title: 2018 Sunshine Ladies Tour
text: # 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.
  
  The season offered a purse of R4,450,000, plus a 100,000 incentive for the Investec Property Fund Order of Merit winner.
  
  ## 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.
  
  | 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 |
  
  * ↑ 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.
  
  | 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:
  
  