The 2017 MENA Golf Tour was the seventh season of the MENA Golf Tour.

2017 MENA Golf Tour season
Duration14 March 2017 (2017-03-14) – 26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)
Number of official events15
Most winsSouth Africa Mathiam Keyser (2)
Order of MeritEngland Jamie Elson
2016
2019

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
16 Mar Palmeraie Country Club Casablanca Open Morocco 40,000   Leo Lilja (1) 3
21 Mar Royal Golf Mohammedia Open Morocco 40,000   Pierre Verlaar (a) (1) 3
26 Apr Ras Al Khaimah Classic UAE 40,000   Peter Stojanovski (1) 3
4 May Mahasamutr Masters Thailand 50,000   Jazz Janewattananond (1) 3
10 May Mountain Creek Open Thailand 30,000   Lionel Weber (1) 3
19 May Pattana Golf Championship Thailand 50,000   Fredrik From (1) 5
9 Jun South to East Challenge South Africa 30,000   Breyten Meyer (n/a) 3 BET
15 Jun Joburg City Masters South Africa 30,000   Jaco Prinsloo (n/a) 3 BET
22 Jun 'The Roar' South Africa 30,000   Daniel Hammond (n/a) 3 BET
13 Sep Dubai Creek Open UAE 50,000   Mathiam Keyser (1) 3
20 Sep Golf Citizen Classic UAE 30,000   Mathiam Keyser (2) 3
27 Sep Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open UAE 50,000   Kyle Barker (1) 3
7 Oct Jordan's Ayla Golf Championship Jordan 50,000   Jamie Elson (1) 3
18 Oct Sahara Kuwait Championship Kuwait 50,000   Robert MacIntyre (1) 3
26 Oct MENA Tour Championship UAE 100,000   Henric Sturehed (1) 5

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2][3] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018–19 Sunshine Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Jamie Elson 36,677
2   Henric Sturehed 32,371
3   Luke Joy 32,250
4   Andrew Marshall 25,075
5   Fredrik From 22,346

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  2. ^ BET − Big Easy Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". MENA Tour. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2017 Order of Merit". MENA Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Sturehed dominates at the MENA Tour Championship". Worldwide Golf. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2023. Elson returned a level-par 72 to join fellow Englishmen Joe Heraty and Luke Joy in a three-way tie for fifth place on 9-under, and that was good enough for him to seal the prestigious Order of Merit title ahead of Sturehed... The top three professionals on the Order of Merit and the leading amateur will be invited to compete in the 2018 Omega Dubai Desert Classic in addition to earning full playing privileges on the Sunshine Tour and exemptions into the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Q-School.
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