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 |  J. C. Ritchie (1) |
14 | |
| 27–30 Apr | Zambia Sugar Open | Zambia | 1,600,000 | Oliver Bekker (5) |
14 | |
| 3–6 May | Investec Royal Swazi Open | Swaziland | 1,200,000 | Peter Karmis (4) |
14 | |
| 19–21 May | Lombard Insurance Classic | Swaziland | 1,000,000 | Oliver Bekker (6) |
4 | |
| 1–4 Jun | Mopani Redpath Zambia Open | Zambia | US$150,000 | Riekus Nortje (1) |
14 | |
| 27–29 Jul | Vodacom Origins (Highland Gate) | Dullstroom, Mpumalanga | 750,000 | Doug McGuigan (7) |
7 | |
| 2–4 Aug | Sun City Challenge | Sun City, North West | 750,000 | Peter Karmis (5) |
7 | |
| 9–11 Aug | Sun Carnival City Challenge | Benoni, Gauteng | 750,000 | Jbe' Kruger (4) |
4 | |
| 17–19 Aug | Vodacom Origins (Arabella) | Kleinmond, Western Cape | 750,000 | Keith Horne (9) |
4 | |
| 23–25 Aug | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | Oliver Bekker (7) |
4 | |
| 31 Aug – 2 Sep | Vodacom Origins (Zimbali) | Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | Jared Harvey (1) |
4 | |
| 6–8 Sep | Sun Fish River Challenge | Port Alfred, Eastern Cape | 750,000 | M. J. Viljoen (1) |
4 | |
| 13–15 Sep | Sun Boardwalk Challenge | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape | 750,000 | Tyrone Ryan (1) |
4 | |
| 21–23 Sep | Vodacom Origins (St Francis) | St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape | 750,000 | Doug McGuigan (8) |
4 | |
| 12–14 Oct | Vodacom Origins (Sishen) | Kathu, Northern Cape | 750,000 | Hennie du Plessis (1) |
4 | |
| 25–27 Oct | Sun Sibaya Challenge | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal | 750,000 | Alex Haindl (2) |
4 | |
| 2–4 Nov | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | Knysna, Western Cape | 750,000 | Jaco Prinsloo (1) |
4 | |
| 30 Nov – 3 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | Dylan Frittelli (1) |
17 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour |
| 7–11 Dec[n 1] | Joburg Open | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 16,500,000 |  Shubhankar Sharma (n/a) |
17 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour and Asian Tour |
| 11–14 Jan | BMW SA Open | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 15,000,000 |  Chris Paisley (n/a) |
32 | Flagship event Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 8–11 Feb | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 1,500,000 |  Matías Calderón (1) |
14 | |
| 15–18 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | George, Western Cape | 5,050,000 | Jaco Ahlers (7) |
14 | |
| 22–25 Feb | Cape Town Open | Western Cape | 1,500,000 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rhys Enoch (1) |
14 | |
| 1–4 Mar | Tshwane Open | Tshwane, Gauteng | 15,000,000 | George Coetzee (9) |
19 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 5–6 Mar | Steyn City Team Championship | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 1,000,000 | Hennie du Plessis (2) Jean Hugo (18) |
n/a | |
| 15–18 Mar | The Tour Championship | Kempton Park, Gauteng | 1,500,000 | Darren Fichardt (16) |
14 | Tour Championship |
- Finished on Monday due to weather.
Order of Merit
This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.
| Rank | Player | Prize money (R) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Coetzee | 2,937,226 |
| 2 | Erik van Rooyen | 2,359,847 |
| 3 | J. C. Ritchie | 2,033,965 |
| 4 | Oliver Bekker | 1,562,989 |
| 5 | Ockie Strydom | 1,415,499 |