2017 MENA Golf Tour
| Duration | 14 March 2017 – 26 October 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins |  Mathiam Keyser (2) |
| Order of Merit |  Jamie Elson |
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The 2017 MENA Golf Tour was the seventh season of the MENA Golf Tour.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar | Palmeraie Country Club Casablanca Open | Morocco | 40,000 |  Leo Lilja (1)
|
3 | |
| 21 Mar | Royal Golf Mohammedia Open | Morocco | 40,000 |  Pierre Verlaar (a) (1)
|
3 | |
| 26 Apr | Ras Al Khaimah Classic | UAE | 40,000 |  Peter Stojanovski (1)
|
3 | |
| 4 May | Mahasamutr Masters | Thailand | 50,000 |  Jazz Janewattananond (1)
|
3 | |
| 10 May | Mountain Creek Open | Thailand | 30,000 |  Lionel Weber (1)
|
3 | |
| 19 May | Pattana Golf Championship | Thailand | 50,000 |  Fredrik From (1)
|
5 | |
| 9 Jun | South to East Challenge | South Africa | 30,000 | Breyten Meyer (n/a)
|
3 | BET |
| 15 Jun | Joburg City Masters | South Africa | 30,000 | Jaco Prinsloo (n/a)
|
3 | BET |
| 22 Jun | 'The Roar' | South Africa | 30,000 | Daniel Hammond (n/a)
|
3 | BET |
| 13 Sep | Dubai Creek Open | UAE | 50,000 | Mathiam Keyser (1)
|
3 | |
| 20 Sep | Golf Citizen Classic | UAE | 30,000 | Mathiam Keyser (2)
|
3 | |
| 27 Sep | Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open | UAE | 50,000 | Kyle Barker (1)
|
3 | |
| 7 Oct | Jordan's Ayla Golf Championship | Jordan | 50,000 | Jamie Elson (1)
|
3 | |
| 18 Oct | Sahara Kuwait Championship | Kuwait | 50,000 |  Robert MacIntyre (1)
|
3 | |
| 26 Oct | MENA Tour Championship | UAE | 100,000 | Henric Sturehed (1)
|
5 |
Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2][3] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018–19 Sunshine Tour.[3]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Elson
|
36,677 |
| 2 | Henric Sturehed
|
32,371 |
| 3 | Luke Joy
|
32,250 |
| 4 | Andrew Marshall
|
25,075 |
| 5 | Fredrik From
|
22,346 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.
- ^ BET − Big Easy Tour.
References
[edit]- ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". MENA Tour. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "2017 Order of Merit". MENA Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Sturehed dominates at the MENA Tour Championship". Worldwide Golf. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
Elson returned a level-par 72 to join fellow Englishmen Joe Heraty and Luke Joy in a three-way tie for fifth place on 9-under, and that was good enough for him to seal the prestigious Order of Merit title ahead of Sturehed... The top three professionals on the Order of Merit and the leading amateur will be invited to compete in the 2018 Omega Dubai Desert Classic in addition to earning full playing privileges on the Sunshine Tour and exemptions into the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Q-School.