MENA Tour

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MENA Tour
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Golf current event.svg 2022–23 MENA Tour
Sport Golf
Founded2011
FounderShaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation
Inaugural season2011
CountriesBased in the Middle East and North Africa [lower-alpha 1]
Most titlesTournament wins:
Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland (10)
Official website https://menatour.golf

The MENA Tour is a golf tour in the Middle East and North Africa. It was founded in 2011 by the Dubai-based Shaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation. It was previously affiliated to The R&A and the Arab Golf Federation. The previous iteration of the tour was open to both professionals and amateurs.

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In 2016 and 2017, the top five professionals on the Order of Merit received Sunshine Tour cards for the following season, with those 6th to 15th earning entry into the final stage of the Sunshine Tour's Q School. The MENA Tour was included in the Official World Golf Ranking from May 2016, with three points awarded for 54-hole events and five for 72-hole events. [1] [2]

The tour was cancelled in 2018 but started again in 2019, with five events planned for February and March 2019 with a further five in October and November. The schedule was revised in 2020 with all tournaments being played from February to April. [3] Because of the COVID-19 pandemic only 5 events were played. No tournaments were held in 2021. At the end of 2021 the tour announced its intention to merge with the Asian Development Tour in 2023, with a number of co-sanctioned events to be played in 2022. [4] In October 2022, the MENA Tour entered into a "strategic alliance" with LIV Golf; the arrangement was conceived with the intent of immediately affording LIV Golf events Official World Golf Ranking points. [5]

Order of Merit winners

SeasonWinnerPointsRef.
2022–23 Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka 18,098,333
2020–22 Flag of England.svg Tom Sloman 28,870 [6]
2019 Flag of South Africa.svg Mathiam Keyser 45,153 [7] [8]
SeasonWinnerPrize money (US$)Ref.
2017 Flag of England.svg Jamie Elson 36,677 [9] [10]
2016 Flag of England.svg Craig Hinton 39,338 [11] [12]
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Thriston Lawrence 27,679 [13]
2014 Flag of England.svg Joshua White 28,471 [14]
2013 Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland 50,229 [15]
2012 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stephen Dodd 27,636 [16]
2011 Flag of England.svg Jake Shepherd 17,749 [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Schedules also included events in Australia, England, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand and the United States.

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References

  1. ↑ "MENA Golf Tour-Sunshine Tour tie-up breaks new ground". MENA Golf Tour. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "OWGR Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tournament Details". MENA Golf Tour. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Important Announcement for all MENA Tour Members". MENA Tour. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Corrigan, James (5 October 2022). "Exclusive: LIV golfers find way to earn world ranking points – from this week". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Tom Sloman crowned MENA Tour champion". Worldwide Golf. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Order of Merit Professionals". MENA Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Order of Merit Amateurs". MENA Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Order of Merit Professionals". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Order of Merit Amateurs". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Order of Merit Professionals". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Order of Merit Amateurs". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "England's Campbell defies winds to win MENA Tour Championship". MENA Golf Tour. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Field day for Lee as White becomes 2014 MENA Golf Tour Champion". MENA Tour. 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Corfield wins Mena Tour finale in play-off". Gulf News. 13 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Dodd becomes overall Mena Tour champion". Gulf News. 31 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Shepherd keeps his nerve in playoff to emerge champion". Gulf News. 20 October 2011.
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