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2018 Big Easy Tour

{{Short description|Golf tour season}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Use South African English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 2018

| tour = Big Easy Tour

| image =

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| regular_season = {{start date|2018|4|16|df=y}} – {{end date|2019|12|14|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 16

| most_wins = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Matt Bright (2)
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Cameron Moralee (2)
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Dylan Mostert (2)

| honor1 = Order of Merit

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Dylan Kok

| honor2 =

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| honor3 =

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| honor4 =

| honoree4 =

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2019

}}

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

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/news/2017/august/press-release |title=OWGR Board Announcement |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=7 August 2017 |access-date=13 June 2023}}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.{{cite web |url=https://smt.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=218S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=Tournament schedule 2018 season |publisher=Big Easy Tour |accessdate=21 June 2023}}

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!Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse
(R) !! Winner{{efn|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.}} !! OWGR
points

18 Apr

|Big Easy Challenge 1

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Dylan Mostert (1)

|align=center|3

16 May

|Big Easy Challenge 2

|North West

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Duane Keun (1)

|align=center|3

23 May

|Big Easy Challenge 3

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Dylan Mostert (2)

|align=center|3

6 Jun

|Big Easy Challenge 4

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Otto van Buynder (a) (1)

|align=center|3

27 Jun

|Big Easy Challenge 5

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Matt Bright (1)

|align=center|3

4 Jul

|Big Easy Challenge 6

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Matt Bright (2)

|align=center|3

8 Aug

|Big Easy Challenge 7

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Paul Boshoff (1)

|align=center|3

22 Aug

|Big Easy Challenge 8

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Cameron Moralee (1)

|align=center|3

5 Sep

|Big Easy Challenge 9

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZWE}} Benjamin Follett-Smith (1)

|align=center|3

19 Sep

|Big Easy Challenge 10

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|BWA}} Stuart Smith (1)

|align=center|3

10 Oct

|Big Easy Challenge 11

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Albert Venter (1)

|align=center|3

24 Oct

|Big Easy Challenge 12

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Juran Dreyer (1)

|align=center|3

31 Oct

|Big Easy Challenge 13

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Cameron Moralee (2)

|align=center|3

14 Nov

|Big Easy Challenge 14

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Eric Nel (1)

|align=center|3

28 Nov

|Big Easy Challenge 15

|Gauteng

|align=right|75,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Thriston Lawrence (1)

|align=center|3

14 Dec

|Big Easy Tour Championship

|Gauteng

|align=right|200,000

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Luke Brown (1)

|align=center|3

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.{{cite web |url=https://smt.ocs-sport.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=MT~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=218S~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=2018 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit |publisher=Big Easy Tour |access-date=19 February 2023}} The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour.{{cite web |url=http://bigeasytour.co.za/double-joy-for-brown-and-kok-in-tour-champs/ |title=Double joy for Brown and Kok in Tour Champs |publisher=Big Easy Tour |accessdate=16 December 2018}}

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! Position !! Player !! Prize money (R)

align=center|1{{flagicon|ZAF}} Dylan Kokalign=center|58,789
align=center|2{{flagicon|ZAF}} Luke Brownalign=center|51,114
align=center|3{{flagicon|ZAF}} Matt Brightalign=center|50,274
align=center|4{{flagicon|ZAF}} Juran Dreyeralign=center|47,857
align=center|5{{flagicon|ZAF}} Dylan Mostertalign=center|37,073
align=center|6{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan Korbalign=center|35,805
align=center|7{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Dong-kwanalign=center|34,792
align=center|8{{flagicon|ZAF}} Cameron Moraleealign=center|33,967
align=center|9{{flagicon|ZAF}} Paul Boshoffalign=center|32,921
align=center|10{{flagicon|ZAF}} Hendrikus Stoopalign=center|32,443

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{official site|https://bigeasytour.co.za/}}

{{Big Easy Tour seasons}}

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