2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour
{{short description|5th season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox golf season
| year = 2018
| tour = Sunshine Ladies Tour
| regular_season = {{nowrap|{{Start date|2018|1||df=y}} – {{end date|2018|5||df=y}}}}
| no_of_events = 8
| most_wins = 2 (tie):
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ashleigh Buhai
{{flagicon|SWZ}} Nobuhle Dlamini
| honor1 = Order of Merit winner
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Stacy Bregman
| prevseason = 2017
| nextseason = 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.
The season offered a purse of R4,450,000, plus a 100,000 incentive for the Investec Property Fund Order of Merit winner.{{cite web |title=Exciting changes to Sunshine Ladies Tour |url=https://www.teamsa.co.za/exciting-changes-to-sunshine-ladies-tour/ |publisher=Team SA |access-date=25 April 2021}}
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.{{cite web |title=2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour Schedule |url=https://sunshineladiestour.com/tournament/ |publisher=Sunshine Ladies Tour |access-date=25 April 2021}}
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!Date!!Tournament!!Venue!!Winner!!Purse | |||||
| Jan 23 | Canon Ladies Tshwane Open | Pretoria Country Club | {{flagicon|ZAF}} {{sortname|Stacy|Bregman}} | align=right|400,000 | |
| Jan 31 | Joburg Ladies Open | Modderfontein Golf Club | {{flagicon|ZAF}} {{sortname|Ashleigh|Buhai}} | align=right|500,000 | |
| Feb 6 | Cape Town Ladies Open | Royal Cape Golf Club | {{flagicon|ZAF}} {{sortname|Lee-Anne|Pace}} | align=right|200,000 | |
| Feb 16 | Dimension Data Ladies Challenge | George Golf Club ({{abbr|R1|Round 1}} & R2) Fancourt - Outeniqua (R3) | {{flagicon|KOR}} {{sortname|Carrie|Park}} {{flagicon|KOR}} D Park & L del Balzo (a) | align=right|500,000 {{abbr|100,000|Pro-Am prize fund}} | |
| Feb 22 | South African Women's Masters | San Lameer Country Club | {{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Laura|Fuenfstueck}} | align=right|350,000 | |
| Feb 28 | SuperSport Ladies Challenge | Wild Coast Sun Country Club | {{flagicon|SWZ}} {{sortname|Nobuhle|Dlamini}} | align=right|400,000 | |
| style="background:#f2ecce;"
|Mar 8 | Investec South African Women's Open | Westlake Golf Club | {{flagicon|ZAF}} {{sortname|Ashleigh|Buhai}} | align=right|2,000,000 | Co-sanctioned with the LET |
| May 9 | Investec Royal Swazi (Ladies) | {{flagicon|SWZ}} Royal Swazi Spa Country Club | {{flagicon|SWZ}} {{sortname|Nobuhle|Dlamini}} | align=right|150,000 | Limited field event{{efn|Six SLT players compete alongside the men in this Sunshine Tour event for a separate purse.}} |
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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.
| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Player !! Points | ||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Stacy Bregman | align=center|3,610 |
| align=center|2 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Ashleigh Buhai | align=center|3,480 |
| align=center|3 | {{flagicon|NAM}} Bonita Bredenhann | align=center|2,129 |
| align=center|4 | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Nicole Garcia | align=center|1,447 |
| align=center|5 | {{flagicon|SWZ}} Nobuhle Dlamini | align=center|1,342 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://sunshineladiestour.com/ Official homepage of the Sunshine Ladies Tour]
{{Sunshine Ladies Tour seasons}}