Английская Википедия:1976–77 Southern Africa Tour
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox golf season The 1976–77 Southern Africa Tour was the sixth season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
Season outline
Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player had much success throughout the season. Player won two of the first three events and finished runner-up in the other, the Sportsman Lager PGA Championship. However, Baiocchi closed the season with three consecutive wins, including a defeat of Player at the ICL Transvaal International.
Gary Player had much success at the beginning of the season. He won the inaugural event, the Dunlop South African Masters, by four over joint runner-up Hugh Baiocchi.[1] At the Sportsman Lager PGA Championship, the second event of the season, Player finished one shot behind champion Dale Hayes while Baiocchi finished joint third.[2] Player went on to win the subsequent event, the Yellow Pages South African Open. This was his 10th victory of his national open beating the previous record set by Bobby Locke.[3] However, it was Baiocchi who had the most success at the end of the season. He won the final three events, including a defeat of Player at the ICL Transvaal International.[4][5]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1976–77 season.[4]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
WinnerШаблон:Efn | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov | Dunlop South African Masters | Transvaal | 25,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Player (11) | |
| 20 Nov | Sportsman Lager PGA Championship | Transvaal | 50,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Dale Hayes (11) | |
| 27 Nov | Yellow Pages South African Open | Natal | 20,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Player (12) | |
| 4 Dec | Holiday Inns Invitational | Swaziland | 20,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi (4) | |
| 11 Dec | ICL Transvaal International | Transvaal | 25,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi (5) | |
| 19 Dec | Rhodesian Dunlop Masters | Rhodesia | 15,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi (6) |
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 | Шаблон:Flagicon Dale Hayes | 17,750 |
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi | 17,027 |
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Player | 14,638 |
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Cobie Legrange | 8,993 |
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Tienie Britz | 6,920 |
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