The 1990–91 Southern Africa Tour was the 20th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
Season outline The early half of the season was dominated by John Bland and Fulton Allem who alternated between wins for the first six events. The first event of the season was a medal match play event, the Minolta Copiers Match Play, with Bland victorious. Allem won the next event, the Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters with Bland finishing solo third. At the following event, the Bloemfontein Classic, Bland was victorious. Allem returned the favor the following week when he won the Goodyear Classic by two shots from Bland. Bland won the first event after the Christmas break, the Palabora Classic. Allem then won the next tournament, the ICL International.
A variety of golfers played well in the second half of the season, especially South Africans Roger Wessels, Bland and Wayne Westner, as well as American Hugh Royer III and Englishman Mark James. At the seventh event of the year, the Lexington PGA Championship, Royer, James and Wessels were tied at the end of regulation. There was a sudden-death playoff. Royer and James bogeyed the first and second holes of the playoff, respectively, to give Wessels the win. Westner won the next event, the Protea Assurance South African Open, by four shots over James. The following week, the AECI Charity Classic, Westner shot a final round 65 to secure another win. Royer won the subsequent event, the Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic. It was Bland, however, that bookended the year with success, winning the final two events, the Bell's Cup and the Trustbank Tournament of Champions.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1990–91 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes 17 Nov Minolta Copiers Match Play Transvaal 280,000 John Bland (15) 8 24 Nov Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters Cape 350,000 Fulton Allem (8) 8 15 Dec Bloemfontein Classic Orange Free State 280,000 John Bland (16) 8 22 Dec Goodyear Classic Cape 280,000 Fulton Allem (9) 8 12 Jan Palabora Classic Transvaal 280,000 John Bland (17) 8 19 Jan ICL International Transvaal 280,000 Fulton Allem (10) 10 26 Jan Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 280,000 Roger Wessels (1) 10 2 Feb Protea Assurance South African Open Natal 350,000 Wayne Westner (3) 8 9 Feb AECI Charity Classic Transvaal 280,000 Wayne Westner (4) 8 16 Feb Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 280,000 Hugh Royer III (1) 8 23 Feb Bell's Cup Cape 280,000 John Bland (18) 8 New tournament 2 Mar Trustbank Tournament of Champions Transvaal 280,000 John Bland (19) 8 Tour Championship
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes9 Dec 1990Nedbank Million Dollar ChallengeTransvaalUS$2,500,000 David Frost30Limited-field event
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 John Bland 333,6372 Fulton Allem 190,0903 Wayne Westner 168,1584 Hugh Baiocchi 155,4095 Tony Johnstone 146,918
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