2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour

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2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour season
DurationJanuary 2017 (2017-01) – May 2017 (2017-05)
Number of official events11
Most wins3:
Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai
Order of Merit winner Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai
2016
2018

The 2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 4th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa.

Contents

Schedule

The season consisted of 11 events, ten in South Africa and one in Eswatini, played between January and May. [1]

DateTournamentVenueWinner(s)Purse
(ZAR)
Notes
Jan 4 SuperSport Ladies Challenge Huddle Park Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Kim Williams 200,000
Jan 19 South African Women's Masters Rondebosch Golf Club Flag of South Korea.svg Carrie Park 500,000
Jan 26 South African Women's Open San Lameer Country Club Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace 250,000
Jan 31 Ladies Tshwane Open Zwartkop Country Club Flag of England.svg Kiran Matharu 400,000
Feb 7 Cape Town Ladies Open Royal Cape Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 200,000
Feb 17 Dimension Data Ladies Challenge George Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Nicole Garcia
Flag of South Korea.svg Carrie Park & L. King
500,000
100,000
Feb 21 Sunshine Ladies Tour Classic Glendower Golf Club Flag of South Korea.svg Carrie Park 200,000
Feb 28 Sun International Ladies Challenge Lost City Golf Course Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 200,000
Mar 5 Joburg Ladies Open Royal Johannesburg &
Kensington Golf Club
Flag of South Africa.svg Kim Williams 500,000
Mar 10 Chase to Investec Cup Final Millvale Private Retreat Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace 1,100,000
May 3 Investec Royal Swazi (Ladies) Flag of Eswatini.svg Royal Swazi Spa Country Club Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 100,000Limited field event [a]
  1. Six SLT players compete alongside the men in this Sunshine Tour event for a separate purse.

Order of Merit

This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit.

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 2,553
2 Flag of England.svg Kiran Matharu 2,380
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace 2,281
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Nicole Garcia 2,240
5 Flag of South Africa.svg Kim Williams 2,016

Source: [2]

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References

  1. "2017 Sunshine Ladies Tour Schedule". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. "2017 Order of Merit". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.