| Duration | 10 May 2022 – 17 November 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 10 |
| Most wins |  Gerhard Pepler (3) |
| Order of Merit | Gerhard Pepler |
← 2020–21 2023–24 → | |
The 2022 Big Easy Tour, titled as the 2022 Altron Big Easy Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 11th season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.
Altron title sponsorship
In April, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with South African technology company Altron, being renamed as the Altron Big Easy Tour.[1]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May | Altron Big Easy Tour 1 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Christiaan Maas (a) (1) |
3 |
| 8 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 2 | Gauteng | 150,000 |  Kim Dong-kwan (1) |
3 |
| 15 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 3 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gregory McKay (1) |
3 |
| 23 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 4 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Adam Breen (1) |
3 |
| 30 Jun | Altron Big Easy Tour 5 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Ricky Hendler (1) |
3 |
| 6 Jul | Altron Big Easy Tour 6 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Casey Jarvis (a) (1) |
3 |
| 14 Jul | Altron Big Easy Tour 7 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gerhard Pepler (2) |
3 |
| 1 Sep | Altron Big Easy Tour 8 | Gauteng | 150,000 | Ruan de Smidt (2) |
0.34 |
| 6 Oct | Altron Big Easy Tour Play Off | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gerhard Pepler (3) |
0.22 |
| 17 Nov | Altron Big Easy Tour Final | Gauteng | 150,000 | Gerhard Pepler (4) |
0.17 |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[3] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023–24 Sunshine Tour.[4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Pepler | 133,940 |
| 2 | Ricky Hendler | 99,568 |
| 3 | Ruan de Smidt | 68,713 |
| 4 | Kim Dong-kwan | 55,928 |
| 5 | Reinhardt Blaauw | 54,873 |
| 6 | Keelan van Wyk | 53,190 |
| 7 | Gregory McKay | 48,838 |
| 8 | Nicholaus Frade | 48,793 |
| 9 | L. B. Boshoff | 46,413 |
| 10 | Leon Visser | 45,295 |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Altron Big Easy Tour a major boost for SA pro golf development". SuperSport. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "Tournament schedule 2022 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ↑ "2022 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ↑ "Victorious Pepler leads the way to Sunshine Tour". SuperSport. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
The other players who have earned their Sunshine Tour playing cards for the new season are Ricky Hendler, Ruan de Smidt, DK Kim, Reinhardt Blaauw, Keelan Van Wyk, Gregory McKay, Nicholaus Frade, LB Boshoff, Adam Breen, Leon Visser and Jonathan Waschefort.
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