2017 MENA Golf Tour

The 2017 MENA Golf Tour was the 7th season of the MENA Golf Tour. It was the first full season in which events received Official World Golf Ranking points.[1] OWGR points were introduced during the 2016 season.

Schedule

The schedule included 15 events for 2017.[2] It featured two 72-hole events, the Pattana Golf Championship and the MENA Tour Championship. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGRPrize fund ($)
16 Mar Palmeraie Country Club Casablanca Open Morocco Leo Lilja (1) 3 40,000
21 Mar Royal Golf Mohammedia Open Morocco Pierre Verlaar (a) (1) 3 40,000
26 Apr Ras Al Khaimah Classic United Arab Emirates Peter Stojanovski (1) 3 40,000
4 May Mahasamutr Masters Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (1) 3 50,000
10 May Mountain Creek Open Thailand Lionel Weber (1) 3 30,000
19 May Pattana Golf Championship Thailand Fredrik From (1) 5 50,000
9 Jun South to East Challenge South Africa Breyten Meyer (1) 3 30,000
15 Jun Jo'burg City Masters South Africa Jaco Prinsloo (1) 3 30,000
22 Jun 'The Roar' South Africa Daniel Hammond (1) 3 30,000
13 Sep Dubai Creek Open United Arab Emirates Mathiam Keyser (1) 3 50,000
20 Sep Golf Citizen Classic United Arab Emirates Mathiam Keyser (2) 3 30,000
27 Sep Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open United Arab Emirates Kyle Barker (1) 3 50,000
7 Oct Jordan's Ayla Golf Championship Jordan Jamie Elson (1) 3 50,000
18 Oct Sahara Kuwait Championship Kuwait Robert MacIntyre (1) 3 50,000
26 Oct MENA Tour Championship United Arab Emirates Henric Sturehed (1) 5 100,000

The three events in South Africa were co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Big Easy Tour.

Graduates

The top five players on the Order of Merit were:[3]

Rank Player Country Points
1 Jamie Elson  England 36,677
2 Henric Sturehed  Sweden 32,371
3 Luke Joy  England 32,250
4 Andrew Marshall  England 25,075
5 Fredrik From  Sweden 22,346

Todd Clements led the amateur Order of Merit.[4]

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References
  1. "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. 15 April 2016.
  2. "MENA Tour Tournament Details". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. "Order of Merit Professionals". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. "Order of Merit Amateurs". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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