The 2018 China Tour was the fifth season of the China Tour, the main professional golf tour in China since separating from PGA Tour China in 2017.

2018 China Tour season
Duration7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) – 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
Number of official events10
Most winsUnited States Charlie Saxon (2)
Order of MeritUnited States Charlie Saxon
2017
2019

OWGR inclusion

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In December 2017, it was announced that all China Tour events would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(CN¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
10 Mar Shenzhou Peninsula Classic Hainan 1,350,000   Charlie Saxon (3) 6
1 Apr Boao Open Hainan 1,350,000   Charlie Saxon (4) 6
15 Apr Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open Yunnan US$350,000   Kim Koivu (n/a) 9 CHA
22 Apr Colorful Yunnan Classic Yunnan 1,350,000   Wu Tuxuan (1) 6
20 May Asia-Pacific Classic Henan US$300,000   John Catlin (n/a) 10 ASA
14 Oct Hainan Open Hainan US$350,000   Kalle Samooja (n/a) 13 CHA
21 Oct Foshan Open Guangdong US$500,000   Víctor Perez (n/a) 13 CHA
25 Nov Chongqing Kingrun Open Chongqing 700,000   Zhang Xinjun (3) 6
9 Dec Xiamen Open Fujian 700,000   Zhuang Zhu (1) 6
15 Dec China Great Bay Open Guangdong 700,000   Andreas Gronkvist (1) 6

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money (CN¥) Status earned
1   Charlie Saxon 597,893 Promoted to European Tour
2   Luke Toomey 291,600
3   Wu Tuxuan 280,172
4   Sunil Jung 197,695
5   Shotaro Ban 185,321

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018. The China Tour will be introduced to the OWGR System at minimum points levels of six first place points for 72-hole tournaments and four first place points for 54-hole tournaments, effective OWGR Week One - week ending January 7th, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Tournament schedule". China Tour. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2018 Order of Merit". China Tour. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Charlie Saxon". European Tour. Retrieved 20 September 2023. Won the China Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2018 to earn a European Tour card for 2019.
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