Big Easy Tour
{{Short description|Professional golf tour}}
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{{Infobox sports league
| title = Big Easy Tour
| current_season = 2024–25 Big Easy Tour
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| sport = Golf
| founded = 2011
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| inaugural = 2011
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| countries = Based in South Africa
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| most_champs = Tournament wins:
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ian Snyman (5)
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| website = http://bigeasytour.co.za/
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| Founder = Sunshine Tour
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The Big Easy Tour, currently titled as the Betway Big Easy Tour, is a developmental golf tour based in South Africa, founded in 2011. It is a developmental tour for the Sunshine Tour. The top 12 players earn Sunshine Tour cards, with those 11th–30th earning entry into the final stage of Sunshine Tour qualifying school. The tour is named after the nickname of South African golfer Ernie Els.
In 2017, three tournaments were co-sanctioned with the MENA Golf Tour.
From the start of 2018, tournaments attract Official World Golf Ranking points. Winners receive a minimum of 3 points for 54-hole tournaments and 5 points for 72-hole tournaments.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/news/2017/august/press-release |title=OWGR Board Announcement |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=7 August 2017 |access-date=13 June 2023}}
Order of Merit winners
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! Season !! Winner !! Points | ||
align=center|2024–25 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Warwick Purchase | align=center|888 |
align=center|2023–24 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Leon Vorster | align=center|729 |
Season | Winner | Prize money (R) |
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align=center|2022 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Gerhard Pepler | align=center|133,940 |
align=center|2020–21 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Kyle McClatchie | align=center|60,547 |
align=center|2019 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Malcolm Mitchell | align=center|74,097 |
align=center|2018 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Dylan Kok | align=center|58,789 |
align=center|2017 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Jacquin Hess | align=center|75,162 |
align=center|2016 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Jason Viljoen | align=center|75,408 |
align=center|2015 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Christiaan Bezuidenhout | align=center|70,465 |
align=center|2014 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Maritz Wessels | align=center|51,593 |
align=center|2013 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Divan Gerber | align=center|60,694 |
align=center|2012 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Teboho Sefatsa | align=center|76,170 |
align=center|2011 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Calitz | align=center|61,022 |
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://bigeasytour.co.za/}}
{{Big Easy Tour seasons}}
{{Men's Professional Golf Tours}}
Category:Professional golf tours