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.
| Duration | January 2018 – May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 8 |
| Most wins | 2 (tie): Ashleigh Buhai Nobuhle Dlamini |
| Order of Merit winner | 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
editThe 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] |
- ^ Six SLT players compete alongside the men in this Sunshine Tour event for a separate purse.
Order of Merit
editThis 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
edit- ^ a b "Exciting changes to Sunshine Ladies Tour". Team SA. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour Schedule". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "2018 Order of Merit". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 25 April 2021.