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.
| Dates | Tournament | Location | Prize fund (R) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–23 Apr | Zimbabwe Open | Zimbabwe | 1,800,000 |  |
14 | |
| 27–30 Apr | Zambia Sugar Open | Zambia | 1,600,000 | |
14 | |
| 3–6 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 1,200,000 | |
14 | |
| 19–21 May | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | |
4 | |
| 1–4 Jun | Mopani Redpath Zambia Open | Zambia | US$150,000 | |
14 | |
| 27–29 Jul | Vodacom Origins (Highland Gate) | Dullstroom, Mpumalanga | 750,000 | |
7 | |
| 2–4 Aug | Sun City Challenge | Sun City, North West | 750,000 | |
7 | |
| 9–11 Aug | Sun Carnival City Challenge | Benoni, Gauteng | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 17–19 Aug | Vodacom Origins (Arabella) | Kleinmond, Western Cape | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 23–25 Aug | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 31 Aug – 2 Sep | Vodacom Origins (Zimbali) | Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 6–8 Sep | Sun Fish River Challenge | Port Alfred, Eastern Cape | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 13–15 Sep | Sun Boardwalk Challenge | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 21–23 Sep | Vodacom Origins (St Francis) | St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 12–14 Oct | Vodacom Origins (Sishen) | Kathu, Northern Cape | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 25–27 Oct | Sun Sibaya Challenge | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 2–4 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Knysna, Western Cape | 750,000 | |
4 | |
| 30 Nov – 3 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | |
17 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour |
| 7–11 Dec[n 1] | Joburg Open | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 16,500,000 |  |
17 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour |
| 11–14 Jan | BMW SA Open | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 15,000,000 |  |
32 | Flagship event Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 8–11 Feb | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 1,500,000 |  |
14 | |
| 15–18 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | George, Western Cape | 5,050,000 | |
14 | |
| 22–25 Feb | Cape Town Open | Western Cape | 1,500,000 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
14 | |
| 1–4 Mar | Tshwane Open | Tshwane, Gauteng | 15,000,000 | |
19 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 5–6 Mar | Steyn City Team Championship | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 1,000,000 | |
0 | |
| 15–18 Mar | The Tour Championship | Kempton Park, Gauteng | 1,500,000 | |
14 |
- ↑ Finished on Monday due to weather.
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 |