2023–24 Big Easy Tour

The 2023–24 Big Easy Tour, titled as the 2023–24 Altron Big Easy Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.

2023–24 Big Easy Tour season
Duration4 July 2023 (2023-07-04) – 18 April 2024 (2024-04-18)
Number of official events12
Order of Merit Leon Vorster
2022

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023–24 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
6 JulAltron Big Easy Tour 1Gauteng150,000 Nicholaus Frade (1)0.39
13 JulAltron Big Easy Tour 2Gauteng150,000 Keegan McLachlan (1)0.34
3 AugAltron Big Easy Tour 3Gauteng150,000 Robin Williams (1)0.30
23 AugAltron Big Easy Tour 4Gauteng150,000 Andre van Dyk (1)0.25
8 NovAltron Big Easy Tour 5Gauteng150,000 Travis Ladner (1)0.26
16 NovAltron Big Easy Tour 6Gauteng150,000 Andrew Williamson (1)0.31
13 DecAltron Big Easy Tour 7Gauteng150,000 Samuel Simpson (1)0.32
11 JanAltron Big Easy Tour 8Gauteng150,000 Toto Thimba Jr. (3)0.33
18 JanAltron Big Easy Tour 9Gauteng150,000 Reece McKain (1)0.39
14 MarAltron Big Easy Tour 10Gauteng150,000 Therion Nel (2)0.45
12 AprAltron Big Easy Tour Play OffGauteng250,000 Dylan O'Leary (1)0.28
18 AprAltron Big Easy Tour FinalGauteng300,000 Leon Vorster (1)0.21

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top 12 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2024–25 Sunshine Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Leon Vorster729
2 Samuel Simpson728
3 Werner Deyzel726
4 Stals Swart709
5 Ricky Hendler615
6 Ruan de Smidt602
7 Dylan O'Leary557
8 Dayne Moore549
9 Travis Ladner488
10 Andre de Decker462
11 Therion Nel453
12 Vaughn van Deventer436

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Big Easy Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Big Easy Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Sunshine Tour.

References

  1. "2023/24 Tournament schedule". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. "2023/24 Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. "Vorster claims emphatic victory in Big Easy final". SuperSport. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024. Ricky Hendler, Jason Roets and Keegan Mclachlan had already secured their cards for next season ahead of this final tournament of the regular Big Easy season. Both Hendler and Roets finished within the top 12 on the standings and having already secured their cards even before this event teed off... The other players who earned their Sunshine Tour cards via the Altron Big Easy Tour are Simpson, Werner Deyzel, Stals Swart, Ruan de Smidts, Dylan O'Leary, Dayne Moore, Travis Ladner, Andre De Decker, Therion Nel and State Mines Country Club's Vaughn Van Deventer.
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