The Omega China Tour was a China-based men's professional golf tour that ran from 2005 to 2009.

Omega China Tour
SportGolf
Founded2005
FounderChina Golf Association
First season2005
Ceased2009
CountryBased in China
Most titlesOrder of Merit titles:
China Li Chao (2)
Tournament wins:
China Li Chao (8)
Related
competitions
China Tour
PGA Tour China
Volvo China Tour

History

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The tour was created to encourage the development players who intended to move up to the Asian Tour or other major international tours, and also to help accelerate the development of golf in the People's Republic of China, following the sports reintroduction to the country in the 1980s, having been absent during the early communist era.

Launched by the China Golf Association in 2005, the tour began as the China Tour, with four three-day tournaments, each with a minimum purse of CN¥ 800,000 (or US$100,000).[1] Omega SA became the title sponsor of the tour in 2006, being renamed as the Omega China Tour.[2][3]

The number of tournaments increased to six four-day tournaments in 2006, and then eight in 2007. It was initially planned to have ten tournaments in 2008, but this was not possible, and there were again eight events. There were four events in 2009 after which the tour folded.[4]

Seasons

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Order of Merit winners

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Year Winner Prize money (CN¥)
2009   Kurt Barnes 264,750
2008   Liao Guiming 375,125
2007   Li Chao (2) 652,125
2006   Zhang Lianwei 540,000
2005   Li Chao 405,300

References

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  1. ^ "世界体育集团副总裁在中国巡回赛新闻发布会上致辞" [The Vice President of World Sports Group delivers a speech at the press conference of the China Tour]. golftime.com.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 23 December 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ "欧米茄中国巡回赛上海:欧米茄与高尔夫" [Omega China Tour Shanghai: Omega and Golf]. golftime.cn (in Chinese). 30 August 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ^ "中国巡回演唱会的兴衰" [The rise and fall of the China Tour]. PBE Golf (in Chinese). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. ^ "A Tour for China's Rising Stars". Asian PGA. 2005. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007.
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