2012 Big Easy Tour
| Duration | 6 March 2012 – 21 September 2012 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12 |
| Most wins |  Riekus Nortje (3) |
| Order of Merit | 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
[edit]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 | Toto Thimba Jr. (1)
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| 28 Mar | Observatory | Gauteng | 100,000 |  Ryan Cairns (1)
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| 13 Apr | Modderfontein | Gauteng | 100,000 | Johan Bekker (1)
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| 11 May | Kempton Park | Gauteng | 100,000 |  Jeff Inglis (1)
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| 25 May | ERPM | Gauteng | 100,000 | Riekus Nortje (1)
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| 22 Jun | Benoni CC | Gauteng | 100,000 | Riekus Nortje (2)
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| 18 Jul | Royal J & K | Gauteng | 100,000 | Jared Harvey (1)
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| 3 Aug | Gary Player CC | North West | 100,000 | Jared Harvey (2)
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| 8 Aug | Maccauvlei | Gauteng | 100,000 | Jeff Inglis (2)
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| 15 Aug | Irene | Gauteng | 100,000 | Riekus Nortje (3)
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| 31 Aug | Glendower | Gauteng | 100,000 | Rudy Whitfield (1)
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| 21 Sep | Big Easy Tour Championship | Gauteng | 250,000 | Mark Williams (1)
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Order of Merit
[edit]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 | Teboho Sefatsa |
76,170 |
| 2 | Riekus Nortje |
73,869 |
| 3 | Jeff Inglis |
66,274 |
| 4 | Mark Williams |
63,450 |
| 5 | Johan Bekker |
46,331 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "Tournament schedule 2012 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Big Easy Tour names schedule". news24. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "2012 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.