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.

2017 China Tour season
Duration8 June 2017 (2017-06-08) – 3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)
Number of official events15
Most winsSouth Korea Cho Rak-hyun (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Cho Rak-hyun
2016
2018

Schedule

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The 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

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The 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

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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. ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". China Tour. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2017 Order of Merit". China Tour. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Macpherson finishes just shy of OOM title". PGA of Australia. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
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