The 1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1999–2000 Vodacom Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, that was announced in June 1997.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1999–2000 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes 17 Apr Lombard Tyres Classic Gauteng 125,000 Brett Liddle (4) n/a 23 Apr Vodacom Series (Gauteng) Gauteng 200,000 Nico van Rensburg (1) n/a 8 May Pietersburg Classic Limpopo 100,000 Hennie Otto (1) n/a 15 May Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape) Eastern Cape 200,000 Ashley Roestoff (6) n/a 12 Jun Vodacom Series (KwaZulu-Natal) KwaZulu-Natal 200,000 Hennie Otto (2) n/a 14 Aug Vodacom Series (Mpumalanga) Mpumalanga 200,000 André Cruse (1) n/a 12 Sep Bearing Man Highveld Classic Mpumalanga 100,000 Bobby Lincoln (5) n/a 25 Sep Vodacom Series (Free State) Free State 200,000 Desvonde Botes (7) n/a 30 Sep Royal Swazi Sun Classic Swaziland 200,000 Bradford Vaughan (2) n/a 10 Oct Vodacom Series (Western Cape) Western Cape 200,000 Sean Ludgater (1) n/a 31 Oct Platinum Classic North West 200,000 Bobby Lincoln (6) n/a 28 Nov Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 475,000 Jean Hugo (1) 12 12 Dec Vodacom Players Championship Western Cape 2,000,000 Nic Henning (1) 20 16 Jan Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga £500,000 Anthony Wall (n/a) 12 EUR New tournament 23 Jan Mercedes-Benz South African Open Gauteng US$1,000,000 Mathias Grönberg (n/a) 32 EUR Flagship event 30 Jan Dimension Data Pro-Am North West 2,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 22 Pro-Am 6 Feb Stenham Swazi Open Swaziland 1,000,000 Mark McNulty (29) 12
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes 22 Jul Wild Coast Sun Pro-Am Eastern Cape 75,000 James Kingston n/a 17 Aug PGA's Cup Gauteng 80,000 Darren Fichardt Paul McErlean n/a Title shared 27 Aug Royal Swazi Sun Pro-Am Swaziland 75,000 Justin Hobday n/a 5 DecNedbank Million Dollar ChallengeNorth WestUS$2,500,000 Ernie Els40Limited-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 Darren Fichardt 558,7352 Nic Henning 525,3883 Tjaart van der Walt 443,7054 David Frost 347,5275 Ashley Roestoff 330,590
Awards AwardWinner Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Jean Hugo
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