1989–90 Southern Africa Tour

Golf tour season March 2024 1989–90 Southern Africa Tour 1989 11 15 y – 1990 3 10 y 12 ZAF 1982 Fulton Allem (2)USA John Daly (2)South West Africa 1982 Trevor Dodds (2) Order of Merit ZAF 1982 John Bland 1988–89 1990–91 The 1989–90 Southern Africa Tour was the 19th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971. Season outline A variety of local golfers had success at the beginning of the season. South African Des Terblanche won the inaugural event, the Railfreight Bloemfontein Classic. It was his first victory on his home tour.Rest of the News in Sport https://www.newspapers.com/image/751414868/ 31 October 2023 Sunday Telegraph en The next tournament was the Minolta Copiers Match Play, a medal match play event, held at Sun City Golf Course. In the quarterfinals, Fulton Allem tied the course record with a 65 to defeat competitor Hugh Baiocchi.25 November 1989 Allem shoots 65 to equal course record https://www.newspapers.com/image/751406994/ 2 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en In the following two rounds Allem defeated "tournament favourite" David Frost and John Bland to win the event.Lancaster Alex 27 November 1989 90,000 jackpot for Strange https://www.newspapers.com/image/751410862/ 1 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en Frost, however, came back and won the next event, the unofficial Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge.Frost wins Million Dollar Challenge https://www.newspapers.com/image/177615111/ 11 November 2023 Florida Today en Baiocchi, meanwhile, won the next official tournament on the calendar, the Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters.18 December 1989 Ogle three clear to take victory https://www.newspapers.com/image/751403869/ 1 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en In mid-January, the Lexington PGA Championship was held, hosted by Wanderers Golf Course. Allem opened with a course record 61 to take the lead.McLean Bill 18 January 1990 Allem steals show with record round https://www.newspapers.com/image/751427735/ 1 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en He would go on to win the event.Rodgers Justin 22 January 1990 Rafferty counts the calories and cash https://www.newspapers.com/image/751430381/ 1 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en In the middle of the season, a newly turned professional from America named John Daly had much success. Daly won the seventh tournament of the year, the AECI Charity Classic by one over Northern Irishman David Feherty.4 February 1990 Rest of the News in Sport https://www.newspapers.com/image/751423177/ 1 November 2023 Sunday Telegraph en Two weeks later, Daly won again at the Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic, defeating South African John Bland by two strokes.19 February 1990 Norman's eagle foils Faldo https://www.newspapers.com/image/751417535/ 1 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en At the end of the season, there was a three-horse race to win the Order of Merit among Bland, the leader, with Wayne Westner directly behind him, and Tony Johnstone in third. The top two would receive automatic entries in the 1990 Open Championship.28 February 1990 Traffic is reduced on Old Course https://www.newspapers.com/image/751420899/ 1 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en Bland won the 11th event of the season, the Dewar's White Label Trophy, "to clinch the circuit Order of Merit title."James Richard 5 March 1990 Woosnam recovers to win https://www.newspapers.com/image/751420630/ 1 November 2023 The Daily Telegraph en Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1989–90 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=190S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1990 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 6 October 2023Wilson Mark The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1991 1991 Macmillan 0333547330 97–98 https://archive.org/details/royalancientgolf0000unse/ 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.OWGRpointsNotes 18 Nov Railfreight Bloemfontein Classic Orange Free State 250,000 ZAF 1982 Des Terblanche (1) 8 24 Nov Minolta Copiers Match Play Transvaal 250,000 ZAF 1982 Fulton Allem (6) 8 17 Dec Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters Cape 250,000 ZAF 1982 Hugh Baiocchi (11) 8 13 Jan ICL International Transvaal 250,000 ZAF 1982 Gavan Levenson (5) 8 20 Jan Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 250,000 ZAF 1982 Fulton Allem (7) 8 27 Jan Protea Assurance South African Open Transvaal 280,000 South West Africa 1982 Trevor Dodds (2) 8 3 Feb AECI Charity Classic Transvaal 250,000 USA John Daly (1) 8 10 Feb Goodyear Classic Cape 250,000 CAN Philip Jonas (1) 8 18 Feb Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 250,000 USA John Daly (2) 8 24 Feb Palabora Classic Transvaal 250,000 ZIM Tony Johnstone (12) 8 3 Mar Dewar's White Label Trophy Natal 250,000 ZAF 1982 John Bland (14) 8 10 Mar Trustbank Tournament of Champions Transvaal 250,000 South West Africa 1982 Trevor Dodds (3) 8 Tour Championship Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes10 DecNedbank Million Dollar ChallengeTransvaalUS$2,500,000ZAF 1982 David Frost14Limited-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 2023https://www.newspapers.com/image/751420630/ Woosnam recovers to win The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 5 March 1990 6 October 2023 33 Newspapers.com subscription PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZAF 1982 John Bland 180,8932 ZAF 1982 Wayne Westner 135,0943 South West Africa 1982 Trevor Dodds 133,3594 USA John Daly 123,7045 ZIM Tony Johnstone 119,225 Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour