After a total of nine tournaments, including the Fidelity Series, SA Senior Open, the SA Senior Masters, the Powertrain Classic & the Tour Championship, James Kingston won the 2017 Order of Merit.
The final result, contains all the players who have competed in the minimum of three tournaments. Any player who played in less that three events is not shown on the list.
2018 commenced with the SA Senior Tour Qualifying School in January. All those players who finished outside of the top 40 in the 2017 Order of Merit were required to attend the Qualifying School in order to obtain their playing cards for 2018.
| Pos | Professional | Events played | Total |
| 1 | James Kingston | 3 | 100 000 |
| 2 | Kevin Stone | 3 | 93 875 |
| 3 | Neil Cheetham | 6 | 88 642 |
| 4 | Chris Williams | 7 | 87 000 |
| 5 | Michael Green | 9 | 73 985 |
| 6 | Callie Swart | 9 | 63 470 |
| 7 | Bobby Lincoln | 9 | 59 088 |
| 8 | Andre Cruse | 6 | 57 400 |
| 9 | Steve van Vuuren | 7 | 40 800 |
| 10 | Chris Davison | 4 | 38 600 |
| 11 | Rocky Tlhabanyane | 8 | 34 675 |
| 12 | Brad Diffenthal | 8 | 31 315 |
| 13 | Laurison Mahlangu | 7 | 30 410 |
| 14 | Mokgateng Mashego | 9 | 24 194 |
| 15 | Theo Dauwa | 8 | 23 904 |
| 16 | Rob van Velzen | 7 | 19 417 |
| 17 | Ian Palmer | 5 | 18 145 |
| 18 | Derek Ferreira | 9 | 17 930 |
| 19 | Robbie Stewart | 3 | 17 760 |
| 20 | Roger Govender | 9 | 16 774 |
| 21 | Veli Hlophe | 8 | 16 054 |
| 22 | Neville Clarke | 9 | 14 098 |
| 23 | Gerhard Scheepers | 7 | 14 062 |
| 24 | Andy Shackleton | 8 | 13 720 |
| 25 | Langley Perrins | 6 | 13 665 |
| 26 | AP Botes | 8 | 10 470 |
| 27 | Jeff Hawkes | 6 | 10 085 |
| 28 | Mark Bright | 6 | 9 853 |
| 29 | Johan Wolfaardt | 5 | 8 742 |
| 30 | Lance Froneman | 7 | 7 378 |
| 31 | Matt Mattysen | 7 | 7 340 |
| 32 | Paul van Biljon | 8 | 7 080 |
| 33 | Craig Lewthwaite | 3 | 6 140 |
| 34 | Norman Mashaba | 8 | 5 897 |
| 35 | Eddie Joubert | 3 | 5 880 |
| 36 | Schalk Engelbrecht | 5 | 5 668 |
| 37 | Derrick Landman | 9 | 4 927 |
| 38 | Freddie Mkwanazi | 8 | 4 560 |
| 39 | Robbie Sham | 8 | 4 490 |
| 40 | Thomas Mhlambi | 7 | 3 975 |
| 41 | Lucky Tshabalala | 7 | 3 560 |
| 42 | Eddie Jackson | 5 | 3 000 |
| 43 | Renier de Beer | 5 | 2 838 |
| 44 | Bendict Matsoso | 4 | 2 291 |
| 45 | Derrick Lekoma | 5 | 1 960 |
| 46 | Kevin Smith | 6 | 1 800 |
| 47 | Ranjith Singh | 4 | 1 795 |
| 48 | Alex Nkosi | 5 | 1 700 |
| 49 | Nelson Mwale | 4 | 1 585 |
| 50 | Solly Oliphant | 5 | 1 307 |
| 51 | Joel Namimela | 7 | 1 300 |
| 52 | Sydney Zulu | 3 | 1 260 |
| 53 | Thomas Mashimbi | 4 | 1 250 |
| 54 | Andries Prinsloo | 3 | 1 050 |
| 55 | Nigel Roscoe | 3 | 1 023 |
| 56 | Greg McCree | 5 | 1 000 |
| = | Heinrich Britz | 4 | 1 000 |
| = | Gert van Biljon | 3 | 1 000 |
| = | Graham Kelly | 3 | 1 000 |
| 60 | Paul van Zyl | 6 | 941 |
| 61 | Solly Shibambo | 8 | 735 |
| 62 | Jabu Radebe | 7 | 0 |
| = | Jan van Rhyn | 5 | 0 |
| = | Joe Mokoena | 5 | 0 |