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2019 Big Easy Tour

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2019 Big Easy Tour season
Duration15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) – 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)
Number of official events19
Most winsSouth Africa Kyle Barker (2)
South Africa Malcolm Mitchell (2)
South Africa Jason Smith (2)
South Africa Matthew Spacey (2)
South Africa Desne van den Bergh (2)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Malcolm Mitchell
2018

The 2019 Big Easy Tour was the ninth season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
17 Apr Big Easy Challenge 1 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Matthew Spacey (1) 3
1 May Big Easy Challenge 2 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Yurav Premlall (a) (1) 3
15 May Big Easy Challenge 3 North West 75,000 South Africa Garrick Higgo (1) 3
5 Jun Big Easy Challenge 4 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Matthew Spacey (2) 3
26 Jun Big Easy Challenge 5 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Jason Smith (1) 3
3 Jul Big Easy Challenge 6 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Malcolm Mitchell (1) 3
24 Jul Big Easy Challenge 7 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Kyle Barker (1) 3
31 Jul Big Easy Challenge 8 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Desne van den Bergh (1) 3
14 Aug Big Easy Challenge 9 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Kyle Barker (2) 3
28 Aug Big Easy Challenge 10 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Coert Groenewald (1) 3
11 Sep Big Easy Challenge 11 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Ruan de Smidt (1) 3
27 Sep Big Easy Challenge 12 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Jason Smith (2) 3
2 Oct Big Easy Challenge 13 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Malcolm Mitchell (2) 3
9 Oct Big Easy Challenge 14 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Hennie O'Kennedy (1) 3
23 Oct Big Easy Challenge 15 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Byron Coetzee (1) 3
30 Oct Big Easy Challenge 16 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Marthin Scheepers (1) 3
6 Nov Big Easy Challenge 17 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Jason Froneman (1) 3
13 Nov Big Easy Challenge 18 Gauteng 75,000 South Africa Desne van den Bergh (2) 3
29 Nov Big Easy Tour Championship Gauteng 200,000 South Africa Theunis Bezuidenhout (1) 3

Order of Merit

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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)
1 South Africa Malcolm Mitchell 74,097
2 South Africa Jason Smith 57,706
3 South Africa Matthew Spacey 53,544
4 South Africa Hennie O'Kennedy 50,320
5 South Africa Desne van den Bergh 49,559
6 South Africa Coert Groenewald 49,220
7 South Africa Theunis Bezuidenhout 44,577
8 South Africa Marthin Scheepers 42,048
9 South Africa Jason Froneman 36,986
10 South Africa Clayton Mansfield 36,331

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2019 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2019 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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