2019 Big Easy Tour

The 2019 Big Easy Tour was the ninth season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.

2019 Big Easy Tour season

Duration	15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) – 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)
Number of official events	19
Most wins	Kyle Barker (2) Malcolm Mitchell (2) Jason Smith (2) Matthew Spacey (2) Desne van den Bergh (2)
Order of Merit	Malcolm Mitchell
← 2018 2020–21 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner[a]	OWGR points
17 Apr	Big Easy Challenge 1	Gauteng	75,000	Matthew Spacey (1)	3
1 May	Big Easy Challenge 2	Gauteng	75,000	Yurav Premlall (a) (1)	3
15 May	Big Easy Challenge 3	North West	75,000	Garrick Higgo (1)	3
5 Jun	Big Easy Challenge 4	Gauteng	75,000	Matthew Spacey (2)	3
26 Jun	Big Easy Challenge 5	Gauteng	75,000	Jason Smith (1)	3
3 Jul	Big Easy Challenge 6	Gauteng	75,000	Malcolm Mitchell (1)	3
24 Jul	Big Easy Challenge 7	Gauteng	75,000	Kyle Barker (1)	3
31 Jul	Big Easy Challenge 8	Gauteng	75,000	Desne van den Bergh (1)	3
14 Aug	Big Easy Challenge 9	Gauteng	75,000	Kyle Barker (2)	3
28 Aug	Big Easy Challenge 10	Gauteng	75,000	Coert Groenewald (1)	3
11 Sep	Big Easy Challenge 11	Gauteng	75,000	Ruan de Smidt (1)	3
27 Sep	Big Easy Challenge 12	Gauteng	75,000	Jason Smith (2)	3
2 Oct	Big Easy Challenge 13	Gauteng	75,000	Malcolm Mitchell (2)	3
9 Oct	Big Easy Challenge 14	Gauteng	75,000	Hennie O'Kennedy (1)	3
23 Oct	Big Easy Challenge 15	Gauteng	75,000	Byron Coetzee (1)	3
30 Oct	Big Easy Challenge 16	Gauteng	75,000	Marthin Scheepers (1)	3
6 Nov	Big Easy Challenge 17	Gauteng	75,000	Jason Froneman (1)	3
13 Nov	Big Easy Challenge 18	Gauteng	75,000	Desne van den Bergh (2)	3
29 Nov	Big Easy Tour Championship	Gauteng	200,000	Theunis Bezuidenhout (1)	3

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.^[2] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2020–21 Sunshine Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Malcolm Mitchell	74,097
2	Jason Smith	57,706
3	Matthew Spacey	53,544
4	Hennie O'Kennedy	50,320
5	Desne van den Bergh	49,559
6	Coert Groenewald	49,220
7	Theunis Bezuidenhout	44,577
8	Marthin Scheepers	42,048
9	Jason Froneman	36,986
10	Clayton Mansfield	36,331

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.