1994–95 Southern Africa Tour

Golf tour season October 2023 1994–95 Southern Africa Tour 1994 11 17 y – 1995 2 19 y 9 ZAF Ernie Els (2) Order of Merit ZAF Ernie Els 1993–94 1995–96 The 1994–95 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1994–95 FNB Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th 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 First National Bank, that began in 1992.South Africa and international sports factfinder Anton Berkovitz Andrew Samson D. Nelson 1993 1868061019 https://books.google.com/books?id=XH8wAQAAIAAJ 96 13 September 2023 Changes for 1994–95 For the first time, the European Tour ventured into Southern Africa, co-sanctioning their first event with the Southern Africa Tour; the Lexington South African PGA Championship.https://www.newspapers.com/image/260724346/ Europe goes to Els The Guardian London, United Kingdom David Davies 20 16 February 1995 8 October 2023 Newspapers.com subscription Season outline South African star Ernie Els had a chance to win several events at the beginning of the season. At the second event, the Nashua Wild Coast Sun Challenge, Els was in contention but bogeyed the 70th hole and followed it up with a double bogey. South Africa's Hendrik Buhrmann secured the title.Today's Sports Briefing https://www.newspapers.com/image/290432468/ 2023-10-30 The Post-Crescent en The following week, at the unofficial Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge, Els again had a chance to win; he was one behind leader Nick Faldo early on the back nine. However, similar to the previous week, Els struggled on Sunday's back nine, recording a double-bogey on the 13th and a bogey on the next to end his chances. He finished five behind champion Faldo.Mair Lewine December 5, 1994 Faldo holds off pack to finish season in style https://www.newspapers.com/image/751807687/ 2023-11-14 The Daily Telegraph en Els, however, would go on to win the following event, Bell's Cup.January 9, 1995 Els captures Bell's Cup https://www.newspapers.com/image/366440258/ 2023-10-30 The Herald-Palladium en In the middle of the season, a number of little known American golfers had success. At the fourth tournament of the year, the FNB Players Championship, American Ron Whittaker was the champion by six strokes.January 17, 1995 Golf https://www.newspapers.com/image/120358346/ 2023-10-30 The Sydney Morning Herald en The following week was the ICL International; South African Ashley Roestoff was the champion.Williams Michael January 23, 1995 Couples bravura earns European breakthrough https://www.newspapers.com/image/751813130/ 2023-10-30 The Daily Telegraph en American Michael Christie finished runner-up.January 27, 1995 Sports Briefs https://www.newspapers.com/image/752773719/ 2023-10-30 The State en The sixth tournament was the Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic. American Brad Ott birdied five of the last eight holes to "squeeze" by and defeat South Africa's Richard Kaplan and England's Chris Davison by a shot.January 31, 1995 Final round flop https://www.newspapers.com/image/821927843/ 2023-10-30 Evening Post en In early February, at the Telkom South African Masters, American Scott Dunlap defeated Zimbabwe's Mark McNulty at the first sudden death playoff hole.February 7, 1995 Scoreboard https://www.newspapers.com/image/120361393/ 2023-10-30 The Sydney Morning Herald en Late in the season, however, it was again Els who dominated. At the penultimate event, the Phillips South African Open, he recorded a solo runner-up placing, finishing only behind Retief Goosen.Lancaster Alex February 13, 1995 Jacobsen makes it two in a row https://www.newspapers.com/image/751823534/ 2023-10-30 The Daily Telegraph en At the final tournament, the Lexington PGA Championship, Els started the final round two shots behind but birdied four of the first seven holes to take the lead. He ultimately won by two. According to the Daily Post, the victory went towards "confirming his status as the best young golfer in the world."Garrod Mark February 20, 1995 Ernie thrives on his local knowledge https://www.newspapers.com/image/918152180/ 2023-10-30 Daily Post: The Paper for Wales en Els won the Order of Merit easily. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1994–95 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=195S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1994/95 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 7 October 2023Williams Michael The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1996 1996 Macmillan 0333653319 111 https://archive.org/details/golfershandbook1996unse/ 23 December 2023 Archive.org limited DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)Winnertotals 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.OWGRpointsOthertoursEUR − European Tour.Notes 20 Nov Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 350,000 ZAF Chris Williams (3) 14 27 Nov Nashua Wild Coast Sun Challenge Western Cape 750,000 ZAF Hendrik Buhrmann (1) 20 New tournament 8 Jan Bell's Cup Western Cape 600,000 ZAF Ernie Els (7) 22 15 Jan FNB Players Championship KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 USA Ron Whittaker (1) 18 22 Jan ICL International Gauteng 550,000 ZAF Ashley Roestoff (1) 16 29 Jan Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 450,000 USA Brad Ott (1) 12 5 Feb Telkom South African Masters North West 700,000 USA Scott Dunlap (1) 16 12 Feb Phillips South African Open Gauteng 650,000 ZAF Retief Goosen (3) 22 19 Feb Lexington South African PGA Championship Gauteng £250,000 ZAF Ernie Els (8) 30 EUR Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes4 DecNedbank Million Dollar ChallengeNorth WestUS$2,500,000ENG Nick Faldo52Limited-field event Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=195S~style=00~groupties=N~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1994/95 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 7 October 2023 PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF Ernie Els 460,4882 ZIM Mark McNulty 258,1493 ZAF Hendrik Buhrmann 215,3354 ZAF Roger Wessels 213,2545 ZAF Retief Goosen 166,863 Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour