2018 Big Easy Tour
Appearance
Duration | 16 April 2018 | – 14 December 2019
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Number of official events | 16 |
Most wins | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 Big Easy Tour was the eighth season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.
OWGR inclusion
In August 2017, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that all Big Easy Tour events would be awarded points, beginning with the Big Easy Challenge 1.[1]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 Apr | Big Easy Challenge 1 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
16 May | Big Easy Challenge 2 | North West | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
23 May | Big Easy Challenge 3 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
6 Jun | Big Easy Challenge 4 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
27 Jun | Big Easy Challenge 5 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
4 Jul | Big Easy Challenge 6 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
8 Aug | Big Easy Challenge 7 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
22 Aug | Big Easy Challenge 8 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
5 Sep | Big Easy Challenge 9 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
19 Sep | Big Easy Challenge 10 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
10 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 11 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
24 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 12 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
31 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 13 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
14 Nov | Big Easy Challenge 14 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
28 Nov | Big Easy Challenge 15 | Gauteng | 75,000 | ![]() |
3 |
14 Dec | Big Easy Tour Championship | Gauteng | 200,000 | ![]() |
3 |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[3] The top 10 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour.[4]
Position | Player | Prize money (R) |
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1 | ![]() |
58,789 |
2 | ![]() |
51,114 |
3 | ![]() |
50,274 |
4 | ![]() |
47,857 |
5 | ![]() |
37,073 |
6 | ![]() |
35,805 |
7 | ![]() |
34,792 |
8 | ![]() |
33,967 |
9 | ![]() |
32,921 |
10 | ![]() |
32,443 |
Notes
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Big Easy Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Big Easy Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Sunshine Tour.
References
- ^ "OWGR Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Tournament schedule 2018 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "2018 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Double joy for Brown and Kok in Tour Champs". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 16 December 2018.