2017–18 Sunshine Tour

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The 2017–18 Sunshine Tour was the 18th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.

The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Mauritius.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2017–18 Sunshine Tour season.

Prize funds shown do not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Other
tours[a] 		Notes
23 Apr Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,800,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (1) 14
30 Apr Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1,600,000 South Africa Oliver Bekker (5) 14
6 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,200,000 South Africa Peter Karmis (4) 14
21 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 1,000,000 South Africa Oliver Bekker (6) 4
4 Jun Mopani Redpath Zambia Open Zambia US$150,000 South Africa (1) 14
29 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Highland Gate 		Mpumalanga 750,000 Scotland Doug McGuigan (7) 7
4 Aug Sun City Challenge North West 750,000 South Africa Peter Karmis (5) 7
11 Aug Gauteng 750,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (4) 4
19 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Arabella 		Western Cape 750,000 South Africa Keith Horne (9) 4
25 Aug KwaZulu-Natal 750,000 South Africa Oliver Bekker (7) 4
2 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Zimbali 		KwaZulu-Natal 750,000 South Africa (1) 4
8 Sep Eastern Cape 750,000 South Africa (1) 4
15 Sep Eastern Cape 750,000 South Africa (1) 4
23 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at St Francis 		Eastern Cape 750,000 Scotland Doug McGuigan (8) 4
14 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Sishen 		Northern Cape 750,000 South Africa Hennie du Plessis (1) 4
27 Oct KwaZulu-Natal 750,000 South Africa (2) 4
4 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Western Cape 750,000 South Africa (1) 4
3 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 South Africa Dylan Frittelli (1) 17 ASA, EUR
11 Dec Joburg Open Gauteng 16,500,000 India Shubhankar Sharma (n/a) 17 ASA, EUR
14 Jan BMW SA Open Gauteng 15,000,000 England Chris Paisley (n/a) 32 EUR Flagship event
1 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 Chile (1) 14
18 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 5,050,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (7) 14
25 Feb Cape Town Open Western Cape 1,500,000 Wales Rhys Enoch (1) 14
4 Mar Tshwane Open Gauteng 15,000,000 South Africa George Coetzee (9) 19 EUR
6 Mar Gauteng 1,000,000 South Africa Hennie du Plessis (2) and
South Africa Jean Hugo (18) 		n/a
18 Mar The Tour Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (16) 14 Tour Championship
  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

Order of Merit[]

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa George Coetzee 2,937,226
2 South Africa Erik van Rooyen 2,359,847
3 South Africa J. C. Ritchie 2,033,965
4 South Africa Oliver Bekker 1,562,989
5 South Africa 1,415,499

Full list

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