The 2018 Big Easy Tour was the eighth season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.

2018 Big Easy Tour season
Duration16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) – 14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)
Number of official events16
Most winsSouth Africa Matt Bright (2)
South Africa Cameron Moralee (2)
South Africa Dylan Mostert (2)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Dylan Kok
2017
2019

OWGR inclusion

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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

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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   Dylan Mostert (1) 3
16 May Big Easy Challenge 2 North West 75,000   Duane Keun (1) 3
23 May Big Easy Challenge 3 Gauteng 75,000   Dylan Mostert (2) 3
6 Jun Big Easy Challenge 4 Gauteng 75,000   Otto van Buynder (a) (1) 3
27 Jun Big Easy Challenge 5 Gauteng 75,000   Matt Bright (1) 3
4 Jul Big Easy Challenge 6 Gauteng 75,000   Matt Bright (2) 3
8 Aug Big Easy Challenge 7 Gauteng 75,000   Paul Boshoff (1) 3
22 Aug Big Easy Challenge 8 Gauteng 75,000   Cameron Moralee (1) 3
5 Sep Big Easy Challenge 9 Gauteng 75,000   Benjamin Follett-Smith (1) 3
19 Sep Big Easy Challenge 10 Gauteng 75,000   Stuart Smith (1) 3
10 Oct Big Easy Challenge 11 Gauteng 75,000   Albert Venter (1) 3
24 Oct Big Easy Challenge 12 Gauteng 75,000   Juran Dreyer (1) 3
31 Oct Big Easy Challenge 13 Gauteng 75,000   Cameron Moralee (2) 3
14 Nov Big Easy Challenge 14 Gauteng 75,000   Eric Nel (1) 3
28 Nov Big Easy Challenge 15 Gauteng 75,000   Thriston Lawrence (1) 3
14 Dec Big Easy Tour Championship Gauteng 200,000   Luke Brown (1) 3

Order of Merit

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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 Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money (R)
1   Dylan Kok 58,789
2   Luke Brown 51,114
3   Matt Bright 50,274
4   Juran Dreyer 47,857
5   Dylan Mostert 37,073
6   Ruan Korb 35,805
7   Kim Dong-kwan 34,792
8   Cameron Moralee 33,967
9   Paul Boshoff 32,921
10   Hendrikus Stoop 32,443

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "OWGR Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Tournament schedule 2018 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ "2018 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Double joy for Brown and Kok in Tour Champs". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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