2022 Big Easy Tour
{{Short description|Golf tour season}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use South African English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox golf season
| year = 2022
| tour = Big Easy Tour
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| regular_season = {{start date|2022|5|10|df=y}} – {{end date|2022|11|17|df=y}}
| no_of_events = 10
| most_wins = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Gerhard Pepler (3)
| honor1 = Order of Merit
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Gerhard Pepler
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| prevseason = 2020–21
| nextseason = 2023–24
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The 2022 Big Easy Tour, titled as the 2022 Altron Big Easy Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 11th season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.
Altron title sponsorship
In April, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with South African technology company Altron, being renamed as the Altron Big Easy Tour.{{cite news |url=https://supersport.com/golf/sa-golf/news/f010b121-f1ec-4033-ac3a-6cf30fc95d2d/altron-big-easy-tour-a-major-boost-for-sa-pro-golf-development |title=Altron Big Easy Tour a major boost for SA pro golf development |work=SuperSport |date=19 April 2022 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.{{cite web |url=https://smt.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=222S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=Tournament schedule 2022 season |publisher=Big Easy Tour |access-date=21 June 2023}}
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!Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse |
| 12 May
|Altron Big Easy Tour 1 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Christiaan Maas (a) (1) |align=center|3 |
| 8 Jun
|Altron Big Easy Tour 2 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Dong-kwan (1) |align=center|3 |
| 15 Jun
|Altron Big Easy Tour 3 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Gregory McKay (1) |align=center|3 |
| 23 Jun
|Altron Big Easy Tour 4 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Adam Breen (1) |align=center|3 |
| 30 Jun
|Altron Big Easy Tour 5 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ricky Hendler (1) |align=center|3 |
| 6 Jul
|Altron Big Easy Tour 6 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Casey Jarvis (a) (1) |align=center|3 |
| 14 Jul
|Altron Big Easy Tour 7 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Gerhard Pepler (2) |align=center|3 |
| 1 Sep
|Altron Big Easy Tour 8 |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan de Smidt (2) |align=center|0.34 |
| 6 Oct
|Altron Big Easy Tour Play Off |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Gerhard Pepler (3) |align=center|0.22 |
| 17 Nov
|Altron Big Easy Tour Final |Gauteng |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Gerhard Pepler (4) |align=center|0.17 |
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://smt.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=MT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=222S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=2022 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit |publisher=Big Easy Tour |access-date=19 February 2023}} The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023–24 Sunshine Tour.{{cite web |url=https://supersport.com/golf/sa-golf/news/a8530a7f-81b5-4037-adf1-72513ed346fb/victorious-pepler-leads-the-way-to-sunshine-tour |title=Victorious Pepler leads the way to Sunshine Tour |work=SuperSport |date=17 November 2022 |access-date=17 November 2022 |quote=The other players who have earned their Sunshine Tour playing cards for the new season are Ricky Hendler, Ruan de Smidt, DK Kim, Reinhardt Blaauw, Keelan Van Wyk, Gregory McKay, Nicholaus Frade, LB Boshoff, Adam Breen, Leon Visser and Jonathan Waschefort.}}
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! Position !! Player !! Prize money (R) | ||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Gerhard Pepler | align=center|133,940 |
| align=center|2 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Ricky Hendler | align=center|99,568 |
| align=center|3 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan de Smidt | align=center|68,713 |
| align=center|4 | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Dong-kwan | align=center|55,928 |
| align=center|5 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Reinhardt Blaauw | align=center|54,873 |
| align=center|6 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Keelan van Wyk | align=center|53,190 |
| align=center|7 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Gregory McKay | align=center|48,838 |
| align=center|8 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Nicholaus Frade | align=center|48,793 |
| align=center|9 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} L. B. Boshoff | align=center|46,413 |
| align=center|10 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Leon Visser | align=center|45,295 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official site|https://bigeasytour.co.za/}}
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