| Year: | 2018 |
| Tour: | Big Easy Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 16 |
| Most Wins: |  Matt Bright (2) Cameron Moralee (2) Dylan Mostert (2) |
| Honor1: | Order of Merit |
| Honoree1: | Dylan Kok |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Big Easy Tour was the eighth season of the Big Easy Tour, the official development tour to the Sunshine Tour.
In August 2017, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that all Big Easy Tour events would be awarded points, beginning with the Big Easy Challenge 1.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (R) | Winner | OWGR points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr | Big Easy Challenge 1 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Dylan Mostert (1) | 3 | |
| 16 May | Big Easy Challenge 2 | North West | 75,000 | Duane Keun (1) | 3 | |
| 23 May | Big Easy Challenge 3 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Dylan Mostert (2) | 3 | |
| 6 Jun | Big Easy Challenge 4 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Otto van Buynder (a) (1) | 3 | |
| 27 Jun | Big Easy Challenge 5 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Matt Bright (1) | 3 | |
| 4 Jul | Big Easy Challenge 6 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Matt Bright (2) | 3 | |
| 8 Aug | Big Easy Challenge 7 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Paul Boshoff (1) | 3 | |
| 22 Aug | Big Easy Challenge 8 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Cameron Moralee (1) | 3 | |
| 5 Sep | Big Easy Challenge 9 | Gauteng | 75,000 |  Benjamin Follett-Smith (1) | 3 | |
| 19 Sep | Big Easy Challenge 10 | Gauteng | 75,000 |  Stuart Smith (1) | 3 | |
| 10 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 11 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Albert Venter (1) | 3 | |
| 24 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 12 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Juran Dreyer (1) | 3 | |
| 31 Oct | Big Easy Challenge 13 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Cameron Moralee (2) | 3 | |
| 14 Nov | Big Easy Challenge 14 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Eric Nel (1) | 3 | |
| 28 Nov | Big Easy Challenge 15 | Gauteng | 75,000 | Thriston Lawrence (1) | 3 | |
| 14 Dec | Big Easy Tour Championship | Gauteng | 200,000 | Luke Brown (1) | 3 |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.[3] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019–20 Sunshine Tour.[4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (R) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58,789 | ||
| 2 | 51,114 | ||
| 3 | 50,274 | ||
| 4 | 47,857 | ||
| 5 | 37,073 | ||
| 6 | 35,805 | ||
| 7 | 34,792 | ||
| 8 | 33,967 | ||
| 9 | 32,921 | ||
| 10 | 32,443 |