1992–93 Southern Africa Tour

The 1992–93 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1992–93 FNB Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

1992–93 Southern Africa Tour season
Duration19 December 1992 (1992-12-19) – 28 February 1993 (1993-02-28)
Number of official events9
Most winsSouth Africa Ernie Els (2)
Order of MeritZimbabwe Mark McNulty

FNB title sponsorship

It was the first season in which the tour had signed a sponsor title agreement with First National Bank, being renamed as the FNB Tour.[1]

Season outline

A handful of top golfers dominated the first part of the season. Ernie Els won the first event of the season, FNB Players Championship, by four over Mark McNulty.[2] Els also won the subsequent evemt, the Goodyear Classic, by two over Retief Goosen.[3] Fijian Vijay Singh won the first event after Christmas break, the Bell's Cup, in "a tense contest" with McNulty, the runner-up by two.[4] McNulty, however, came back and won the next week at the Lexington PGA Championship by shot over a number of notable golfers, including Nick Price.[5] The following week, at the Mount Edgecombe Trophy, Goosen won his first event of the season, defeating runner-up Price by five.[6] Price, however, came back and finally won the next week, at the ICL International.[7]

In the later part of the season, a number of little known golfers defeated the top performers. At the seventh event, the Philips South African Open, Clinton Whitelaw was victorious by two over Goosen.[8] The following week, at the Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic, Sean Pappas defeated Els in a playoff.[9] At the final event, the EVS South African Masters, Zimbabwean Tony Johnstone defeated Roger Wessels by a shot. McNulty, Els, and Goosen all finished several shots back.[10]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1992–93 season.[11]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Notes
22 NovFNB Players ChampionshipTransvaal500,000South Africa Ernie Els (5)26New tournament
20 DecGoodyear ClassicCape350,000South Africa Ernie Els (6)14
10 JanBell's CupCape450,000Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a)26
17 JanLexington PGA ChampionshipTransvaal500,000Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (22)26
24 JanMount Edgecombe TrophyNatal450,000South Africa Retief Goosen (2)20New tournament
31 JanICL InternationalTransvaal450,000Zimbabwe Nick Price (5)18
14 FebPhilips South African OpenTransvaal500,000South Africa Clinton Whitelaw (1)18
21 FebHollard Royal Swazi Sun ClassicSwaziland350,000South Africa Sean Pappas (1)14
28 FebEVS South African MastersTransvaal550,000Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (13)18

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
6 Dec Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge Transvaal US$2,500,000 South Africa David Frost 52 Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[12]

PositionPlayerPrize money (R)
1Zimbabwe Mark McNulty250,079
2South Africa Ernie Els222,496
3South Africa Retief Goosen204,289
4Zimbabwe Nick Price170,450
5South Africa Roger Wessels128,843

Notes
  1. 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.

References
  1. Berkovitz, Anton; Samson, Andrew (1993). South Africa and international sports factfinder. D. Nelson. p. 96. ISBN 1868061019. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. "The Daily Telegraph 23 Nov 1992, page 36". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. "The Daily Telegraph 21 Dec 1992, page 39". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. "The Daily Telegraph 11 Jan 1993, page 32". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. "The Daily Telegraph 18 Jan 1993, page 39". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. "The Daily Telegraph 25 Jan 1993, page 35". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. "The Daily Telegraph 01 Feb 1993, page 37". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  8. "The Sydney Morning Herald 16 Feb 1993, page 44". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. "Camarillo Star 23 Feb 1993, page 14". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  10. "The Daily Telegraph 01 Mar 1993, page 37". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  11. "1992/93 Tournament schedule". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  12. "1992/93 Order of Merit". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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