1995–96 Southern Africa Tour

Golf tour season October 2023 1995–96 Southern Africa Tour 1995 4 21 y – 1996 3 3 y 27 ZAF Steve van Vuuren (4) Order of Merit ZAF Wayne Westner Rookie of the Year SCO Alan McLean 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1995–96 FNB Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971. It was the fourth 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 Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1995–96 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=196S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1995/96 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 8 October 2023Williams Michael The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1997 1997 Macmillan 0333672143 114 https://archive.org/details/royalancientgolf0000unse_k0c3/ 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 23 Apr Iscor Newcastle Classic KwaZulu-Natal 60,000 ZAF Steve van Vuuren (1) n/a New to Southern Africa Tour 29 Apr Kalahari Classic Gauteng 60,000 ZAF A. P. Botes (1) n/a 7 May Amatola Sun Classic Eastern Cape 50,000 ZAF Richard Kaplan (1) n/a New to Southern Africa Tour 11 May Radio Algoa Challenge Eastern Cape 50,000 ZAF Brett Liddle (1) n/a New tournament 16 May FNB Pro Series (Eastern Cape) Eastern Cape 100,000 NAM Schalk van der Merwe (1) n/a New tournament series 24 Jun Rustenburg Classic North West 75,000 ZAF Brett Liddle (2) n/a New tournament 29 Jun FNB Pro Series (Royal Swazi) Swaziland 100,000 ZAF James Kingston (1) n/a 15 Jul Bushveld Classic Limpopo 75,000 ZAF Kevin Stone (1) n/a New to Southern Africa Tour 3 Aug Sun City Classic North West 60,000 ZAF Graeme van der Nest (1) n/a 16 Aug Mmabatho Sun Classic Mpumalanga 50,000 ZAF Steve van Vuuren (2) n/a New tournament 2 Sep IDC Development Classic Mpumalanga 100,000 SWZ Paul Friedlander (1) n/a New tournament 17 Sep Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 75,000 ZAF Russell Fletcher (1) n/a New to Southern Africa Tour 30 Sep FNB Pro Series (Western Cape) Western Cape 100,000 ZAF Richard Kaplan (2) n/a 7 Oct FNB Pro Series (Free State) Free State 100,000 ZAF Justin Hobday (2) n/a 14 Oct Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy Limpopo 100,000 ZAF Roger Wessels (2) n/a New tournament 20 Oct Sanlam Classic Tournament KwaZulu-Natal 100,000 ZAF Steve van Vuuren (3) n/a New tournament 28 Oct Lombard Tyres Classic Gauteng 100,000 ZAF Ashley Roestoff (2) n/a New tournament 8 Nov FNB Pro Series (Namibia Open) Namibia 100,000 ZAF James Kingston (2) n/a 18 Nov FNB Pro Series (Botswana Open) Botswana 100,000 ZAF Steve van Vuuren (4) n/a 26 Nov Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 400,000 ZIM Nick Price (7) 20 21 Jan Philips South African Open Western Cape 750,000 ZAF Ernie Els (9) 20 28 Jan San Lameer South African Masters KwaZulu-Natal 750,000 ZAF Wayne Westner (5) 14 4 Feb Nashua Wild Coast Sun Classic Western Cape 750,000 ZAF Wayne Westner (6) 14 11 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am North West £400,000 ZIM Mark McNulty (24) 30 EUR New Pro-Am tournament 18 Feb Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship Gauteng £300,000 GER Sven Strüver (n/a) 22 EUR 25 Feb FNB Players Championship KwaZulu-Natal £400,000 ZAF Wayne Westner (7) 28 EUR 3 Mar Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 500,000 ZAF Richard Kaplan (3) 12 Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes3 DecNedbank Million Dollar ChallengeNorth WestUS$2,500,000USA Corey Pavin46Limited-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=196S~style=00~groupties=N~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1995/96 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 8 October 2023 PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF Wayne Westner 709,3892 ZIM Mark McNulty 514,4053 ZAF Brenden Pappas 369,5604 USA Michael Christie 191,8405 ZAF Richard Kaplan 169,216 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) SCO Alan McLean https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/2000_web.pdf 2000 Buy.com Tour Media Guide PGA Tour 2000 21 August 2024 2-116 Alan McLean Named Southern Africa Tour Rookie of the Year in 1995-96. 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