2017 Big Easy Tour

The 2017 Big Easy Tour was the seventh season of the Big Easy Tour.

2017 Big Easy Tour season

Duration	2 May 2017 (2017-05-02) – 19 October 2017 (2017-10-19)
Number of official events	11
Order of Merit	Jacquin Hess
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (R)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]
3 May	Round 1	Gauteng	150,000	Kyle McClatchie (a) (1)	n/a
18 May	Round 2	Gauteng	150,000	Marco Steyn (a) (1)	n/a
25 May	Round 3	Gauteng	150,000	Chris Cannon (1)	n/a
9 Jun	South to East Challenge	Gauteng	US$30,000	Breyten Meyer (1)	3	MENA
15 Jun	Joburg City Masters	Gauteng	US$30,000	Jaco Prinsloo (2)	3	MENA
22 Jun	'The Roar'	Gauteng	US$30,000	Daniel Hammond (3)	3	MENA
5 Jul	Houghton GC	Gauteng	150,000	Wynand Dingle (1)	n/a
11 Jul	Wanderers GC	Gauteng	150,000	Pieter Kruger (3)	n/a
19 Jul	Glendower GC	Gauteng	150,000	Musiwalo Nethunzwi (1)	n/a
4 Oct	King's Cup	Gauteng	150,000	Bryandrew Roelofsz (2)	n/a
19 Oct	Big Easy Tour Championship	Gauteng	250,000	Jacquin Hess (1)	n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.^[2] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2018–19 Sunshine Tour.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money (R)
1	Jacquin Hess	75,162
2	Wynand Dingle	50,139
3	Antonio Rosado	49,559
4	Jacques de Villiers	49,358
5	Pieter Kruger	49,292

Notes

1. 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.
2. MENA − MENA Golf Tour.

References

1. "Tournament schedule 2017 season". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
2. "2017 Big Easy Tour Order of Merit". Big Easy Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
3. "Hess fights back to land his maiden Big Easy Tour win". Team South Africa. Retrieved 3 September 2022.