Английская Википедия:1980–81 Southern Africa Tour

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox golf season The 1980–81 Southern Africa Tour was the 10th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Season outline

This was a breakout season for a trio of young Zimbabwean golfers, Mark McNulty, Nick Price, and Denis Watson. Early in the season, however, they regularly finished runner-up to veterans like Hugh Baiocchi, Harold Henning, and Bobby Cole. Late in the season, however, they all won tournaments with McNulty capturing Order of Merit honours.

Early in the season it was veterans who dominated, often beating the young golfers down the stretch. Veteran Hugh Baiocchi won the inaugural event of the season, the Zimbabwe Open, by one over joint runner-up Watson.[1] Baiocchi also won the subsequent event, the Lexington PGA Championship, by one shot over joint runner-up McNulty.[2] The following week's event, the ICL International, was won by a 46-year-old Harold Henning by a stroke over Watson, again joint runner-up.[3] The next week, at the Datsun South African Open, McNulty was runner-up again, four behind champion Bobby Cole, another veteran.[4]

Late in the year, the trio of young golfers from Zimbabwe started winning tournaments. At the first event after the Christmas interlude, Mark McNulty finally won, earning a victory at the Sigma Series 1, defeating Nick Price, the solo runner-up. The second edition of the series was won by John Bland.[5] Bland won again at the Sigma Series 3 with Price finishing as runner-up.[6] In February, at the Sun City Classic, McNulty looked set to win but a late hole "blunder" gave Lee Trevino the victory.[7] The following week, Price finally won, earning a victory at the SAB South African Masters by four shots over McNulty.[8] At the final event of the year, the Asseng Champion of Champions, Denis Watson claimed his first victory on tour. McNulty finished solo second.[9] McNulty won the Order of Merit with Price coming in third and Watson fifth.[10]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1980–81 season.[11][12]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)
WinnerШаблон:Efn Notes
16 Nov Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 30,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi (8)
22 Nov Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 100,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi (9)
29 Nov ICL International Transvaal 45,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Harold Henning (3)
6 Dec Datsun South African Open Natal 75,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Cole (6)
13 Dec Kalahari Diamond Classic Botswana 20,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Ian Mosey (1)
10 Jan Sigma Series 1 Cape 30,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Mark McNulty (2) New tournament series
17 Jan Sigma Series 2 Orange Free State 30,000 Шаблон:Flagicon John Bland (5)
24 Jan Sigma Series 3 Cape 30,000 Шаблон:Flagicon John Bland (6)
31 Jan Vaal Reefs Open Transvaal 30,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Hugh Baiocchi (10)
7 Feb Sun City Classic Transvaal 100,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Lee Trevino (n/a)
14 Feb SAB South African Masters Cape 100,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Price (2)
21 Feb Holiday Inns Pro-Am Swaziland 40,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Ian Mosey (2) Pro-Am
28 Feb Asseng Champion of Champions Transvaal 40,000 Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Watson (1) New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[10]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Mark McNulty 50,193
2 Шаблон:Flagdeco Hugh Baiocchi 43,402
3 Шаблон:Flagdeco Nick Price 34,436
4 Шаблон:Flagicon John Bland 25,046
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Denis Watson 22,704

Notes

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References

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External links

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