| Year: | 1997–98 |
| Tour: | Southern Africa Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 24 |
| Most Wins: |  Desvonde Botes (3) |
| Honor1: | Order of Merit |
| Honoree1: | Mark McNulty |
| Honor2: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree2: | Richard Fulford |
| Prevseason: | 1996–97 |
| Nextseason: | 1998–99 |
The 1997–98 Southern Africa Tour, titled as the 1997–98 Vodacom Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the Southern Africa Tour, the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.
In June 1997, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Vodacom, being renamed as the Vodacom Tour. The agreement was reported to be worth over five years.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 1997–98 season.[2] [3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | Northern Cape | 70,000 | Sean Pappas (3) | n/a | ||||
| 27 Jun | Vodacom Series (Eastern Cape) | Eastern Cape | 150,000 | Des Terblanche (4) | n/a | New tournament series | ||
| 5 Jul | Limpopo | 150,000 | Desvonde Botes (2) | n/a | ||||
| 12 Jul | Vodacom Series (Mpumalanga) | Mpumalanga | 150,000 | Robbie Stewart (1) | n/a | |||
| 26 Jul | Gauteng | 120,000 | Bradford Vaughan (1) | n/a | ||||
| 9 Aug | Vodacom Series (Gauteng) | Gauteng | 150,000 |  John Nelson (1) | n/a | |||
| 30 Aug | Botswana | 150,000 | Nasho Kamungeremu (1) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 13 Sep | Namibia | 150,000 | Wallie Coetsee (1) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 21 Sep | Mpumalanga | 75,000 | Darren Fichardt (1) | n/a | ||||
| 11 Oct | Vodacom Series (Free State) | Free State | 150,000 | Dean van Staden (1) | n/a | |||
| 18 Oct | Vodacom Series (Western Cape) | Western Cape | 150,000 | Desvonde Botes (3) | n/a | |||
| 25 Oct | Vodacom Series (KwaZulu-Natal) | KwaZulu-Natal | 150,000 | Grant Muller (1) | n/a | |||
| 1 Nov | Gauteng | 120,000 | Andrew McLardy (1) | n/a | ||||
| 16 Nov | Zimbabwe | 100,000 |  Adilson da Silva (1) | n/a | ||||
| 23 Nov | Zambia | 250,000 |  James Loughnane (1) | n/a | ||||
| 30 Nov | Zimbabwe | 400,000 | Nick Price (10) | 20 | ||||
| 14 Dec | Limpopo | 200,000 | Kevin Stone (3) | n/a | ||||
| 17 Jan | North West | 100,000 | Desvonde Botes (4) | n/a | ||||
| 1 Feb | Western Cape | 500,000 | Adilson da Silva (2) | 14 | ||||
| 8 Feb | KwaZulu-Natal | £450,000 | Ernie Els (10) | 30 | ||||
| 15 Feb | Gauteng | £400,000 | Tony Johnstone (17) | 36 | ||||
| 22 Feb | North West | 1,900,000 | Nick Price (11) | 18 | Pro-Am | |||
| 28 Feb | Swaziland | 500,000 |  Paul Friedlander (2) | 12 | ||||
| 8 Mar | Gauteng | 1,000,000 | Mark McNulty (28) | 14 |
The following events were sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 589,053 | ||
| 2 | 553,327 | ||
| 3 | 368,378 | ||
| 4 | 289,062 | ||
| 5 | 277,552 |