Big Easy Tour
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025–26 Big Easy Tour | |
| Sport | Golf |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Sunshine Tour |
| First season | 2011 |
| Countries | Based in South Africa |
| Most titles | Tournament wins: Ian Snyman (5) |
| Official website | http://bigeasytour.co.za/ |
The Big Easy Tour, currently titled as the Betway Big Easy Tour, is a developmental golf tour based in South Africa, founded in 2011. It is a developmental tour for the Sunshine Tour. The top 12 players earn Sunshine Tour cards, with those 11th–30th earning entry into the final stage of Sunshine Tour qualifying school. The tour is named after the nickname of South African golfer Ernie Els.
In 2017, three tournaments were co-sanctioned with the MENA Golf Tour.[1]
From the start of 2018, tournaments attracted Official World Golf Ranking points. Winners initially received a minimum of 3 points for 54-hole tournaments and 5 points for 72-hole tournaments.[2]
Order of Merit winners
| Season | Winner | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | Warwick Purchase | 888 |
| 2023–24 | Leon Vorster | 729 |
| Season | Winner | Prize money (R) |
| 2022 | Gerhard Pepler | 133,940 |
| 2020–21 | Kyle McClatchie | 60,547 |
| 2019 | Malcolm Mitchell | 74,097 |
| 2018 | Dylan Kok | 58,789 |
| 2017 | Jacquin Hess | 75,162 |
| 2016 | Jason Viljoen | 75,408 |
| 2015 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 70,465 |
| 2014 | Maritz Wessels | 51,593 |
| 2013 | Divan Gerber | 60,694 |
| 2012 | Teboho Sefatsa | 76,170 |
| 2011 | Louis Calitz | 61,022 |
Sunshine Development Tour
In March 2025, the Sunshine Tour announced the formation of the Sunshine Development Tour, a formation of tournaments to be played in Kenya and East Africa. Tournaments also gained Official World Golf Ranking points.[3]
References
- ^ McGuire, Bernie (2017). "MENA Tour 2017 Schedule Announced". Golf, by TourMiss. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "OWGR Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "The Sunshine Development Tour launches in Kenya". Sunshine Tour. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.