It might not be for top players with the backing, but I heard some silly figures being thrown about, like Dale Whitnell paying out £16,000 to get home as economy seats had all gone, so players had to pay for business and first-class.” “For me, that could be the best part of playing three events. “Five grand! You don’t need to be blowing that kind of money on your first week on Tour,” Wilson says. This time round, his top-tier debut would leave a hole of around £5,000, and much worse, with the following two events on the South African swing being swept off the table, his hopes of earning enough to bankroll himself for the next stage of the season have been dealt a huge blow. It was a gamble that cost the best part of £3,000. Twenty six players would withdraw or retire from the event, which was eventually reduced to 36 holes with South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence claiming victory and the €138,981 in winnings.īut for Wilson, South Africa has not been a happy hunting ground last season he flew out to Johannesburg as a reserve player and spent a week kicking his heels only to not get in.
The quarantine deadline had been met, but due to another overnight stay, it would still be another 20 hours before Wilson arrived home in Darlington.
What transpired was a 39-hour journey that saw Wilson and his caddie Connor Winstanley drive to a covid testing centre, take connecting flights from Johannesburg to Nairobi then out to Doha, before finally boarding a flight to London and arriving at Heathrow at 8pm on Saturday evening.
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