China Tour

This article is about the main professional golf tour based in China since 2014. For the earlier tour founded in 2004 and ran until 2009, see Omega China Tour.
China Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 China Tour
SportGolf
Founded2014
FounderChina Golf Association
First season2014
CountryBased in China[a]
Most titlesTournament wins:
China Jin Zihao (5)
Related
competitions		Omega China Tour
PGA Tour China
Volvo China Tour
Official websitehttp://competitions.cgagolf.org.cn/en

The China Tour, currently titled as the Moutai 1935 China Tour for sponsorship reasons, is a China-based men's professional golf tour run by the China Golf Association.

From 2014 to 2016 the tour was organised in conjunction with the PGA Tour China. In 2017 the two tours split and ran a separate schedule of events. Tournaments as part of the PGA Tour gained world ranking points from 2014 to 2016 but not in 2017. Events regained OWGR status in 2018.[1] Since 2017, the Order of Merit winner has earnt a European Tour card for the following season.[2]

In January 2024, it was announced by the European Tour that they had formalised their strategic alliance with the China Golf Association. The agreement would see the leading player on the China Tour Order of Merit earn status to play on the European Tour (DP World Tour) for the following season (which had already been in place since 2017). Additionally the next player on the Order of Merit would earn status to play on the Challenge Tour for the following season. The Volvo China Open was also confirmed as a co-sanctioned event for the 2024 season.[3]

Order of Merit winners

Season Winner Prize money (CN¥)
2024 China Jin Zihao 1,624,176
2023 China Chen Guxin 690,777
2022 China Ma Chengyao 279,808
2020–21 China Zhang Huilin 536,425
2019 Australia Maverick Antcliff 710,370
2018 United States Charlie Saxon 597,893
2017 South Korea Cho Rak-hyun 873,935
2016 China Dou Zecheng 1,144,350
2015 Australia Bryden Macpherson 769,960
2014 China Li Haotong 967,788

Notes

  1. ^ Schedules also included events in Hong Kong.

References

  1. ^ "Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ Powter, Anthony (3 December 2019). "Antcliff cruises to China Tour Order of Merit win". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 24 February 2023. ...and sees Antcliff gaining playing rights for 2020 on the European Tour.
  3. ^ "DP World Tour and China Golf Association announce Strategic Partnership". European Tour. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.


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