2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour

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.

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

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

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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]

Date Tournament Venue Winner Purse
(ZAR)
Notes
Jan 23 Canon Ladies Tshwane Open Pretoria Country Club   Stacy Bregman 400,000
Jan 31 Joburg Ladies Open Modderfontein Golf Club   Ashleigh Buhai 500,000
Feb 6 Cape Town Ladies Open Royal Cape Golf Club   Lee-Anne Pace 200,000
Feb 16 Dimension Data Ladies Challenge George Golf Club (R1 & R2)
Fancourt - Outeniqua (R3)
  Carrie Park
  D Park & L del Balzo (a)
500,000
100,000
Feb 22 South African Women's Masters San Lameer Country Club   Laura Fuenfstueck 350,000
Feb 28 SuperSport Ladies Challenge Wild Coast Sun Country Club   Nobuhle Dlamini 400,000
Mar 8 Investec South African Women's Open Westlake Golf Club   Ashleigh Buhai 2,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the LET
May 9 Investec Royal Swazi (Ladies)   Royal Swazi Spa Country Club   Nobuhle Dlamini 150,000 Limited field event[a]
  1. ^ Six SLT players compete alongside the men in this Sunshine Tour event for a separate purse.

Order of Merit

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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]

Rank Player Points
1   Stacy Bregman 3,610
2   Ashleigh Buhai 3,480
3   Bonita Bredenhann 2,129
4   Nicole Garcia 1,447
5   Nobuhle Dlamini 1,342

Source: [3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
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