Omega PGA Championship

Omega PGA Championship
Tournament information
Location	China
Established	1996
Tour(s)	Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$500,000
Month played	December
Final year	1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Kang Wook-soon (1998)
Final champion
	Fran Quinn

The Omega PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament that was held between 1996 and 1999. It was the final stroke play event in each of the first five seasons of the Asian PGA Tour, now known as the Asian Tour, and one of the tours four "majors".[1] It was held twice in 1996, in January and December, to end the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

It was hosted at Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club in Hong Kong between 1995 and 1998, before moving to Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China for 1999.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Country	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Notes
1999	Mission Hills GC	Fran Quinn	United States	270	3 strokes	Simon Yates	[2]
1998	Clearwater Bay G&CC	Kang Wook-soon	South Korea	263	3 strokes	Hsieh Chin-sheng	[3]
1997	Clearwater Bay G&CC	Rodrigo Cuello	Philippines	270	1 stroke	Lu Wen-teh	[4]
1996 (Dec)	Clearwater Bay G&CC	Gerry Norquist	United States	268	1 stroke	John Senden Jeff Wagner	[5]
1996 (Jan)	Clearwater Bay G&CC	Yeh Chang-ting	Taiwan	271	5 strokes	Mark Mouland	[6][7]

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References

Careem, Nazvi (12 January 1996). "Yeh and Kwek put the wind up rivals". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
"Back-to-back for Quinn". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 7 December 1998. p. 45. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
"World at a glance – Golf". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 13 December 1999. p. 41. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
"Cuello wins $.5-M Omega Tour in HK". Manila Standard. Philippines. 15 December 1997. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
"Golf: Omega PGA Championship". The Straits Times. Singapore. 16 December 1996. p. 39. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
"Taiwan's Yeh tops Omega Tour". Business Times. Singapore. 17 January 1996. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
"Taiwanese Yeh bags crown by five strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 January 1996. p. 36. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.

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[1] Careem, Nazvi (12 January 1996). "Yeh and Kwek put the wind up rivals". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[2] "Back-to-back for Quinn". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 7 December 1998. p. 45. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.

[3] "World at a glance – Golf". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 13 December 1999. p. 41. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.

[4] "Cuello wins $.5-M Omega Tour in HK". Manila Standard. Philippines. 15 December 1997. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.

[5] "Golf: Omega PGA Championship". The Straits Times. Singapore. 16 December 1996. p. 39. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.

[6] "Taiwan's Yeh tops Omega Tour". Business Times. Singapore. 17 January 1996. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.

[7] "Taiwanese Yeh bags crown by five strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 January 1996. p. 36. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.