2022 Big Easy Tour
Golf tour season
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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.
Duration10 May 2022 – 17 November 2022
Number of official events10
Most wins
Gerhard Pepler (3)
Gerhard Pepler (3)Order of Merit Gerhard Pepler
Gerhard Pepler| 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 → | |
Altron title sponsorship
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner[a] | 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 12 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 |
| 11 | Adam Breen | 43,960 |
| 12 | Jonathan Waschefort | 43,364 |
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.