2020–22 MENA Tour

2020–22 MENA Tour season
Duration3 February 2020 – 20 May 2022 (2020-02-03 – 2022-05-20)
Number of official events9[a]
Order of MeritEngland Tom Sloman
← 2019

The 2020–22 MENA Tour, titled as the 2020–22 MENA Tour by Arena for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the MENA Tour.

In-season changes

The schedule initially included 11 events to be played in February, March and April. The first 5 events were played as scheduled but the remaining 6 were postponed until later in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually later cancelled. Following the strategic alliance formed with the Asian Tour in late 2021, four additional events were held in Thailand in May 2022, co-sanctioned with the Asian Development Tour.[1][2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–22 season.[3]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]
5 Feb 2020 Journey to Jordan 1 Jordan 75,000 England David Langley (1) 3
13 Feb 2020 Newgiza Open Egypt 75,000 France Sébastien Gros (1) 3
19 Feb 2020 Ghala Open Oman 75,000 England Bailey Gill (1) 3
26 Feb 2020 Royal Golf Club Bahrain Open Bahrain 75,000 England David Hague (1) 3
4 Mar 2020 Journey to Jordan 2 Jordan 75,000 Scotland Ryan Lumsden (1) 3
18 Mar 2020 Abu Dhabi Triple Crown UAE – Cancelled[4] –
26 Mar 2020 Troon International Pro-Am UAE – Cancelled[4] –
1 Apr 2020 Ras Al Khaimah Open UAE – Cancelled[4] –
8 Apr 2020 Northern Emirates Open UAE – Cancelled[4] –
15 Apr 2020 Arena Al Ain Open UAE – Cancelled[4] –
22 Apr 2020 Arena Championship Jordan – Cancelled[4] –
5 May 2022 Laguna Phuket Challenge Thailand 75,000 England Tom Sloman (1) 4 ADT
10 May 2022 Laguna Phuket Cup Thailand 75,000 Thailand Sarun Sirithon (n/a) 4 ADT
15 May 2022 Blue Canyon Classic Thailand 75,000 China Chen Guxin (n/a) 4 ADT
20 May 2022 Blue Canyon Open Thailand 75,000 Thailand Settee Prakongvech (n/a) 4 ADT

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Journey to Jordan and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[5][6]

Position Player Points
1 England Tom Sloman 28,870
2 England David Langley 27,557
3 England David Hague 26,053
4 France Victor Riu 18,829
5 Scotland Ryan Lumsden 18,290

Notes

  1. ^ A further six tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  3. ^ ADT − Asian Development Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Asian tour and MENA Tour form key strategic partnership". MENA Tour. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ "MENA Tour rejuvenated by Truly 'Beautiful Thailand Swing'". MENA Tour. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. ^ "2020–22 Tournament schedule". MENA Tour. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Jackson, Keith (11 March 2020). "MENA Tour season postponed until September due to coronavirus". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Journey to Jordan". MENA Tour. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Tom Sloman crowned MENA Tour champion". Worldwide Golf. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2023.