The 2017 China Tour was the fourth season of the China Tour, the main professional golf tour in China since separating from PGA Tour China in 2017.
| Duration | 8 June 2017 – 3 December 2018 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins |  Cho Rak-hyun (2) |
| Order of Merit | Cho Rak-hyun |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (CN¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun | St. Andrews Henan Open | Henan | 1,350,000 | Cho Rak-hyun (1) |
n/a | |
| 25 Jun | Fragrant Hills Beijing Open | Beijing | 1,350,000 |  Bryden Macpherson (3) |
n/a | |
| 2 Jul | White Mountain Wanda Open | Jilin | 1,350,000 | Cho Rak-hyun (2) |
n/a | |
| 13 Aug | Yulongwan Yunnan Open | Yunnan | 1,350,000 |  Josh Geary (4) |
n/a | |
| 20 Aug | CGD Yunnan Championship | Yunnan | 1,350,000 |  Shun Yat Hak (1) |
n/a | |
| 17 Sep | Beijing Classic | Beijing | 1,350,000 |  Gunn Charoenkul (3) |
n/a | |
| 24 Sep | Binhai Forest Tianjin Open | Tianjin | 1,350,000 |  Taihei Sato (1) |
n/a | |
| 1 Oct | Pure Pu'Er Tea Classic | Tianjin | 1,350,000 |  Sejun Yoon (1) |
n/a | |
| 8 Oct | Shenzhou Peninsula Classic | Hainan | 1,350,000 | Kim Tae-woo (3) |
n/a | |
| 15 Oct | Hainan Open | Hainan | US$350,000 |  Erik van Rooyen (n/a) |
13 | CHA |
| 22 Oct | Foshan Open | Guangdong | US$500,000 |  Oliver Farr (n/a) |
13 | CHA |
| 12 Nov | Jiangsu Open | Jiangsu | 1,350,000 |  Callum Tarren (1) |
n/a | |
| 19 Nov | Hunan Taohuayuan Open | Hunan | 1,350,000 | Ben Lein (1) |
n/a | |
| 26 Nov | Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open | Chongqing | 1,350,000 | Kevin Lee (1) |
n/a | |
| 3 Dec | KG S&H City Asian Golf Championship | Fujian | US$350,000 |  Xiao Bowen (1) |
14 | ASA |
Order of Merit
editThe Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.[2][3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (CN¥) | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cho Rak-hyun |
873,936 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 2 | Bryden Macpherson |
873,125 | |
| 3 | Callum Tarren |
782,075 | |
| 4 | Gunn Charoenkul |
581,130 | |
| 5 | Maverick Antcliff |
560,018 |
Notes
edit- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of China Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
References
edit- ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". China Tour. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "2017 Order of Merit". China Tour. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Macpherson finishes just shy of OOM title". PGA of Australia. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Choi, Song-ah (4 December 2017). "조락현, 골프 차이나투어 상금 1위로 유러피언투어 진출" [Cho Rak-hyun, 1st place in the golf China Tour prize money, advanced to the European Tour]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Rakhyun Cho". European Tour. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
Finished top of the China Tour Order of Merit which enabled him to gain a category on the European Tour for 2018.