The 2022 China Tour was the eighth season of the China Tour, the main professional golf tour in China since separating from PGA Tour China in 2017.

2022 China Tour season
Duration7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 25 December 2022 (2022-12-25)
Number of official events7[a]
Order of MeritChina Ma Chengyao
2023

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(CN¥)
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Other
tours[c]
10 Jul Hangzhou International Championship Zhejiang 1,200,000   An Tong (a) (n/a) 6 CHNLPGA[d]
21 Aug Shenyang National Open Liaoning 500,000   She Zihan (1) 0.22
23 Oct Foshan Open Guangdong Cancelled[2] CHA
13 Nov Hengdian Championship Zhejiang 1,000,000   Ma Chengyao (1) 0.18
20 Nov
30 Sep
Jinan Open Shandong Removed
4 Dec Mitsubishi Electric Open Jiangsu 500,000   Xiao Bowen (2) 0.26
11 Dec Hainan Open Hainan 500,000   Bai Zhengkai (2) 0.23
17 Dec CGA Championship Fujian 800,000   Zhou Ziqin (a) (1) 0.28
25 Dec
27 Nov
Chongqing Open Chongqing 500,000   Zhou Yanhan (a) (1) 0.17

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 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).[4][5]

Position Player Prize money (CN¥) Status earned
1   Ma Chengyao 279,808 Promoted to European Tour
2   She Zihan 228,150
3   Chen Zihao 207,813
4   Jing Zeyu 193,752
5   Xiao Bowen 192,285

Notes

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  1. ^ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or otherwise removed from the schedule.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; CHNLPGA − China LPGA Tour.
  4. ^ Mixed event

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Tournament schedule". China Tour. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ "European Challenge Tour statement on China events". European Tour. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2022 Order of Merit". China Tour. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ ChinaGolfNews [@birdiesport2018] (25 December 2022). "The Toddler wins." (Tweet). Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via Twitter. Ma Chengyao claimed OOM, and will start his @DPWorldTour career in February.
  5. ^ Gussoni, Andrea (29 December 2022). "China, the youngest winner of all time at 14". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 30 October 2023. No. 1 in the order of merit at the end of the season, Chengyao Ma recovers a category 16 on the DP World Tour and will make his debut there next February.
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