The 1992–93 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1992–93 FNB Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
FNB title sponsorship
It was the first season in which the tour had signed a sponsor title agreement with First National Bank, being renamed as the FNB Tour.
Season outline
A handful of top golfers dominated the first part of the season. Ernie Els won the first event of the season, the FNB Players Championship, by four shots over Mark McNulty. Els also won the subsequent event, the Goodyear Classic, by two shots over Retief Goosen. Fijian Vijay Singh won the first event after the Christmas break, the Bell's Cup, defeating McNulty by two shots. McNulty, however, came back and won the next week at the Lexington PGA Championship by one shot over a number of players, including Nick Price. The following week at the Mount Edgecombe Trophy, Goosen won his first event of the new year, defeating runner-up Price by five shots. Price came back and finally won the following week at the ICL International.
In the later part of the season, a number of less notable players defeated the top performers. At the seventh event, the Philips South African Open, Clinton Whitelaw was victorious by two shots over Goosen. The following week, at the Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic, Sean Pappas defeated Els in a playoff. At the final event, the EVS South African Masters, Zimbabwean Tony Johnstone defeated Roger Wessels by a shot. McNulty, Els, and Goosen all finished several shots back.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1992–93 season.
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.