1998–99 Southern Africa Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1998–99

| tour = Southern Africa Tour

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| regular_season = {{start date|1998|4|16|df=y}} – {{end date|1999|2|21|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 24

| most_wins = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Desvonde Botes (2)
{{flagicon|ZIM}} Marc Cayeux (2)
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Sammy Daniels (2)
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Justin Hobday (2)
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ashley Roestoff (2)

| honor1 = Order of Merit

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ZAF}} David Frost

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| prevseason = 1997–98

| nextseason = 1999–2000

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The 1998–99 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1998–99 Vodacom Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, that was announced in June 1997.{{cite news |url=https://mg.co.za/article/1997-06-13-vodacom-boosts-pga-tour-annoys-competitor/?amp |title=Vodacom boosts PGA tour, annoys competitor |newspaper=Mail & Guardian |location=Johannesburg, South Africa |date=13 June 1997 |access-date=8 October 2023}}

Changes for 1998–99

The season marked the first year in which the South African Open was granted "flagship event" status by the Official World Golf Ranking, awarding a minimum of 32 points to the winner.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/about?tabID={30A8C9C7-0A88-4D29-AF92-E44EF02BB899} |title=How ranking evolved |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |access-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521025558/http://www.owgr.com/about?tabID={30A8C9C7-0A88-4D29-AF92-E44EF02BB899} |archive-date=21 May 2014 |quote=1999: The Southern African Tour’s South African Open was given “Flagship” status with 32 first place points}}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998–99 season.{{cite web |url=https://sunshinetour.info/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=199S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=1998/99 Tournament schedule |publisher=Sunshine Tour |access-date=8 October 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.co.za/9899.htm |title=1998/99 Vodacom Tour |publisher=Sunshine Tour |access-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815082948/http://www.pgatour.co.za/9899.htm |archive-date=15 August 2000}}

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
18 Apr	Vodacom Series (Western Cape)	Western Cape	align=right\|165,000	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Alan McLean (1)	align=center\|n/a
25 Apr	Kalahari Classic	Northern Cape	align=right\|75,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Andrew McLardy (2)	align=center\|n/a
2 May	Pietersburg Classic	Limpopo	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Desvonde Botes (5)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
16 May	Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape)	Eastern Cape	align=right\|165,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Sammy Daniels (1)	align=center\|n/a
31 May	Vodacom Series (KwaZulu-Natal)	KwaZulu-Natal	align=right\|165,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Keith Horne (1)	align=center\|n/a
12 Jul	Vodacom Series (Mpumalanga)	Mpumalanga	align=right\|165,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Callie Swart (1)	align=center\|n/a
8 Aug	Fish River Sun Pro-Am	Eastern Cape	align=right\|200,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ashley Roestoff (4)	align=center\|n/a		Pro-Am
15 Aug	Royal Swazi Sun Classic	Swaziland	align=right\|150,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Justin Hobday (4)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
4 Sep	Absa Bank Corporate Challenge	Gauteng	align=right\|150,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Warren Abery (1)	align=center\|n/a		New tournament
13 Sep	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Mpumalanga	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Wayne Bradley (1)	align=center\|n/a
19 Sep	Vodacom Series (Free State)	Free State	align=right\|165,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Gary Matthews (1)	align=center\|n/a
26 Sep	FNB Botswana Open	Botswana	align=right\|150,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Justin Hobday (5)	align=center\|n/a
4 Oct	Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy	Limpopo	align=right\|175,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Sammy Daniels (2)	align=center\|n/a
16 Oct	Vodacom Series (Gauteng)	Gauteng	align=right\|165,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brenden Pappas (1)	align=center\|n/a
25 Oct	FNB Namibia Open	Namibia	align=right\|150,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ashley Roestoff (5)	align=center\|n/a
8 Nov	Platinum Classic	North West	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Bobby Lincoln (4)	align=center\|n/a
22 Nov	Zambia Open	Zambia	align=right\|400,000	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Marc Cayeux (1)	align=center\|n/a
29 Nov	Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	align=right\|450,000	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Nick Price (12)	align=center\|16
17 Jan	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship	Gauteng	align=right\|£400,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els (11)	align=center\|24	EUR
style="background:#f2ecce;" \| 24 Jan	Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open	Western Cape	align=right\|US$1,000,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} David Frost (5)	align=center\|34	EUR	Flagship event
31 Jan	Vodacom Players Championship	KwaZulu-Natal	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Chris Davison (2)	align=center\|12
7 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	North West	align=right\|2,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Scott Dunlap (2)	align=center\|14		Pro-Am
14 Feb	South African Masters	Free State	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Desvonde Botes (6)	align=center\|12
21 Feb	Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open	Swaziland	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Marc Cayeux (2)	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

6 Dec

|Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge

|North West

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

|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Nick Price

|align=center|48

|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=199S~style=00~groupties=N~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=1998/99 Order of Merit |publisher=Sunshine Tour |access-date=8 October 2023}}

class=wikitable !Position!!Player!!Prize money (R)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} David Frost	align=center\|1,189,762
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Scott Dunlap	align=center\|885,792
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan	align=center\|525,151
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Desvonde Botes	align=center\|410,598
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ashley Roestoff	align=center\|367,726

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}} David Frost	align=center\|1,189,762
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Scott Dunlap	align=center\|885,792
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan	align=center\|525,151
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Desvonde Botes	align=center\|410,598
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ashley Roestoff	align=center\|367,726