2013 MENA Golf Tour

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2013 MENA Golf Tour season
Duration12 March 2013 (2013-03-12) – 13 November 2013 (2013-11-13)
Number of official events10
Most wins Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland (4)
Order of Merit Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland
2012
2014

The 2013 MENA Golf Tour was the third season of the MENA Golf Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season. [1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner [lower-alpha 1]
14 MarRoyal Golf Dar Es Salam OpenMorocco50,000 Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland (3)
21 MarRoyal D'Anfa OpenMorocco50,000 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stephen Dodd (2)
25 SepDubai Creek OpenUAE50,000 Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland (3)
2 OctAmerican Express Dirab Golf ChampionshipSaudi Arabia50,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Mou Chung-hao (1)
9 OctShaikh Maktoum Dubai OpenUAE50,000 Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland (4)
16 OctRas Al Khaimah ClassicUAE50,000 Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland (5)
23 OctAbu Dhabi Golf Citizen OpenUAE50,000 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stephen Dodd (3)
30 OctQatar ClassicQatar50,000 Flag of England.svg Lee Corfield (1)
6 NovGhala ValleyOman50,000 Flag of Monaco.svg Sandro Piaget (1)
13 NovMENA Golf Tour ChampionshipUAE75,000 Flag of England.svg Lee Corfield (2)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. [2] [3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland 50,229
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stephen Dodd 32,213
3 Flag of England.svg Lee Corfield 25,821
4 Flag of England.svg Ian Keenan 20,820
5 Flag of Morocco.svg Faycal Serghini 14,974

Notes

  1. 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.

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References

  1. "2013 Tournament schedule". MENA Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. "2013 Order of Merit". MENA Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. Varma, Viren (13 November 2013). "Corfield wins MENA Tour Championship in a playoff". MENA Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2023. "You have got to believe in yourself that you can do it," added Corfield, who received a cheque for $13,500, taking his total earnings from the tour to $25,821, finishing third on the Order of Merit for professionals behind England's Zane Scotland ($50,229) and Stephen Dodd of Wales ($32,213).