2023–24 Big Easy 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 MeritSouth Africa Leon Vorster
← 2022

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.

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points
6 Jul Altron Big Easy Tour 1 Gauteng 150,000 Portugal Nicholaus Frade (1) 0.39
13 Jul Altron Big Easy Tour 2 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Keegan McLachlan (1) 0.34
3 Aug Altron Big Easy Tour 3 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Robin Williams (1) 0.30
23 Aug Altron Big Easy Tour 4 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Andre van Dyk (1) 0.25
8 Nov Altron Big Easy Tour 5 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Travis Ladner (1) 0.26
16 Nov Altron Big Easy Tour 6 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Andrew Williamson (1) 0.31
13 Dec Altron Big Easy Tour 7 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Samuel Simpson (1) 0.32
11 Jan Altron Big Easy Tour 8 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Toto Thimba Jr. (3) 0.33
18 Jan Altron Big Easy Tour 9 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Reece McKain (1) 0.39
14 Mar Altron Big Easy Tour 10 Gauteng 150,000 South Africa Therion Nel (2) 0.45
12 Apr Altron Big Easy Tour Play Off Gauteng 250,000 South Africa Dylan O'Leary (1) 0.28
18 Apr Altron Big Easy Tour Final Gauteng 300,000 South Africa 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 10 players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2024–25 Sunshine Tour.[3]

Position Player Points
1 South Africa Leon Vorster 729
2 South Africa Samuel Simpson 728
3 South Africa Werner Deyzel 726
4 South Africa Stals Swart 709
5 South Africa Ricky Hendler 615
6 South Africa Ruan de Smidt 602
7 South Africa Dylan O'Leary 557
8 Zambia Dayne Moore 549
9 South Africa Travis Ladner 488
10 South Africa Andre de Decker 462
11 South Africa Therion Nel 453
12 South Africa Vaughn van Deventer 436

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.