The 2017–18 Sunshine Tour was the 47th season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2017–18 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(R)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes23 AprZimbabwe OpenZimbabwe1,800,000 J. C. Ritchie (1)1430 AprZambia Sugar OpenZambia1,600,000 Oliver Bekker (5)146 MayInvestec Royal Swazi OpenSwaziland1,200,000 Peter Karmis (4)1421 MayLombard Insurance ClassicSwaziland1,000,000 Oliver Bekker (6)44 JunMopani Redpath Zambia OpenZambiaUS$150,000 Riekus Nortje (1)1429 JulVodacom Origins of Golf at Highland GateMpumalanga750,000 Doug McGuigan (7)74 AugSun City ChallengeNorth West750,000 Peter Karmis (5)711 AugSun Carnival City ChallengeGauteng750,000 Jbe' Kruger (4)419 AugVodacom Origins of Golf at ArabellaWestern Cape750,000 Keith Horne (9)425 AugSun Wild Coast Sun ChallengeKwaZulu-Natal750,000 Oliver Bekker (7)42 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at ZimbaliKwaZulu-Natal750,000 Jared Harvey (1)48 SepSun Fish River ChallengeEastern Cape750,000 M. J. Viljoen (1)415 SepSun Boardwalk ChallengeEastern Cape750,000 Tyrone Ryan (1)423 SepVodacom Origins of Golf at St FrancisEastern Cape750,000 Doug McGuigan (8)414 OctVodacom Origins of Golf at SishenNorthern Cape750,000 Hennie du Plessis (1)427 OctSun Sibaya ChallengeKwaZulu-Natal750,000 Alex Haindl (2)44 NovVodacom Origins of Golf FinalWestern Cape750,000 Jaco Prinsloo (1) 43 DecAfrAsia Bank Mauritius OpenMauritius€1,000,000 Dylan Frittelli (1)17ASA, EUR11 DecJoburg OpenGauteng16,500,000 Shubhankar Sharma (n/a)17ASA, EUR14 JanBMW SA OpenGauteng15,000,000 Chris Paisley (n/a) 32EURFlagship event1 FebEye of Africa PGA ChampionshipGauteng1,500,000 Matías Calderón (1)1418 FebDimension Data Pro-AmWestern Cape5,050,000 Jaco Ahlers (7)14Pro-Am25 FebCape Town OpenWestern Cape1,500,000 Rhys Enoch (1)144 MarTshwane OpenGauteng15,000,000 George Coetzee (9) 19EUR7 MarSteyn City Team ChampionshipGauteng1,000,000 Hennie du Plessis (2) and Jean Hugo (18)n/aNew team event18 MarThe Tour ChampionshipGauteng1,500,000 Darren Fichardt (16)14Tour Championship
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 George Coetzee 2,937,2262 Erik van Rooyen 2,359,8473 J. C. Ritchie 2,033,9654 Oliver Bekker 1,562,9895 Ockie Strydom 1,415,499
Awards AwardWinner Players' Player of the Year Oliver Bekker Rookie of the Year (Bobby Locke Trophy) Neil O'Briain
See also 2017 Big Easy Tour
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