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86:
68:
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893:
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the season... Bekker earned R1,562,988 this year (fourth on the Order of Merit) and won three times (Zambia Sugar Open; Lombard
Insurance Classic; Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge) and left on Sunday with the Golf Writers Award and the Commissioner's Award as well as being named as the Player's Player to cap a successful year.
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Coetzee walked away with the Order of Merit title thanks almost solely to his triumph at the
Tshwane Open. The victory over the co-sanctioned field at Pretoria Country Club earned Coetzee R2,377,500 of the R2,937,225 he made this season; that cheque alone would've been enough to finish in first for
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836:
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1845:
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1835:
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1825:
1820:
1110:
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138:
133:
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327:
291:
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654:
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690:
581:
508:
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1507:
1977:
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998:
1383:
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381:
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1883:
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1855:
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949:
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436:
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1035:
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90:
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563:
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345:
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72:
23:
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1313:
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1273:
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1233:
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1135:
1123:
1084:
1071:
1011:
849:
813:
777:
741:
667:
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558:
522:
485:
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449:
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340:
309:
304:
268:
232:
102:
85:
67:
1016:
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1053:
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630:
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412:
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303:
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1540:. Sunshine Tour. Archived from
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1538:"2017/18 Rookie of the Year"
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1479:"2017/18 Order of Merit"
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728:Vodacom Origins of Golf
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655:Sun Boardwalk Challenge
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400:Vodacom Origins of Golf
34:20 April 2017
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999:Dimension Data Pro-Am
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275:
274:Oliver Bekker
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238:J. C. Ritchie
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125:Neil O'Briain
121:
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108:Oliver Bekker
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73:Oliver Bekker
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24:Sunshine Tour
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1988:2018 in golf
1983:2017 in golf
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1568:Irish Golfer
1567:
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1546:. Retrieved
1542:the original
1532:
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1511:
1487:. Retrieved
1483:the original
1473:
1461:. Retrieved
1451:
1423:
1414:
1198:
1072:Tshwane Open
601:Jared Harvey
511:at Arabella
455:Peter Karmis
371:US$ 150,000
310:Peter Karmis
171:
160:), the main
157:
149:
147:
18:
1518:9 September
1463:8 September
1079:15,000,000
1017:Jaco Ahlers
930:15,000,000
923:BMW SA Open
887:16,500,000
880:Joburg Open
844:€1,000,000
783:Alex Haindl
673:Tyrone Ryan
584:at Zimbali
528:Keith Horne
491:Jbe' Kruger
441:North West
405:Mpumalanga
181:Tournament
1972:Categories
1443:References
1429:Asian Tour
1323:1,415,499
1303:1,562,989
1283:2,033,965
1263:2,359,847
1243:2,937,226
1167:1,500,000
1118:1,000,000
1054:Rhys Enoch
1043:1,500,000
1006:5,050,000
970:1,500,000
841:Mauritius
730:at Sishen
335:1,000,000
332:Swaziland
299:1,200,000
296:Swaziland
263:1,600,000
227:1,800,000
46:2018-03-18
38:2017-04-20
1808:1999–2000
1141:Jean Hugo
224:Zimbabwe
184:Location
62:Most wins
1548:18 April
1489:17 April
1431:; EUR −
1394:See also
1213:Position
1164:Gauteng
1115:Gauteng
1076:Gauteng
967:Gauteng
927:Gauteng
884:Gauteng
808:750,000
772:750,000
736:750,000
699:750,000
662:750,000
626:750,000
590:750,000
553:750,000
517:750,000
480:750,000
477:Gauteng
444:750,000
408:750,000
168:Schedule
31:Duration
22:2017–18
1957:2024–25
1952:2023–24
1947:2022–23
1942:2021–22
1937:2020–21
1924:2019–20
1919:2018–19
1914:2017–18
1909:2016–17
1851:2006–07
1846:2005–06
1841:2004–05
1836:2003–04
1831:2002–03
1826:2001–02
1821:2000–01
1803:1998–99
1798:1997–98
1793:1996–97
1788:1995–96
1783:1994–95
1778:1993–94
1773:1992–93
1768:1991–92
1763:1990–91
1750:1989–90
1745:1988–89
1740:1987–88
1735:1986–87
1730:1985–86
1725:1984–85
1720:1983–84
1715:1982–83
1710:1981–82
1705:1980–81
1692:1979–80
1687:1978–79
1682:1977–78
1677:1976–77
1672:1975–76
1667:1974–75
1662:1973–74
1657:1972–73
1652:1971–72
1156:18 Mar
1131:(2) and
1032:25 Feb
1027:Pro-Am
995:18 Feb
919:14 Jan
876:11 Dec
761:27 Oct
724:14 Oct
687:23 Sep
651:15 Sep
542:25 Aug
505:19 Aug
469:11 Aug
396:29 Jul
368:Zambia
324:21 May
260:Zambia
252:30 Apr
216:23 Apr
203:points
196:Winner
139:2018–19
134:2016–17
44: (
36: (
1427:ASA −
1340:Winner
1330:Awards
1216:Player
1107:7 Mar
1068:4 Mar
959:1 Feb
943:(n/a)
900:(n/a)
833:3 Dec
797:4 Nov
615:8 Sep
578:2 Sep
433:4 Aug
360:4 Jun
288:6 May
211:Notes
208:tours
26:season
1574:1 May
1406:Notes
1337:Award
1180:(16)
1143:(18)
206:Other
187:Purse
178:Date
1904:2015
1899:2014
1894:2013
1889:2012
1884:2011
1879:2010
1866:2009
1861:2008
1856:2007
1647:1970
1576:2022
1550:2023
1520:2023
1491:2023
1465:2023
1344:Ref.
1199:The
1146:n/a
1092:(9)
1056:(1)
1019:(7)
983:(1)
857:(1)
821:(1)
785:(2)
749:(1)
712:(8)
675:(1)
639:(1)
603:(1)
566:(7)
530:(9)
493:(4)
457:(5)
421:(7)
384:(1)
348:(6)
312:(4)
276:(5)
240:(1)
200:OWGR
148:The
1183:14
1099:EUR
1095:19
1059:14
1022:14
986:14
950:EUR
946:32
911:EUR
907:ASA
903:17
868:EUR
864:ASA
860:17
387:14
315:14
279:14
243:14
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