1995–96 Southern Africa Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1995–96

| tour = Southern Africa Tour

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| regular_season = {{start date|1995|4|21|df=y}} – {{end date|1996|3|3|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 27

| most_wins = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Steve van Vuuren (4)

| honor1 = Order of Merit

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Wayne Westner

| honor2 = Rookie of the Year

| honoree2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McLean

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| prevseason = 1994–95

| nextseason = 1996–97

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The 1995–96 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1995–96 FNB Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

It was the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with First National Bank, that began in 1992.{{cite book |title=South Africa and international sports factfinder |first1=Anton |last1=Berkovitz |first2=Andrew |last2=Samson |publisher=D. Nelson |date=1993 |isbn=1868061019 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XH8wAQAAIAAJ |page=96 |access-date=13 September 2023}}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1995–96 season.{{cite web |url=https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=196S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=1995/96 Tournament schedule |publisher=Sunshine Tour |access-date=8 October 2023}}{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Michael |title=The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1997 |year=1997 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0333672143 |page=114 |url=https://archive.org/details/royalancientgolf0000unse_k0c3/ |access-date=23 December 2023 |via=Archive.org |url-access=limited}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Date !Tournament !Location !Purse (R) !Winner{{efn\|name=totals\|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.}} !OWGR points !Other tours{{efn\|EUR − European Tour.}} !Notes
23 Apr	Iscor Newcastle Classic	KwaZulu-Natal	align=right\|60,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Steve van Vuuren (1)	align=center\|n/a		New to Southern Africa Tour
29 Apr	Kalahari Classic	Gauteng	align=right\|60,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} A. P. Botes (1)	align=center\|n/a
7 May	Amatola Sun Classic	Eastern Cape	align=right\|50,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan (1)	align=center\|n/a		New to Southern Africa Tour
11 May	Radio Algoa Challenge	Eastern Cape	align=right\|50,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brett Liddle (1)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
16 May	FNB Pro Series (Eastern Cape)	Eastern Cape	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|NAM}} Schalk van der Merwe (1)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament series
24 Jun	Rustenburg Classic	North West	align=right\|75,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brett Liddle (2)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
29 Jun	FNB Pro Series (Royal Swazi)	Swaziland	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} James Kingston (1)	align=center\|n/a
15 Jul	Bushveld Classic	Limpopo	align=right\|75,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Kevin Stone (1)	align=center\|n/a		New to Southern Africa Tour
3 Aug	Sun City Classic	North West	align=right\|60,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Graeme van der Nest (1)	align=center\|n/a
16 Aug	Mmabatho Sun Classic	Mpumalanga	align=right\|50,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Steve van Vuuren (2)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
2 Sep	IDC Development Classic	Mpumalanga	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|SWZ}} Paul Friedlander (1)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
17 Sep	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	align=right\|75,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Russell Fletcher (1)	align=center\|n/a		New to Southern Africa Tour
30 Sep	FNB Pro Series (Western Cape)	Western Cape	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan (2)	align=center\|n/a
7 Oct	FNB Pro Series (Free State)	Free State	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Justin Hobday (2)	align=center\|n/a
14 Oct	Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy	Limpopo	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Roger Wessels (2)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
20 Oct	Sanlam Classic Tournament	KwaZulu-Natal	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Steve van Vuuren (3)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
28 Oct	Lombard Tyres Classic	Gauteng	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ashley Roestoff (2)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
8 Nov	FNB Pro Series (Namibia Open)	Namibia	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} James Kingston (2)	align=center\|n/a
18 Nov	FNB Pro Series (Botswana Open)	Botswana	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Steve van Vuuren (4)	align=center\|n/a
26 Nov	Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	align=right\|400,000	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Nick Price (7)	align=center\|20
21 Jan	Philips South African Open	Western Cape	align=right\|750,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els (9)	align=center\|20
28 Jan	San Lameer South African Masters	KwaZulu-Natal	align=right\|750,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Wayne Westner (5)	align=center\|14
4 Feb	Nashua Wild Coast Sun Classic	Western Cape	align=right\|750,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Wayne Westner (6)	align=center\|14
11 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	align=right\|£400,000	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Mark McNulty (24)	align=center\|30	EUR	New Pro-Am tournament
18 Feb	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship	Gauteng	align=right\|£300,000	{{flagicon\|GER}} Sven Strüver (n/a)	align=center\|22	EUR
25 Feb	FNB Players Championship	KwaZulu-Natal	align=right\|£400,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Wayne Westner (7)	align=center\|28	EUR
3 Mar	Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic	Swaziland	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan (3)	align=center\|12

=Unofficial events=

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

!Date

!Tournament

!Location

!Purse
(R)

!Winner

!OWGR
points

!Notes

3 Dec

|Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge

|North West

|align=right|US$2,500,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Pavin

|align=center|46

|Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.{{cite web |url=https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=FT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=196S~style=00~groupties=N~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=1995/96 Order of Merit |publisher=Sunshine Tour |access-date=8 October 2023}}

class=wikitable !Position!!Player!!Prize money (R)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Wayne Westner	align=center\|709,389
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Mark McNulty	align=center\|514,405
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brenden Pappas	align=center\|369,560
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Michael Christie	align=center\|191,840
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan	align=center\|169,216

Awards

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!Award!!Winner!!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy)

{{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McLean

{{cite web |url=https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/2000_web.pdf |title=2000 Buy.com Tour Media Guide |publisher=PGA Tour |year=2000 |access-date=21 August 2024 |page=2-116 |quote=Alan McLean {{!}} Named Southern Africa Tour Rookie of the Year in 1995-96.}}

Notes

References

External links

{{official site|http://sunshinetour.com/}}

Category:Sunshine Tour seasons

Southern Africa Tour

class=wikitable !Position!!Player!!Prize money (R)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Wayne Westner	align=center\|709,389
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Mark McNulty	align=center\|514,405
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brenden Pappas	align=center\|369,560
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Michael Christie	align=center\|191,840
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan	align=center\|169,216