The Big Easy Tour, currently titled as the Betway Big Easy Tour, is a developmental golf tour based in South Africa, founded in 2011. It is a developmental tour for the Sunshine Tour. The top 12 players earn Sunshine Tour cards, with those 11th–30th earning entry into the final stage of Sunshine Tour qualifying school. The tour is named after the nickname of South African golfer Ernie Els.
In 2017, three tournaments were co-sanctioned with the MENA Golf Tour.
From the start of 2018, tournaments attracted Official World Golf Ranking points. Winners initially received a minimum of 3 points for 54-hole tournaments and 5 points for 72-hole tournaments.
Order of Merit winners Season Winner Points2025–26 Joe Sullivan 1,3972024–25 Warwick Purchase 8882023–24 Leon Vorster 729 Season Winner Prize money (R)2022 Gerhard Pepler 133,9402020–21 Kyle McClatchie 60,5472019 Malcolm Mitchell 74,0972018 Dylan Kok 58,7892017 Jacquin Hess 75,1622016 Jason Viljoen 75,4082015 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 70,4652014 Maritz Wessels 51,5932013 Divan Gerber 60,6942012 Teboho Sefatsa 76,1702011 Louis Calitz 61,022
Sunshine Development Tour In March 2025, the Sunshine Tour announced the formation of the Sunshine Development Tour, a formation of tournaments to be played in Kenya and East Africa. Tournaments also gained Official World Golf Ranking points.
Sunshine Development Tour Order of Merit winners YearWinnerPoints2025–26 Njoroge Kibugu 1,497
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