2012 Big Easy Tour

2012 Big Easy Tour season
Duration6 March 2012 (2012-03-06) – 21 September 2012 (2012-09-21)
Number of official events12
Most winsSouth Africa Riekus Nortje (3)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Teboho Sefatsa
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The 2012 Big Easy Tour was the second season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)		 Winner[a]
7 Mar Houghton Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Toto Thimba Jr. (1)
28 Mar Observatory Gauteng 100,000 Zimbabwe Ryan Cairns (1)
13 Apr Modderfontein Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Johan Bekker (1)
11 May Kempton Park Gauteng 100,000 England Jeff Inglis (1)
25 May ERPM Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Riekus Nortje (1)
22 Jun Benoni CC Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Riekus Nortje (2)
18 Jul Royal J & K Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Jared Harvey (1)
3 Aug Gary Player CC North West 100,000 South Africa Jared Harvey (2)
8 Aug Maccauvlei Gauteng 100,000 England Jeff Inglis (2)
15 Aug Irene Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Riekus Nortje (3)
31 Aug Glendower Gauteng 100,000 South Africa Rudy Whitfield (1)
21 Sep Big Easy Tour Championship Gauteng 250,000 Zimbabwe Mark Williams (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2013 Sunshine Tour.

Position Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Teboho Sefatsa 76,170
2 South Africa Riekus Nortje 73,869
3 England Jeff Inglis 66,274
4 Zimbabwe Mark Williams 63,450
5 South Africa Johan Bekker 46,331

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.

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2012 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Big Easy Tour names schedule". news24. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ "2012 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.