2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour

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2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour season
DurationJanuary 2018 (2018-01) – May 2018 (2018-05)
Number of official events8
Most wins2 (tie):
Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai
Flag of Eswatini.svg Nobuhle Dlamini
Order of Merit winner Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman
2017
2019

The 2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 5th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in South Africa.

Contents

The season offered a purse of R4,450,000, plus a 100,000 incentive for the Investec Property Fund Order of Merit winner. [1]

Schedule

The season consisted of 8 events, 7 in South Africa and one in Eswatini, played as a block between January and March, with one event in May. [2]

DateTournamentVenueWinnerPurse
(ZAR)
Notes
Jan 23 Canon Ladies Tshwane Open Pretoria Country Club Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman 400,000
Jan 31 Joburg Ladies Open Modderfontein Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 500,000
Feb 6 Cape Town Ladies Open Royal Cape Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace 200,000
Feb 16 Dimension Data Ladies Challenge George Golf Club (R1 & R2)
Fancourt - Outeniqua (R3)
Flag of South Korea.svg Carrie Park
Flag of South Korea.svg D Park & L del Balzo (a)
500,000
100,000
Feb 22 South African Women's Masters San Lameer Country Club Flag of Germany.svg Laura Fuenfstueck 350,000
Feb 28 SuperSport Ladies Challenge Wild Coast Sun Country Club Flag of Eswatini.svg Nobuhle Dlamini 400,000
Mar 8 Investec South African Women's Open Westlake Golf Club Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 2,000,000Co-sanctioned with the LET
May 9 Investec Royal Swazi (Ladies) Flag of Eswatini.svg Royal Swazi Spa Country Club Flag of Eswatini.svg Nobuhle Dlamini 150,000Limited 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 final Investec Property Fund Order of Merit, which featured a R100,000 bonus. The leader received a wild card for an event on the Ladies European Tour and Final Stage exemption into the 2019 LET Q-School. [1]

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman 3,610
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai 3,480
3 Flag of Namibia.svg Bonita Bredenhann 2,129
4 Flag of South Africa.svg Nicole Garcia 1,447
5 Flag of Eswatini.svg Nobuhle Dlamini 1,342

Source: [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Exciting changes to Sunshine Ladies Tour". Team SA. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. "2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour Schedule". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. "2018 Order of Merit". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.