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.
| Duration | 19 January 2017 – 17 December 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 27[a] |
| Most wins |  Shiv Kapur (2) |
| Order of Merit |  Gavin Green |
| Players' Player of the Year | Gavin Green |
| Rookie of the Year |  Micah Lauren Shin |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Schedule edit
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 |  Prayad Marksaeng (10) |
26 | JPN | |
| 29 Jan | Leopalace21 Myanmar Open | Myanmar | 750,000 |  Todd Sinnott (1) |
19 | JPN | |
| 4 Feb | Bashundhara Bangladesh Open | Bangladesh | 300,000 | Jazz Janewattananond (1) |
14 | ||
| 12 Feb | Maybank Championship | Malaysia | 3,000,000 |  Fabrizio Zanotti (n/a) |
36 | EUR | |
| 19 Feb | ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth | Australia | A$1,750,000 | Brett Rumford (n/a) |
23 | ANZ, EUR | |
| 12 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | 1,750,000 | Shiv Chawrasia (6) |
21 | EUR | |
| Ho Tram Players Championship | Vietnam | – | Postponed[2] | – | |||
| 23 Apr | Panasonic Open Golf Championship | Japan | ¥150,000,000 |  Kenichi Kuboya (n/a) |
15 | ||
| 30 Apr | Yeangder Heritage | Taiwan | 300,000 | Shiv Kapur (2) |
14 | New tournament | |
| 21 May | Thailand Open | Thailand | 300,000 | Rattanon Wannasrichan (1) |
14 | ||
| 18 Jun | Queen's Cup | Thailand | 500,000 | Nicholas Fung (1) |
14 | ||
| 6 Aug | TAKE Solutions Masters | India | 300,000 | Poom Saksansin (2) |
14 | PGTI | New to Asian Tour |
| 20 Aug | Fiji International | Fiji | A$1,500,000 | Jason Norris (1) |
15 | ANZ, EUR | New to Asian Tour |
| 10 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,700,000 |  Matt Fitzpatrick (n/a) |
32 | EUR | |
| 17 Sep | Shinhan Donghae Open | South Korea | ₩1,200,000,000 |  Richard T. Lee (2) |
12 | KOR | |
| 24 Sep | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf | Japan | ¥150,000,000 | Daisuke Kataoka (1) |
15 | JPN | |
| 1 Oct | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 800,000 | Gavin Green (1) |
14 | ||
| 8 Oct | Yeangder Tournament Players Championship | Taiwan | 500,000 | Ajeetesh Sandhu (1) |
14 | ||
| 15 Oct | CIMB Classic | Malaysia | 7,000,000 | Pat Perez (n/a) |
48 | PGAT | Limited-field event |
| 22 Oct | Macao Open | Macau | 500,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (8) |
14 | ||
| 29 Oct | Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 300,000 | Panuphol Pittayarat (1) |
14 | ||
| 5 Nov | Panasonic Open India | India | 400,000 | Shiv Kapur (3) |
14 | PGTI | |
| 12 Nov | Resorts World Manila Masters | Philippines | 1,000,000 | Micah Lauren Shin (1) |
14 | ||
| 26 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 2,000,000 | Wade Ormsby (2) |
34 | EUR | |
| 3 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 |  Dylan Frittelli (n/a) |
17 | AFR, EUR | |
| 3 Dec | KG S&H City Asian Golf Championship | China | 350,000 |  Xiao Bowen (1) |
14 | CHN | New tournament |
| 11 Dec | Joburg Open | South Africa | R16,500,000 | Shubhankar Sharma (1) |
17 | AFR, EUR | New to Asian Tour |
| 17 Dec | Indonesian Masters | Indonesia | 750,000 | Justin Rose (n/a) |
24 | Flagship event |
Unofficial events edit
The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse ($) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec | Royal Cup | Thailand | 500,000 | Shiv Kapur |
n/a | Limited-field event |
Order of Merit edit
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 | Gavin Green |
585,814 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 2 | David Lipsky |
461,179 | Already exempt[d] |
| 3 | Phachara Khongwatmai |
447,299 | Already exempt[e] |
| 4 | Scott Hend |
443,205 | Already exempt[d] |
| 5 | Shiv Chawrasia |
440,748 | Already exempt[f] |
Awards edit
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Players' Player of the Year | Gavin Green |
[8] |
| Rookie of the Year | Micah Lauren Shin |
[8] |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ A further one tournament was scheduled but was postponed.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Lipsky and Hend were already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 101 of the 2017 Race to Dubai.[6]
- ^ Khongwatmai was already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 10 of the 2017 European Tour Access List.
- ^ Chawrasia was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2017 European Tour.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Tournament schedule 2017 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Ho Tram Players Championship postponed". Word Vietnam. May 2017. p. 39. Retrieved 23 February 2020 – via Issuu.
- ^ "2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2017 Race to Dubai". European Tour. 19 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Jackson, Keith (12 March 2017). "SSP Chawrasia defends Indian Open title with seven-shot victory". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ 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.