2018 Big Easy Tour

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

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

Contents

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]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(R)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
18 AprBig Easy Challenge 1Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Mostert (1)3
16 MayBig Easy Challenge 2North West75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Duane Keun (1)3
23 MayBig Easy Challenge 3Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Mostert (2)3
6 JunBig Easy Challenge 4Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Otto van Buynder (a) (1)3
27 JunBig Easy Challenge 5Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Matt Bright (1)3
4 JulBig Easy Challenge 6Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Matt Bright (2)3
8 AugBig Easy Challenge 7Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Paul Boshoff (1)3
22 AugBig Easy Challenge 8Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Cameron Moralee (1)3
5 SepBig Easy Challenge 9Gauteng75,000 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Benjamin Follett-Smith (1)3
19 SepBig Easy Challenge 10Gauteng75,000 Flag of Botswana.svg Stuart Smith (1)3
10 OctBig Easy Challenge 11Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Albert Venter (1)3
24 OctBig Easy Challenge 12Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Juran Dreyer (1)3
31 OctBig Easy Challenge 13Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Cameron Moralee (2)3
14 NovBig Easy Challenge 14Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Eric Nel (1)3
28 NovBig Easy Challenge 15Gauteng75,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Thriston Lawrence (1)3
14 DecBig Easy Tour ChampionshipGauteng200,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Luke Brown (1)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 Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour. [4]

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

Notes

  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.

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References

  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.