2022–23 MENA Tour
| Duration | 7 October 2022 – 15 October 2023 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 22 |
| Most wins |  Talor Gooch (3) Brooks Koepka (3) |
| Order of Merit | Brooks Koepka |
← 2020–22 | |
The 2022–23 MENA Tour was the 10th and final season of the MENA Tour.
LIV Golf strategic alliance
[edit]Following an announcement made in October 2022, the MENA Tour announced that they had entered into a strategic alliance with LIV Golf.[1] This was mainly due to LIV Golf attempting to gain Official World Golf Ranking points for their events by co-sanctioning them with the MENA Tour.[2] The proposals were initially rejected by the OWGR.[3] The first tournament added to the 2022–23 schedule was an event held in Thailand, co-sanctioned by the LIV Golf Invitational Series.[4]
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2022–23 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct | LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok | Thailand | 20,000,000 |  Eugenio Chacarra (1)
|
n/a | LIV |
| 16 Oct | LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 20,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (1)
|
n/a | LIV |
| 30 Nov | Tournament 3 | Saudi Arabia | 75,000 |  Bailey Gill (2) |
0.44 | |
| 5 Dec | Tournament 4 | Saudi Arabia | 75,000 |  Aron Zemmer (1) |
0.44 | |
| 2 Feb | Egyptian Swing 1 | Egypt | 75,000 | Ben Jones (1) |
0.66 | |
| 7 Feb | Egyptian Swing 2 | Egypt | 75,000 | Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1) |
0.64 | |
| 26 Feb | LIV Golf Mayakoba | Mexico | 20,000,000 | Charles Howell III (1) |
n/a | LIV |
| 19 Mar | LIV Golf Tucson | United States | 20,000,000 |  Danny Lee (1) |
n/a | LIV |
| 2 Apr | LIV Golf Orlando | United States | 20,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (2) |
n/a | LIV |
| 13 Apr | Malaysian Swing I | Malaysia | 75,000 | Joe Heraty (2) |
0.52 | |
| 20 Apr | Malaysian Swing II | Malaysia | 75,000 | William Harrold (2) |
0.55 | |
| 23 Apr | LIV Golf Adelaide | Australia | 20,000,000 | Talor Gooch (1) |
n/a | LIV |
| 27 Apr | Royal Hua Hin Thailand Championship | Thailand | 75,000 |  Matthew Cheung (1) |
1.07 | |
| 30 Apr | LIV Golf Singapore | Singapore | 20,000,000 | Talor Gooch (2) |
n/a | LIV |
| 14 May | LIV Golf Tulsa | United States | 20,000,000 | Dustin Johnson (1) |
n/a | LIV |
| 28 May | LIV Golf Washington, D.C. | United States | 20,000,000 | Harold Varner III (1) |
n/a | LIV |
| 2 Jul | LIV Golf Andalucía | Spain | 20,000,000 | Talor Gooch (3) |
n/a | LIV |
| 9 Jul | LIV Golf London | England | 20,000,000 |  Cameron Smith (1) |
n/a | LIV |
| 6 Aug | LIV Golf Greenbrier | United States | 20,000,000 | Bryson DeChambeau (1) |
n/a | LIV |
| 13 Aug | LIV Golf Bedminster | United States | 20,000,000 | Cameron Smith (2) |
n/a | LIV |
| 24 Sep | LIV Golf Chicago | United States | 20,000,000 | Bryson DeChambeau (2) |
n/a | LIV |
| 15 Oct |
LIV Golf Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 20,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (3) |
n/a | LIV |
Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[7]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka |
18,098,333 |
| 2 | Talor Gooch |
17,784,012 |
| 3 | Cameron Smith |
14,258,917 |
| 4 | Bryson DeChambeau |
13,777,500 |
| 5 | Patrick Reed |
10,223,547 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ LIV − LIV Golf League.
- ^ In July 2023, LIV Golf announced that Miami would host the team championship to end the season, and Jeddah would move to the week prior to Miami.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "MENA Tour Announces Strategic Alliance with LIV Golf". MENA Tour. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Woodard, Adam (5 October 2022). "LIV Golf makes 'strategic alliance' with developmental MENA Tour in effort to gain Official World Golf Ranking points". Golfweek. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Colgan, James (6 October 2022). "OWGR halts LIV Golf's sudden effort to earn world ranking points". Golf.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok". MENA Tour. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Tournaments". MENA Tour. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Harig, Bob (10 July 2023). "LIV Golf Makes Change to Fall Schedule, Will End Season in Miami". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "2022–23 Order of Merit". MENA Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2023.