| Duration | 10 May 2022 – 17 November 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 10 |
| Most wins |  Gerhard Pepler (3) |
| Order of Merit | Gerhard Pepler |
← 2020–21 2023–24 → | |
The 2022 Big Easy Tour, titled as the 2022 Altron Big Easy Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 11th season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.
In April, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with South African technology company Altron, being renamed as the Altron Big Easy Tour. [1]
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season. [2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner [lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May | Altron Big Easy Tour 1 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Christiaan Maas (a) (1) | 3 |
| 8 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 2 | Gauteng | 150,000 |  Kim Dong-kwan (1) | 3 |
| 15 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 3 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gregory McKay (1) | 3 |
| 23 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 4 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Adam Breen (1) | 3 |
| 30 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 5 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Ricky Hendler (1) | 3 |
| 6 Jul | Altron Big Easy Tour 6 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Casey Jarvis (a) (1) | 3 |
| 14 Jul | Altron Big Easy Tour 7 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gerhard Pepler (2) | 3 |
| 1 Sep | Altron Big Easy Tour 8 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Ruan de Smidt (2) | 0.34 |
| 6 Oct | Altron Big Easy Tour Play Off | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gerhard Pepler (3) | 0.22 |
| 17 Nov | Altron Big Easy Tour Final | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gerhard Pepler (4) | 0.17 |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand. [3] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023–24 Sunshine Tour. [4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Pepler | 133,940 |
| 2 | Ricky Hendler | 99,568 |
| 3 | Ruan de Smidt | 68,713 |
| 4 | Kim Dong-kwan | 55,928 |
| 5 | Reinhardt Blaauw | 54,873 |
| 6 | Keelan van Wyk | 53,190 |
| 7 | Gregory McKay | 48,838 |
| 8 | Nicholaus Frade | 48,793 |
| 9 | L. B. Boshoff | 46,413 |
| 10 | Leon Visser | 45,295 |
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