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1989–90 Southern Africa Tour season
Duration15 November 1989 (1989-11-15) – 10 March 1990 (1990-03-10)
Number of official events12
Most winsSouth Africa Fulton Allem (2)
United States John Daly (2)
South West Africa Trevor Dodds (2)
Order of MeritSouth Africa John Bland
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Southern Africa Tour was the 19th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Season outline

A variety of local golfers had success at the beginning of the season. South African Des Terblanche won the inaugural event, the Railfreight Bloemfontein Classic. It was his first victory on his home tour. The next tournament was the Minolta Copiers Match Play, a medal match play event, held at Sun City Golf Course. In the quarterfinals, Fulton Allem tied the course record with a 65 to defeat competitor Hugh Baiocchi. In the following two rounds Allem defeated "ournament favourite" David Frost and John Bland to win the event. Frost, however, came back and won the next event, the unofficial Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge. Baiocchi, meanwhile, won the next official tournament on the calendar, the Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters. In mid-January, the Lexington PGA Championship was held, hosted by Wanderers Golf Course. Allem opened with a course record 61 to take the lead. He would go on to win the event.

In the middle of the season, a newly turned professional from America named John Daly had much success. Daly won the seventh tournament of the year, AECI Charity Classic by one over Northern Irishman David Feherty. Two weeks later, Daly won again at the Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic defeating South African John Bland by two strokes.

At the end of the season, there was a three-horse race to win the Order of Merit between Bland, the leader, with Wayne Westner directly behind him, and Tony Johnstone in third. The top two would receive automatic entries in the 1990 Open Championship. Bland won the 11th event of the season, the Dewar's White Label Trophy, "to clinch the circuit Order of Merit title."

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1989–90 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Notes
18 Nov Railfreight Bloemfontein Classic Orange Free State 250,000 South Africa Des Terblanche (1) 8
24 Nov Minolta Copiers Match Play Transvaal 250,000 South Africa Fulton Allem (6) 8
17 Dec Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters Cape 250,000 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (11) 8
13 Jan ICL International Transvaal 250,000 South Africa Gavan Levenson (5) 8
20 Jan Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 250,000 South Africa Fulton Allem (7) 8
27 Jan Protea Assurance South African Open Transvaal 280,000 South West Africa Trevor Dodds (2) 8
3 Feb AECI Charity Classic Transvaal 250,000 United States John Daly (1) 8
10 Feb Goodyear Classic Cape 250,000 Canada Philip Jonas (1) 8
18 Feb Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 250,000 United States John Daly (2) 8
24 Feb Palabora Classic Transvaal 250,000 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (12) 8
3 Mar Dewar's White Label Trophy Natal 250,000 South Africa John Bland (14) 8
10 Mar Trustbank Tournament of Champions Transvaal 250,000 South West Africa Trevor Dodds (3) 8 Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Notes
10 Dec Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge Transvaal US$2,500,000 South Africa David Frost 14 Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.

Position Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa John Bland 180,893
2 South Africa Wayne Westner 135,094
3 South West Africa Trevor Dodds 133,359
4 United States John Daly 123,704
5 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone 119,225

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Southern Africa Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Southern Africa Tour members.

References

  1. "Rest of the News in Sport". Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Allem shoots 65 to equal course record". The Daily Telegraph. 25 November 1989. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. Lancaster, Alex (27 November 1989). "90,000 jackpot for Strange". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. "Frost wins Million Dollar Challenge". Florida Today. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. "Ogle three clear to take victory". The Daily Telegraph. 18 December 1989. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. McLean, Bill (18 January 1990). "Allem steals show with record round". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. Rodgers, Justin (22 January 1990). "Rafferty counts the calories and cash". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. "Rest of the News in Sport". Sunday Telegraph. 4 February 1990. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. "Norman's eagle foils Faldo". The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 1990. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. "Traffic is reduced on Old Course". The Daily Telegraph. 28 February 1990. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  11. James, Richard (5 March 1990). "Woosnam recovers to win". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. "1990 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  13. Wilson, Mark (1991). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1991. Macmillan. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0333547330. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  14. Berkovitz, Anton; Samson, Andrew (1993). South Africa and international sports factfinder. D. Nelson. p. 96. ISBN 1868061019. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  15. "Woosnam recovers to win". The Daily Telegraph. London, United Kingdom. 5 March 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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