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

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.

OWGR inclusion

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

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(CN¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
10 MarShenzhou Peninsula ClassicHainan1,350,000United States Charlie Saxon (3)6
1 AprBoao OpenHainan1,350,000United States Charlie Saxon (4)6
15 AprBelt & Road Colorful Yunnan OpenYunnanUS$350,000Finland Kim Koivu (n/a)9CHA
22 AprColorful Yunnan ClassicYunnan1,350,000China Wu Tuxuan (1)6
20 MayAsia-Pacific ClassicHenanUS$300,000United States John Catlin (n/a)10ASA
14 OctHainan OpenHainanUS$350,000Finland Kalle Samooja (n/a)13CHA
21 OctFoshan OpenGuangdongUS$500,000France Víctor Perez (n/a)13CHA
25 NovChongqing Kingrun OpenChongqing700,000China Zhang Xinjun (3)6
9 DecXiamen OpenFujian700,000China Zhuang Zhu (1)6
15 DecChina Great Bay OpenGuangdong700,000Sweden Andreas Gronkvist (1)6

Order of Merit

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]

PositionPlayerPrize money (CN¥)Status earned
1United States Charlie Saxon597,893Promoted to European Tour
2New Zealand Luke Toomey291,600
3China Wu Tuxuan280,172
4Canada Sunil Jung197,695
5United States Shotaro Ban185,321

See also

Notes

  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

  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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