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Safari Tour/Safari Circuit

Rhodesia, Zambia, Kenya, Botswana, and Nigeria
89/90 Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, the former Zaire, Kenya, Gambia and Togo

• Nigerian Open
• Ivory Coast Open
• Zimbabwe Open
• Zambia Open
• Kenya Open

Zambia events not held in years
when venue hosting Zambia Open:

• Lusaka Open (probably also called
  Eagle Open or Kwacha Eagle Open)
• Cock o' the North (golf)
• Mufulira Open

• Kalahari Diamond Classic
• Gambian Open
• Tanzania Open
• Togo Open
• Sierra Leone Open

Part of the European Tour organisation since 1977. [1],[2]

Originally started with events in Kenya and Zambia (3), then later Nigeria (rescheduled from 1973); there was a one-off in Botswana (1982), with Ivory Coast (1983) and Zimbabwe (1985) introduced later as Zambia events reduced to one by 1986. Many articles/recollections also include other events/pro-ams across East & West Africa, e.g. in Togo, Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Zaire, etc. but these weren't part of the official circuit/tour.

Top 3 on OoM exempt on European Tour. [3] (“Woosie” biography)

OoM winner gained exemption to the Open Championship. This ended in 1986. (Aberdeen P&J, 16 Jan 86, p.22)

Events added to Challenge Tour in 1991. Still reported as a separate tour after that, e.g Heineken World of Golf 1993 (p.170).

Order of Merit

Season	Order of Merit winner	Ref
1977	Mark James	Aberdeen Press and Journal, 6 Apr 77, p.22 [4]
1978
1979	John Morgan	Liverpool Echo, 3 May 79, p.23
1980	Brian Waites	Newcastle Journal, 24 May 1980, p.33 [5]
1981	Brian Barnes	Glasgow Herald, 30 Mar 81, p.18 [6]
1982	David Jagger	Glasgow Herald, 5 Apr 82, p.16 [7]
1983	Gordon J Brand	Newcastle Journal, 21 Mar 83, p.12
1984	Ewan Murray	Glasgow Herald, 26 Mar 84, p.13 [8]
1985	Bill Longmuir	Glasgow Herald, 1 Apr 85, p.15 [9]
1986	Gordon J Brand	Reading Evening Post, 14 Aug 86, p.20
1987	Gordon J Brand	Sandwell Evening Mail, 10 Mar 87, p.31
1988	Vijay Singh	Aberdeen Press and Journal, 27 Jul 88, p.22
1989	Vijay Singh	Aberdeen Press and Journal, 12 Apr 89, p.25
1990

Schedules

Note: originally not organised into an official tour so start of tour uncertain & probable that not all tournaments were part of the "tour" (e.g. Nigeria Open pre 1973)

Season	Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
1967	23 Apr 67	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Guy Wolstenholme	279		[10] Liv Echo, 24 Apr 67, p.15
1968	14 Apr 68	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Terry Westbrook	291
1968	21 Apr 68	Kenya Open	Karen	Maurice Bembridge	289		[11]
1969	30 Mar 69	Eagle Open	Lusaka	Bernard Gallacher	284		[12]
1969	6 Apr 69	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Bernard Gallacher	280		[13]
1969	13 Apr 69	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Maurice Bembridge	279		[14]
1970	3 Jan 70	Nigeria Open		Marshall Douglas	281		[15]	Started in 1969
1970	15 Mar 70	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Bernard Gallacher	280		[16]
1970	22 Mar 70	Dunlop Lusaka Open	Lusaka	Alex Caygill	285		[17]
1970	29 Mar 70	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Craig Defoy	284		[18]
1970	5 Apr 70	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Jan Dorrenstein	273		[19]
1971	6 Dec 70	Nigeria Open		John Cook	276		[20]
1971	28 Mar 71	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Craig Defoy				(defended title in 1972 [21]) £3700 ([22])
1971	4 Apr 71	Lusaka Open	Lusaka	Stuart Brown	280		[23]	£4000
1971	11 Apr 71	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Michael Ingham	284			£5800
1971	18 Apr 71	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Ernie Jones	283	*	[24] ([25])	£4600
1972	5 Dec 71	Nigeria Open		Lee Elder	267		[26][27]
1972	19 Mar 72	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Craig Defoy	282	*	[28]
1972	26 Mar 72	Lusaka Open	Lusaka	Maurice Bembridge	274		[29] The Guardian, 27 March 1982, p21
1972	2 Apr 72	Zambia Open	Ndola	Craig Defoy	272		[30]	Cock o' the North
1972	9 Apr 72	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	David Llewellyn	279		[31]
1973	25 Feb 73	Nigeria Open		Tommy Horton	267		[32]
1973	11 Mar 73	Kenya Open		Jan Dorrenstein	276		[33]
1973	18 Mar 73	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Michael Ingham	284		[34]
1973	25 Mar 73	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	David Webster	283		[35]
1973	1 Apr 73	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Craig Defoy	281		[36] The Guardian, 3 April 1983, p27
1974	24 Feb 74	Nigeria Open		Jack Newton	275		[37]
1974	3 Mar 74	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	David Jagger	274		[38]
1974	10 Mar 74	(Lusaka) Eagle Open	Lusaka	Willie Milne	213		[39]	Final round rained off
1974	17 Mar 74	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Malcolm Gregson	284	*	[40]	Eagle Open=Lusaka Open
1974	24 Mar 74	Zambia Open	Mufulira	Christy O'Connor Jnr	282	*	[41]
1975	22 Feb 75	Nigeria Open		David Jagger	270	*	[42]
1975	2 Mar 75	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Gary Smith	276	*	[43]
1975	9 Mar 75	Lusaka Open	Lusaka	Carl Mason	281		[44]
1975	16 Mar 75	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Ronnie Shade	281		[45]
1975	23 Mar 75	Zambia Open	Ndola	Sam Torrance	280	*	[46]	Cock o' the North
1976	25 Feb 76	Nigeria Open		Bill Longmuir	209		[47] Cov Eve Telegraph, 26 Feb 76, p.16	Delayed a few days following the 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt
1976	7 Mar 76	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	-	-		[48]	Cancelled for economic reasons
1976	14 Mar 76	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Jack Newton	282		[49]
1976	21 Mar 76	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Jack Newton	277		[50]
1976	28 Mar 76	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Peter Cowen	286		[51] [52]

