1992–93 Southern Africa Tour

Golf tour season October 2023 1992–93 Southern Africa Tour 1992 12 19 y – 1993 2 28 y 9 ZAF 1982 Ernie Els (2) Order of Merit ZIM Mark McNulty 1991–92 1993–94 The 1992–93 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1992–93 FNB Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971. FNB title sponsorship It was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with First National Bank, being renamed as the FNB Tour.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 Season outline A handful of top golfers dominated the first part of the season. Ernie Els won the first event of the season, the FNB Players Championship, by four shots over Mark McNulty.https://www.newspapers.com/image/751597750/ Parry homes in on third success The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 23 November 1992 27 October 2023 36 Newspapers.com subscription David Frost won the next event, the Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge with Els finishing joint third.The Roanoke Times 07 Dec 1992, page 45 https://www.newspapers.com/image/919079128/ 2023-11-11 Newspapers.com en Els returned with a victory at the next official event, the Goodyear Classic, by two shots over Retief Goosen.https://www.newspapers.com/image/751599738/ Els eases in with a record return Grant Winter The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 21 December 1992 27 October 2023 39 Newspapers.com subscription Fijian Vijay Singh won the first event after the Christmas break, the Bell's Cup, defeating McNulty by two shots.https://www.newspapers.com/image/751600489/ Fan gives Singh resting place Grant Winter The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 11 January 1993 27 October 2023 32 Newspapers.com subscription McNulty, however, came back and won the following week at the Lexington PGA Championship by one shot over a number of players, including Nick Price.https://www.newspapers.com/image/751599465/ Thomas battles against the pain Golf The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 18 January 1993 27 October 2023 39 Newspapers.com subscription At the fifth official tournament, the Mount Edgecombe Trophy, Goosen won his first event of the season, defeating runner-up Price by five shots.https://www.newspapers.com/image/751602390/ Trophy sets up Goosen for circuit The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 25 January 1993 27 October 2023 Grant Winter 35 Newspapers.com subscription Price returned with a victory the following week at the ICL International.https://www.newspapers.com/image/751597616/ Price in top form The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 1 February 1993 27 October 2023 37 Newspapers.com subscription In the later part of the season, a number of less notable players defeated the top performers. At the seventh event, the Philips South African Open, Clinton Whitelaw was victorious by two shots over Goosen.https://www.newspapers.com/image/829156185/ Sport summary Golf The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 16 February 1993 27 October 2023 44 (43 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription The following week, at the Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic, Sean Pappas defeated Els in a playoff.https://www.newspapers.com/image/929814019/ Stankowski: Places 10th at Swazi Camarillo Star Ventura, California 23 February 1993 27 October 2023 14 (B2 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription At the final event of the season, the EVS South African Masters, Zimbabwean Tony Johnstone defeated Roger Wessels by a shot with McNulty, Els, and Goosen all several shots back.https://www.newspapers.com/image/751601352/ Oldcorn finds strength to notch first Tour victory The Daily Telegraph London, United Kingdom 1 March 1993 27 October 2023 37 Newspapers.com subscription Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1992–93 season.https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=193S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1992/93 Tournament schedule Sunshine Tour 7 October 2023https://archive.org/details/golfershandbook1994unse/ The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1994 99 1994 Michael Williams 0333609441 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 22 Nov FNB Players Championship Transvaal 500,000 ZAF 1982 Ernie Els (5) 26 New tournament 20 Dec Goodyear Classic Cape 350,000 ZAF 1982 Ernie Els (6) 14 10 Jan Bell's Cup Cape 450,000 FIJ Vijay Singh (n/a) 26 17 Jan Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 500,000 ZIM Mark McNulty (22) 26 24 Jan Mount Edgecombe Trophy Natal 450,000 ZAF 1982 Retief Goosen (2) 20 New tournament 31 Jan ICL International Transvaal 450,000 ZIM Nick Price (5) 18 14 Feb Philips South African Open Transvaal 500,000 ZAF 1982 Clinton Whitelaw (1) 18 21 Feb Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 350,000 ZAF 1982 Sean Pappas (1) 14 28 Feb EVS South African Masters Transvaal 550,000 ZIM Tony Johnstone (13) 18 Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes6 DecNedbank Million Dollar ChallengeTransvaalUS$2,500,000ZAF 1982 David Frost52Limited-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=193S~style=00~groupties=N~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 1992/93 Order of Merit Sunshine Tour 7 October 2023 PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 ZIM Mark McNulty 250,0792 ZAF 1982 Ernie Els 222,4963 ZAF 1982 Retief Goosen 204,2894 ZIM Nick Price 170,4505 ZAF 1982 Roger Wessels 128,843 Notes References External links http://sunshinetour.com/ Category:Sunshine Tour seasons Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour Southern Africa Tour