1978–79 Southern Africa Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 1978–79 Southern Africa Tour 1978 11 1 y – 1979 2 7 y 8 ZAF 1928 Dale Hayes (2)ZAF 1928 Simon Hobday (2) Order of Merit ZAF 1928 Hugh Baiocchi 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 Southern Africa Tour was the eighth season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971. Season outline Simon Hobday was the top player early in the season. At the inaugural event, the Rhodesian Dunlop Masters, he was victorious.1978 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmresult.cgi?tourn=RHDM~result=PF~dc=N~cardlink=Y~~season=179S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2023-09-12 Sunshine Tour The following event, the Victoria Falls Classic, also held in Rhodesia, was being played in the middle of the Rhodesian Bush War. Hobday tried to recruit a number of top European players to play in the event but was not successful.Golfers out to brave course with teeth https://www.newspapers.com/image/858479956/ subscription 2023-09-12 Birmingham Evening Mail Birmingham, United Kingdom 8 November 1978 34 Newspapers.com He went on the win the event.World-wide harvest Donald Steel https://www.newspapers.com/image/750623242/ subscription 2023-09-12 12 November 1978 The Sunday Telegraph London, United Kingdom Newspapers.com South Africans Dale Hayes, Hugh Baiocchi, and Tienie Britz were the top players later in the season. In the third event, the ICL International, Hayes defeated Baiocchi in a playoff. At the fifth tournament, Baiocchi won the Yellow Pages South African Open by one shot.Graham rallies for victory in Mexico Cup golf https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xX0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5aEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7259%2C1941612 2023-09-12 The Montreal Gazette Montreal, Canada 11 December 1978 38 Google News Archive South African Open The following week Hayes defeated Britz in a playoff at the Kronenbrau Masters.Sport in brief https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LMFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5qUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4614%2C3900362 2023-09-12 The Glasgow Herald Glasgow, United Kingdom 16 December 1978 15 Google News Archive Dale Hayes won the Cape Open Golf Tournament in a sudden death play-off... Britz won the Kalahari Classic the week after, however.1979 Kalahari Classic https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmresult.cgi?tourn=FNBB~result=PF~dc=N~cardlink=Y~~season=179S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2023-09-12 Sunshine Tour Baiocchi went on to win the Order of Merit. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1978–79 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=179S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1978/79 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 12 September 2023Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 Mark H. McCormack Mark McCormack Doubleday 1979 0385149409 https://archive.org/details/dunhillgolfyearb0000unse_a9z2 216–224, 370–375 Archive.org 8 November 2023 limitedDunhill Golf Yearbook 1980 Mark H. McCormack Mark McCormack Springwood Books 1980 0905947835 193–204, 364–370World of Golf 1979 George Simms Macdonald and Jane's 1979 0354090690 151–154 https://archive.org/details/bwb_KP-645-582 17 September 2024 Archive.org 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 4 Nov Rhodesian Dunlop Masters Rhodesia Rh$14,000 ZAF 1928 Simon Hobday (1) 11 Nov Victoria Falls Classic Rhodesia 35,000 ZAF 1928 Simon Hobday (2) 18 Nov ICL International Transvaal 35,000 ZAF 1928 Dale Hayes (13) 2 Dec Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 50,000 USA Hale Irwin (n/a) 9 Dec Yellow Pages South African Open Cape 45,000 ZAF 1928 Hugh Baiocchi (7) 15 Dec Kronenbrau Masters Cape 30,000 ZAF 1928 Dale Hayes (14) 14 Jan Kalahari Classic Botswana 18,000 ZAF 1928 Tienie Britz (3) New tournament 7 Feb Holiday Inns Open Swaziland 20,000 ZAF 1928 John Bland (4) 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 1928 Hugh Baiocchi 19,804 Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour