Duration | 15 April 2019 – 29 November 2019 |
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Number of official events | 19 |
Most wins | Kyle Barker (2) Malcolm Mitchell (2) Jason Smith (2) Matthew Spacey (2) Desne van den Bergh (2) |
Order of Merit | Malcolm Mitchell |
← 2018 2020–21 → |
The 2019 Big Easy Tour was the ninth season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2019 season. [1]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner [lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
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17 Apr | Big Easy Challenge 1 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Matthew Spacey (1) | 3 |
1 May | Big Easy Challenge 2 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Yurav Premlall (a) (1) | 3 |
15 May | Big Easy Challenge 3 | North West | 75,000 | Garrick Higgo (1) | 3 |
5 Jun | Big Easy Challenge 4 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Matthew Spacey (2) | 3 |
26 Jun | Big Easy Challenge 5 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Jason Smith (1) | 3 |
3 Jul | Big Easy Challenge 6 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Malcolm Mitchell (1) | 3 |
24 Jul | Big Easy Challenge 7 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Kyle Barker (1) | 3 |
31 Jul | Big Easy Challenge 8 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Desne van den Bergh (1) | 3 |
14 Aug | Big Easy Challenge 9 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Kyle Barker (2) | 3 |
28 Aug | Big Easy Challenge 10 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Coert Groenewald (1) | 3 |
11 Sep | Big Easy Challenge 11 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Ruan de Smidt (1) | 3 |
27 Sep | Big Easy Challenge 12 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Jason Smith (2) | 3 |
2 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 13 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Malcolm Mitchell (2) | 3 |
9 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 14 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Hennie O'Kennedy (1) | 3 |
23 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 15 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Byron Coetzee (1) | 3 |
30 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 16 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Marthin Scheepers (1) | 3 |
6 Nov | Big Easy Challenge 17 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Jason Froneman (1) | 3 |
13 Nov | Big Easy Challenge 18 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Desne van den Bergh (2) | 3 |
29 Nov | Big Easy Tour Championship | Gauteng | 200,000 | Theunis Bezuidenhout (1) | 3 |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand. [2] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2020–21 Sunshine Tour.
Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
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1 | Malcolm Mitchell | 74,097 |
2 | Jason Smith | 57,706 |
3 | Matthew Spacey | 53,544 |
4 | Hennie O'Kennedy | 50,320 |
5 | Desne van den Bergh | 49,559 |
6 | Coert Groenewald | 49,220 |
7 | Theunis Bezuidenhout | 44,577 |
8 | Marthin Scheepers | 42,048 |
9 | Jason Froneman | 36,986 |
10 | Clayton Mansfield | 36,331 |
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