2017 Asian Tour

2017 Asian Tour season
Duration19 January 2017 (2017-01-19) – 17 December 2017 (2017-12-17)
Number of official events27[a]
Most winsIndia Shiv Kapur (2)
Order of MeritMalaysia Gavin Green
Players' Player of the YearMalaysia Gavin Green
Rookie of the YearUnited States Micah Lauren Shin
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The 2017 Asian Tour is the 23rd season of the modern Asian Tour (formerly the Asian PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
22 Jan SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,000,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (10) 26 JPN
29 Jan Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar 750,000 Australia Todd Sinnott (1) 19 JPN
4 Feb Bashundhara Bangladesh Open Bangladesh 300,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (1) 14
12 Feb Maybank Championship Malaysia 3,000,000 Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti (n/a) 36 EUR
19 Feb ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Australia A$1,750,000 Australia Brett Rumford (n/a) 23 ANZ, EUR
12 Mar Hero Indian Open India 1,750,000 India Shiv Chawrasia (6) 21 EUR
16 Apr Ho Tram Players Championship Vietnam – Postponed[2] –
23 Apr Panasonic Open Golf Championship Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Kenichi Kuboya (n/a) 15
30 Apr Yeangder Heritage Taiwan 300,000 India Shiv Kapur (2) 14 New tournament
21 May Thailand Open Thailand 300,000 Thailand Rattanon Wannasrichan (1) 14
18 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand 500,000 Malaysia Nicholas Fung (1) 14
6 Aug TAKE Solutions Masters India 300,000 Thailand Poom Saksansin (2) 14 PGTI New to Asian Tour
20 Aug Fiji International Fiji A$1,500,000 Australia Jason Norris (1) 15 ANZ, EUR New to Asian Tour
10 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,700,000 England Matt Fitzpatrick (n/a) 32 EUR
17 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 Canada Richard T. Lee (2) 12 KOR
24 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Daisuke Kataoka (1) 15 JPN
1 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 800,000 Malaysia Gavin Green (1) 14
8 Oct Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 500,000 India Ajeetesh Sandhu (1) 14
15 Oct CIMB Classic Malaysia 7,000,000 United States Pat Perez (n/a) 48 PGAT Limited-field event
22 Oct Macao Open Macau 500,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (8) 14
29 Oct Indonesia Open Indonesia 300,000 Thailand Panuphol Pittayarat (1) 14
5 Nov Panasonic Open India India 400,000 India Shiv Kapur (3) 14 PGTI
12 Nov Resorts World Manila Masters Philippines 1,000,000 United States Micah Lauren Shin (1) 14
26 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,000,000 Australia Wade Ormsby (2) 34 EUR
3 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 South Africa Dylan Frittelli (n/a) 17 AFR, EUR
3 Dec KG S&H City Asian Golf Championship China 350,000 China Xiao Bowen (1) 14 CHN New tournament
11 Dec Joburg Open South Africa R16,500,000 India Shubhankar Sharma (1) 17 AFR, EUR New to Asian Tour
17 Dec Indonesian Masters Indonesia 750,000 England Justin Rose (n/a) 24 Flagship event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
31 Dec Royal Cup Thailand 500,000 India Shiv Kapur n/a Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][4] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.[5]

Position Player Prize money ($) Status earned
1 Malaysia Gavin Green 585,814 Promoted to European Tour
2 United States David Lipsky 461,179 Already exempt[d]
3 Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai 447,299 Already exempt[e]
4 Australia Scott Hend 443,205 Already exempt[d]
5 India Shiv Chawrasia 440,748 Already exempt[f]

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year Malaysia Gavin Green [8]
Rookie of the Year United States Micah Lauren Shin [8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was postponed.
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
  3. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  4. ^ a b Lipsky and Hend were already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 101 of the 2017 Race to Dubai.[6]
  5. ^ Khongwatmai was already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 10 of the 2017 European Tour Access List.
  6. ^ Chawrasia was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2017 European Tour.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2017 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Ho Tram Players Championship postponed". Word Vietnam. May 2017. p. 39. Retrieved 23 February 2020 – via Issuu.
  3. ^ "2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ Azharie, Farah (11 December 2017). "Golfer Gavin Green becomes first Malaysian to win Asian Tour's Order of Merit". New Straits Times. Retrieved 16 June 2023. Meanwhile, Green, a three-time winner on the Asian Development Tour (ADT), clinched the title with a total collection of US$585,813 (RM2.39 million) after playing in 17 tournaments all season, leaving America's David Lipsky in second with a gap of US$124,634 (RM507,666).
  5. ^ "Gavin Green signs with JMC Sport". JMC Sport. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023. Gavin became the first Malaysian to top the Asian Tour Order of Merit after a remarkable 2017 campaign, earning promotion to the European Tour.
  6. ^ "2017 Race to Dubai". European Tour. 19 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. ^ Jackson, Keith (12 March 2017). "SSP Chawrasia defends Indian Open title with seven-shot victory". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Malaysia's Green honoured at Asian Tour's 2017 Award night". Sports247. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2023. Malaysia's Gavin Green was named the Asian Tour Players' Player of the Year to cap off a fantastic 2017 season where he also won the prestigious Order of Merit crown... Micah Lauren Shin of the United States was named Rookie of the Year thanks largely to his maiden victory at the Resorts World Manila Masters.