# 1998–99 Southern Africa Tour

The 1998–99 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1998–99 Vodacom Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, that was announced in June 1997.

## Changes for 1998–99

The season marked the first year in which the South African Open was granted "flagship event" status by the Official World Golf Ranking, awarding a minimum of 32 points to the winner.

## Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998–99 season.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes |
| 18 Apr | Vodacom Series (Western Cape) | Western Cape | 165,000 | Alan McLean (1) | n/a | | |
| 25 Apr | Kalahari Classic | Northern Cape | 75,000 | Andrew McLardy (2) | n/a | | |
| 2 May | Pietersburg Classic | Limpopo | 100,000 | Desvonde Botes (5) | n/a | | New tournament |
| 16 May | Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape) | Eastern Cape | 165,000 | Sammy Daniels (1) | n/a | | |
| 31 May | Vodacom Series (KwaZulu-Natal) | KwaZulu-Natal | 165,000 | Keith Horne (1) | n/a | | |
| 12 Jul | Vodacom Series (Mpumalanga) | Mpumalanga | 165,000 | Callie Swart (1) | n/a | | |
| 8 Aug | Fish River Sun Pro-Am | Eastern Cape | 200,000 | Ashley Roestoff (4) | n/a | | Pro-Am |
| 15 Aug | Royal Swazi Sun Classic | Swaziland | 150,000 | Justin Hobday (4) | n/a | | New tournament |
| 4 Sep | Absa Bank Corporate Challenge | Gauteng | 150,000 | Warren Abery (1) | n/a | | New tournament |
| 13 Sep | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Mpumalanga | 100,000 | Wayne Bradley (1) | n/a | | |
| 19 Sep | Vodacom Series (Free State) | Free State | 165,000 | Gary Matthews (1) | n/a | | |
| 26 Sep | FNB Botswana Open | Botswana | 150,000 | Justin Hobday (5) | n/a | | |
| 4 Oct | Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy | Limpopo | 175,000 | Sammy Daniels (2) | n/a | | |
| 16 Oct | Vodacom Series (Gauteng) | Gauteng | 165,000 | Brenden Pappas (1) | n/a | | |
| 25 Oct | FNB Namibia Open | Namibia | 150,000 | Ashley Roestoff (5) | n/a | | |
| 8 Nov | Platinum Classic | North West | 100,000 | Bobby Lincoln (4) | n/a | | |
| 22 Nov | Zambia Open | Zambia | 400,000 | Marc Cayeux (1) | n/a | | |
| 29 Nov | Zimbabwe Open | Zimbabwe | 450,000 | Nick Price (12) | 16 | | |
| 17 Jan | Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship | Gauteng | £400,000 | Ernie Els (11) | 24 | EUR | |
| 24 Jan | Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open | Western Cape | US$1,000,000 | David Frost (5) | 34 | EUR | Flagship event |
| 31 Jan | Vodacom Players Championship | KwaZulu-Natal | 1,000,000 | Chris Davison (2) | 12 | | |
| 7 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | North West | 2,000,000 | Scott Dunlap (2) | 14 | | Pro-Am |
| 14 Feb | South African Masters | Free State | 600,000 | Desvonde Botes (6) | 12 | | |
| 21 Feb | Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Marc Cayeux (2) | 12 | | |

### Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner | OWGR points | Notes |
| 6 Dec | Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge | North West | US$2,500,000 | Nick Price | 48 | Limited-field event |

## Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
| 1 | David Frost | 1,189,762 |
| 2 | Scott Dunlap | 885,792 |
| 3 | Richard Kaplan | 525,151 |
| 4 | Desvonde Botes | 410,598 |
| 5 | Ashley Roestoff | 367,726 |