The Big Easy Tour, currently titled as the Betway Big Easy Tour, is a developmental golf tour based in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

, founded in 2011. It is a developmental tour for the

Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the Southern Africa Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the F ...

. The top 12 players earn Sunshine Tour cards, with those 11th–30th earning entry into the final stage of Sunshine Tour

qualifying school In professional golf, the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the ...

. The tour is named after the nickname of South African golfer

Ernie Els Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former , he is nicknamed "the Big Easy" due to his physical stature along with his fluid golf swing. Among his more than 70 career victories are four major ...

. In 2017, three tournaments were co-sanctioned with the

MENA Golf Tour The MENA Tour is a golf tour in the Middle East and North Africa. It was founded in 2011 by the Dubai-based Shaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation. It was previously affiliated to The R&A and the Arab Golf Federation. The previous iteration of the tour w ...

. From the start of 2018, tournaments attracted

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points. Winners initially received a minimum of 3 points for 54-hole tournaments and 5 points for 72-hole tournaments.

Order of Merit winners

Sunshine Development Tour

In March 2025, the

announced the formation of the Sunshine Development Tour, a formation of tournaments to be played in Kenya and East Africa. Tournaments also gained

points.

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* {{Men's Professional Golf Tours Professional golf tours Sports leagues established in 2011 2011 establishments in Africa