The 1983–84 Southern Africa Tour was the 13th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
Season outline Local golfers Mark McNulty, Gavan Levenson, and Tony Johnstone had much success at the beginning of the season. The first tournament of the year, the PAN AM Wild Coast, was won by McNulty. The following week, Levenson won the Lexington PGA Championship, defeating Nick Price by three shots. At the next event, the South African Open, Zimbabwe's Johnstone was victorious. Johnstone would go on to win the following week as well at the SA Charity Classic. It was Levenson, however, that would go on to win the Order of Merit.
The final two events of the year were won by foreign players. At the ICL International, Northern Ireland's David Feherty was victorious. At the final event of the year, the Swazi Sun Pro-Am, American Rick Hartmann defeated Teddy Webber by one shot.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1983–84 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerNotes 28 Jan PAN AM Wild Coast Cape 150,000 Mark McNulty (7) New tournament 4 Feb Lexington PGA Championship Transvaal 100,000 Gavan Levenson (2) 11 Feb South African Open Transvaal 100,000 Tony Johnstone (1) 18 Feb SA Charity Classic Transvaal 80,000 Tony Johnstone (2) New tournament 25 Feb ICL International Transvaal 60,000 David Feherty (1) 2 Mar Swazi Sun Pro-Am Swaziland 60,000 Rick Hartmann (1) Pro-Am
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerNotes4 DecNedbank Million Dollar ChallengeTransvaalUS$1,000,000 Seve BallesterosLimited-field event
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
PositionPlayerPrize money (R)1 Gavan Levenson 43,9402 Tony Johnstone 36,9883 Nick Price 30,6554 Mark McNulty 28,0425 Fulton Allem 23,199
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