n/a
28 Nov	Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	475,000	Jean Hugo (1)	12
12 Dec	Vodacom Players Championship	Western Cape	2,000,000	Nic Henning (1)	20
16 Jan	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Mpumalanga	£500,000	Anthony Wall (n/a)	12	EUR	New tournament
23 Jan	Mercedes-Benz South African Open	Gauteng	US$1,000,000	Mathias Grönberg (n/a)	32	EUR	Flagship event
30 Jan	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	2,000,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	22		Pro-Am
6 Feb	Stenham Swazi Open	Swaziland	1,000,000	Mark McNulty (29)	12

Unofficial events

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
22 Jul	Wild Coast Sun Pro-Am	Eastern Cape	75,000	James Kingston	n/a
17 Aug	PGA's Cup	Gauteng	80,000	Darren Fichardt Paul McErlean	n/a	Title shared
27 Aug	Royal Swazi Sun Pro-Am	Swaziland	75,000	Justin Hobday	n/a
5 Dec	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge	North West	US$2,500,000	Ernie Els	40	Limited-field event

Order of Merit

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	Darren Fichardt	558,735
2	Nic Henning	525,388
3	Tjaart van der Walt	443,705
4	David Frost	347,527
5	Ashley Roestoff	330,590

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)	Jean Hugo	^[6]

Notes

^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Southern Africa Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Southern Africa Tour members.
^ EUR − European Tour.

References

^ "Vodacom boosts PGA tour, annoys competitor". Mail & Guardian. Johannesburg, South Africa. 13 June 1997. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ "1999/2000 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ "1999/2000 Vodacom Tour". Sunshine Tour. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "1999/2000 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ Winter, Grant (6 February 2000). "Supermac's putter burns up the course". Independent Online. Retrieved 8 October 2023. This was the final event of the 1999/2000 Vodacom Tour and Darren Fichardt has won the Order of Merit with earnings of R558 735, closely followed by Nic Henning on R525 388 with Tjaart van der Walt third on R443 705. Nick Price (R501 896) and Retief Goosen (R479 000) earned more than Van der Walt but do not qualify for the Order of Merit as they have not played in four tournaments, which is a minimum requirement.
^ "Jean Hugo". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 29 November 2023. 1999: Winner of Bobby Locke Trophy for Rookie of the Year

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