China Tour

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China Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Golf current event.svg 2024 China Tour
Sport Golf
Founded2014
FounderChina Golf Association
First season2014
CountryBased in China [lower-alpha 1]
Most titlesTournament wins:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dou Zecheng (4)
Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Saxon (4)
Related
competitions		 Omega China Tour
PGA Tour China
Volvo China Tour
Official website http://competitions.cgagolf.org.cn/en

The China Tour is a China-based men's professional golf tour run by the China Golf Association.

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From 2014 to 2016 the tour was organised in conjunction with the PGA Tour China. In 2017 the two tours split and ran a separate schedule of events. Tournaments as part of the PGA Tour gained world ranking points from 2014 to 2016 but not in 2017. Events regained OWGR status in 2018. [1] Since 2017, the Order of Merit winner has earnt a European Tour card for the following season. [2]

In January 2024, it was announced by the European Tour that they had formalised their strategic alliance with the China Golf Association. The agreement would see the leading player on the China Tour Order of Merit earn status to play on the European Tour (DP World Tour) for the following season (which had already been in place since 2017). Additionally the next player on the Order of Merit would earn status to play on the Challenge Tour for the following season. The Volvo China Open was also confirmed as a co-sanctioned event for the 2024 season. [3]

Order of Merit winners

SeasonWinnerPrize money (CN¥)
2023 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Guxin 690,777
2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Chengyao 279,808
2020–21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Huilin 536,425
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maverick Antcliff 710,370
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Saxon 597,893
2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Rak-hyun 873,935
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dou Zecheng 1,144,350
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryden Macpherson 769,960
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Haotong 967,788

Notes

  1. ↑ Schedules also included events in Hong Kong.

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References

  1. ↑ "Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Powter, Anthony (3 December 2019). "Antcliff cruises to China Tour Order of Merit win". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 24 February 2023. ...and sees Antcliff gaining playing rights for 2020 on the European Tour.
  3. ↑ "DP World Tour and China Golf Association announce Strategic Partnership". European Tour. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.


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