Английская Википедия:1978–79 Southern Africa Tour
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox golf season The 1978–79 Southern Africa Tour was the eighth season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
Season outline
Rhodesian Simon Hobday was the most successful golfer in the early season, winning the first two events of the season, both in his home country. A number of players had success in the middle of the season but it was Hugh Baiocchi, who won the flagship Yellow Pages South African Open, that captured Order of Merit honors.
Hobday was the top player early in the season. At the inaugural event, the Rhodesian Dunlop Masters, Hobday was victorious.[1] The following event, the Victoria Falls Classic, also held in Rhodesia, was being played in the middle of the Rhodesian Bush War. Hobday tried to recruit a number of top European players to play in the event but was not successful.[2] He went on the win the event.[3]
South Africans Dale Hayes, Hugh Baiocchi, and Tienie Britz were the top players later in the season. In the third event, the ICL International, Hayes defeated Baiocchi in a playoff. At the fifth tournament, Baiocchi won the Yellow Pages South African Open by one shot.[4] The following week Hayes defeated Britz in a playoff at the Kronenbrau Masters.[5] Britz won the Kalahari Classic the week after, however.[6] Baiocchi went on to win the Order of Merit.[7]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1978–79 season.[8][9]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
WinnerШаблон:Efn | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov | Rhodesian Dunlop Masters | Rhodesia | 18,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Hobday (1) | |
| 11 Nov | Victoria Falls Classic | Rhodesia | 35,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Hobday (2) | |
| 18 Nov | ICL International | Transvaal | 35,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Dale Hayes (12) | |
| 2 Dec | Lexington PGA Championship | Transvaal | 50,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hale Irwin (n/a) | |
| 9 Dec | Yellow Pages South African Open | Cape | 45,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi (7) | |
| 15 Dec | Kronenbrau Masters | Cape | 30,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Dale Hayes (13) | |
| 14 Jan | Kalahari Classic | Botswana | 18,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Tienie Britz (3) | New tournament |
| 7 Feb | Holiday Inns Open | Swaziland | 20,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon John Bland (4) |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[7]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi | 19,804 |
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