1977

• Schedule: [53] (Nigerian Pro-Ams - Benin, Port Harcourt, Ibadan)

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
24–27 Feb	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	David Jagger	273	*	[54]
10–13 Mar	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Liam Higgins	283		[55]
17–20 Mar	Lusaka Open	Lusaka	Mark James	279		[56][57]
24–27 Mar	Zambia Open	Ndola	Tommy Horton	284		[58]	Cock o' the North

1978

• Schedule: Football Post (Notts), 12 Nov 77, p.18

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
26 Feb 78	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Sandy Lyle	269	*	[59] Liv Echo, 27 Feb 78, p.16
12 Mar 78	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Seve Ballesteros	274		[60]
19 Mar 78	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Peter Berry	281	*	Liv Echo, 20 Mar 78, p.15
26 Mar 78	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Peter Townsend	274		[61]

1979

• Schedule: 4 events (Nigeria, Kenya, Lusaka, Zambia) - Liv Echo, 3 May 79, p.23

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
25 Feb 79	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	John Morgan	269		[62]
17 Mar 79	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Maurice Bembridge	271	*	[63]
26 Mar 79	Lusaka Open	Lusaka	John Morgan	282		[64]
2 Apr 79	Zambia Open	Ndola	Brian Barnes	280		[65]	Cock o' the North

1980

• Schedule:

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
24 Feb 80	Nigeria Open		Bill Longmuir	264		[66]
9 Mar 80	Ivory Coast Open	President	Gary Player	265	*	The Times, 10 March 1980, p9
16 Mar 80	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Brian Waites	271		The Guardian, 17 March 1980, p23,25
23 Mar 80	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Brian Waites	279		Aberdeen P&J, 24 Mar 80, p.17[67]
30 Mar 80	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Ewen Murray	282		The Guardian, 31 March 1980, p20,21

1981

• Schedule: [68] (Ivory Coast new to the tour)

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
22 Feb 81	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Peter Tupling	255		[69]
1 Mar 81	Ivory Coast Open	President	Gordon J Brand	271	*	[70]
15 Mar 81	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Brian Barnes	274		[71]
22 Mar 81	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Eamonn Darcy	281		[72]
29 Mar 81	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Brian Barnes	276		[73]

1982

• Schedule: [74] (doesn't include Ivory Coast)

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
4–7 Feb	Nigeria Open		David Jagger	274	*	[75]
11–14 Feb	Ivory Coast Open	President	John Morgan	272		[76]
11–14 Mar	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Eamonn Darcy	274		[77]
18–21 Mar	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Brian Waites	281		[78]
25–28 Mar	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Brian Waites	276		[79]
1–4 Apr	Kalahari Diamond Classic		David Jagger	276		[80]

1983

• Schedule: [81], [82] (updated, open exemption), [83]

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
24–27 Feb	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Gordon J Brand	275		The Guardian 28 Feb 83 p19
3–6 Mar	Ivory Coast Open	President	Bill Longmuir	271		[84]
10–13 Mar	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Ken Brown	274		[85]
17–20 Mar	Cock o' the North	Ndola					Cancelled
17–20 Mar 24–27 Mar	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Bill Calfee	280	*	[86]

1984

• Schedule: [87] (Kenya not listed), [88]

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
23–26 Feb	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Ewen Murray	271		[89]
1–4 Mar	Ivory Coast Open	President	Billy McColl	275		[90]
8–11 Mar	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Jose-Maria Canizares	277	*	[91]
15–18 Mar	Mufulira Open	Mufulira	Eamonn Darcy	279		[92]
22–25 Mar	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Carl Mason	280		[93]	Open exemption
29 Mar – 1 Apr	Botswana Open						Provisional/not held

1985

• Schedule: [94] (ET exemption for tournament winners, Open exemption for OoM winner)

Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
8–10 Feb	Nigerian Satellite Pro-Ams
14–17 Feb	Ivory Coast Open	President	David Llewellyn	277		[95]
21–24 Feb	Nigeria Open		Bill Longmuir	277		[96]
7–10 Mar	555 Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Garry Harvey	278		[97]	Tour card
14–17 Mar	Cock o' the North	Ndola	Brian Waites	283		[98]
21–24 Mar	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Ian Woosnam	282		[99]
28–31 Mar	Zimbabwe Open	Chapman	Malcolm Mackenzie	281		[100]	Open exemption

1986

Season	Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
1986	16 Feb 86	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Gordon J Brand	272		[101]
1986	23 Feb 86	Ivory Coast Open	President	Gordon J Brand	273		[102]
1986	9 Mar 86	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Ian Woosnam	273	*	[103]
1986	16 Mar 86	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Garry Cullen	283	*	[104]
1986	23 Mar 86	Zimbabwe Open	Chapman	Stephen Bennett	277		[105]

1987

• Schedule: Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia (Nigeria, Ivory Coast gone) Liv Echo, 19 Feb 1987, p.55,56

Season	Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
1987	22 Feb 87	Zimbabwe Open	R.Harare	Gordon J Brand	277	*	[106]
1987	1 Mar 87	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Carl Mason	275	*	[107]
1987	8 Mar 87	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Paul Carrigill	285	*	[108]

1988

Season	Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
1988	31 Jan 88	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Vijay Singh	281	*	Golf Digest Almanac 1989, p309
1988	7 Feb 88	Ivory Coast Open	President	Gordon J Brand	275		[109]
1988	14 Feb 88	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Chris Platts	271		[110]
1988	21 Feb 88	Zimbabwe Open	Chapman	Roger Chapman	275		[111]
1988	28 Feb 88	Zambia Open	Lusaka	David Llewellyn	280		The Guardian 1 Mar 88 p19

1989

Season	Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
1989	29 Jan 89	Zimbabwe Open	Chapman	Vijay Singh	282		[112]
1989	5 Feb 89	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Craig Maltman	215		[113]
1989	12 Feb 89	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	David Jones	271		[114]
1989	19 Nov 89	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Vijay Singh	279		[115]
1989	26 Nov 89	Ivory Coast Open	President	Vijay Singh	274		[116]

1990

Season	Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	PO	Source	Notes
1990	14 Jan 90	Zimbabwe Open	Chapman	Grant Turner	281		[117]
1990	21 Jan 90	Zambia Open	Lusaka	Gordon J Brand	284		Liv Echo, 25 Jan 90, p.74
1990	28 Jan 90	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Christy O'Connor Jnr	271		[118]
1990	9 Dec 90	Nigeria Open	Ikoyi	Wayne Stephens	198			1991 Challenge Tour
1990	16 Dec 90	Ivory Coast Open	President	David Llewellyn	275			1991 Challenge Tour

Other tournaments & pro-ams

Other events in Africa (outside South Africa), but probably not Safari Circuit/Tour

Season	Date	Tournament	Venue	Winner	Score	Playoff	Source	Notes
1974		Benin
1974		Port Harcourt Open		David Chillas			[119]
1975		Benin
1975		Port Harcourt Open (Lagos Open [120])		David Chillas			[121]
1975		Gambia Open		Tommy Horton
1976		Gambia Open		Malcolm Gregson			[122]
1976		Liberia Open		Malcolm Gregson			[123]
1976		Port Harcourt Open		Carl Mason			[124] The Observer 29 Feb 76 p18	"... who went down to Port Harcourt for a £2,000 pro-am ..."
1977		Benin
1977		Port Harcourt
1977		Ibadan
1980	~17 Feb 80	Gambia Open
1981		Sierra Leone Open		Mike Miller
1982		Sierra Leone Open		Mike Miller
1985		Togo Open		Tommy Horton
1986		Sierra Leone Open		John Morgan

Kalahari Diamond Classic

Sunshine Circuit event in 1979, 80, 81.

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
1982		David Jagger	276

Gambian Open

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
1976		Malcolm Gregson
1975		Tommy Horton

Liberian Open

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
1976		Malcolm Gregson

Togo Open

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
1986		TBD
1985		Tommy Horton

Ghana Open

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
1980		James Lebbie	[125]

Sierra Leone Open

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
2016		Vincent Torgah	[126]
2015
2014
2013	Freetown	Amos Korblah
2012	No tournament
2011		Godwin Sai	[127]
1990		James Lebbie	[128]
1989		James Lebbie
1988		James Lebbie
1987		James Lebbie
1986		John Morgan
1985		James Lebbie
1984		TBD
1983		TBD
1982		Mike Miller
1981		Mike Miller

Tanzania Open

Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
2008		TBD
2007		Hassan Kadio
2006		TBD
2005		Deo Akope
2004		Salim Mwanyenza Dismas Indiza
2003		TBD
2002		Stephen Kasaija
1995		Savio Nazareth
1985		John Davis, Jr.
1966		Bob Davidson