1983–84 Southern Africa Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 1983–84 Southern Africa Tour 1984 1 25 y – 1984 3 2 y 6 ZIM Tony Johnstone (2) Order of Merit ZAF 1982 Gavan Levenson 1982–83 1984–85 The 1983–84 Southern Africa Tour was the 13th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971. Season outline Local golfers Mark McNulty, Gavan Levenson, and Tony Johnstone had much success at the beginning of the season. The first tournament of the year, the PAN AM Wild Coast, was won by McNulty.McNulty wins Sunshine golf https://www.newspapers.com/image/285228059/ 30 January 1984 The Times Recorder Zanesville, Ohio 13 (3-B in paper) 2023-09-25 Newspapers.com subscription The following week, Levenson won the Lexington PGA Championship, defeating Nick Price by three shots.Levenson easy winner after flawless 67 https://www.newspapers.com/image/750934473/ 6 February 1984 The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 20 2023-09-25 Newspapers.com subscription At the next event, the South African Open, Zimbabwe's Johnstone was victorious.Golf https://www.newspapers.com/image/472386369/ 12 February 1984 Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 36 (D2 in paper) 2023-09-25 Newspapers.com subscription Johnstone would go on to win the following week as well at the SA Charity Classic.Double top https://www.newspapers.com/image/908512065/ 20 February 1984 Western Daily Press Bristol, United Kingdom 20 2023-09-25 Newspapers.com subscription It was Levenson, however, that would go on to win the Order of Merit. The final two events of the year were won by foreign players. At the ICL International, Northern Ireland's David Feherty was victorious.Sport in brief https://www.newspapers.com/image/941970751/ 27 February 1984 Huddersfield Daily Examiner Huddersfield, United Kingdom 10 2023-09-25 Newspapers.com subscription At the final event of the year, the Swazi Sun Pro-Am, American Rick Hartmann defeated Teddy Webber by one shot.Moody runs out of steam https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/113514044/ 5 March 1984 The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 22 2023-09-25 Newspapers.com Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1983–84 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=184S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1983/84 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 25 September 2023 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.Notes 28 Jan PAN AM Wild Coast Cape 150,000 ZIM Mark McNulty (7) New tournament 4 Feb Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 100,000 ZAF 1982 Gavan Levenson (2) 11 Feb South African Open Transvaal 100,000 ZIM Tony Johnstone (1) 18 Feb SA Charity Classic Transvaal 80,000 ZIM Tony Johnstone (2) New tournament 25 Feb ICL International Transvaal 60,000 NIR David Feherty (1) 2 Mar Swazi Sun Pro-Am Swaziland 60,000 USA Rick Hartmann (1) Pro-Am Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerNotes4 DecNedbank Million Dollar ChallengeTransvaalUS$1,000,000ESP Seve BallesterosLimited-field event Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.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 PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF 1982 Gavan Levenson 43,9402 ZIM Tony Johnstone 36,9883 ZIM Nick Price 30,6554 ZIM Mark McNulty 28,0425 ZAF 1982 Fulton Allem 23,199 Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour