2015 Big Easy Tour

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2015 Big Easy Tour season
Duration11 May 2015 (2015-05-11) – 16 September 2015 (2015-09-16)
Number of official events8
Most wins Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2)
Order of Merit Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout
2014
2016

The 2015 Big Easy Tour was the fifth season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)
Winner [lower-alpha 1]
12 MayKempton ParkGauteng100,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Gert Myburgh (1)
27 MayHuddle ParkGauteng100,000 Flag of Portugal.svg Stephen Ferreira (1)
9 JunRoyal J & KGauteng100,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Bryn Flanagan (1)
7 JulHoughton GCGauteng100,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Rundle (1)
18 AugIrene CCGauteng100,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter Kruger (1)
4 SepKing's CupGauteng100,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout (1)
9 SepGlendower GCGauteng100,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2)
16 SepBig Easy Tour ChampionshipGauteng200,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel Hammond (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand. [2] [3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2016–17 Sunshine Tour.

PositionPlayerPrize money (R)
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout 70,465
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel Hammond 53,197
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Gideon Pienaar 49,470
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Michael Palmer 47,747
5 Flag of South Africa.svg Bryn Flanagan 40,067

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Big Easy Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Big Easy Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Sunshine Tour.

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References

  1. "Tournament schedule 2015 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. "2015 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. "Coetzee tops Order of Merit". Daily News. Durban, South Africa. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2023 via Pressreader. The winner of the Big Easy Tour's Order of Merit went to Christiaan Bezuidenhout...