2017–18 Sunshine Tour
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 | ![]() |
14 | ||
30 Apr | Zambia Sugar Open | Zambia | 1,600,000 | ![]() |
14 | ||
6 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 1,200,000 | ![]() |
14 | ||
21 May | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | ![]() |
4 | ||
4 Jun | Mopani Redpath Zambia Open | Zambia | US$150,000 | ![]() |
14 | ||
29 Jul | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Highland Gate |
Mpumalanga | 750,000 | ![]() |
7 | ||
4 Aug | Sun City Challenge | North West | 750,000 | ![]() |
7 | ||
11 Aug | Gauteng | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | |||
19 Aug | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella |
Western Cape | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | ||
25 Aug | KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | |||
2 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zimbali |
KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | ||
8 Sep | Eastern Cape | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | |||
15 Sep | Eastern Cape | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | |||
23 Sep | Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis |
Eastern Cape | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | ||
14 Oct | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen |
Northern Cape | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | ||
27 Oct | KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | |||
4 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Western Cape | 750,000 | ![]() |
4 | ||
3 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | ![]() |
17 | ASA, EUR | |
11 Dec | Joburg Open | Gauteng | 16,500,000 | ![]() |
17 | ASA, EUR | |
14 Jan | BMW SA Open | Gauteng | 15,000,000 | ![]() |
32 | EUR | Flagship event |
1 Feb | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | Gauteng | 1,500,000 | ![]() |
14 | ||
18 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | Western Cape | 5,050,000 | ![]() |
14 | ||
25 Feb | Cape Town Open | Western Cape | 1,500,000 | ![]() |
14 | ||
4 Mar | Tshwane Open | Gauteng | 15,000,000 | ![]() |
19 | EUR | |
6 Mar | Gauteng | 1,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | |||
18 Mar | The Tour Championship | Gauteng | 1,500,000 | ![]() |
14 | Tour Championship |
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
Order of Merit[]
This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.
Rank | Player | Prize money (R) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2,937,226 |
2 | ![]() |
2,359,847 |
3 | ![]() |
2,033,965 |
4 | ![]() |
1,562,989 |
5 | ![]() |
1,415,499 |
External links[]
- Sunshine Tour
- 2017 in golf
- 2018 in golf