PGA Tour China seasons

This page lists all PGA Tour China seasons from its inaugural season in 2014.

Since its inception, most tournaments on PGA Tour China have been played in China.

2014 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (CN¥)	Winner[lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points
20 Apr	Mission Hills Haikou Open	Hainan	1,200,000	Wang Jeung-hun (1)	6
4 May	Buick Open	Guangdong	1,200,000	Sam Chien (1)	6
18 May	United Investment Real Estate Wuhan Open	Hubei	1,200,000	Brett Drewitt (1)	6
8 Jun	Lanhai Open	Shanghai	1,200,000	David McKenzie (1)	6
15 Jun	Earls Beijing Open	Beijing	1,200,000	Zhang Xinjun (1)	6
10 Aug	Yulongwan Yunnan Open	Yunnan	1,200,000	Gunn Charoenkul (1)	6
7 Sep	Chateau Junding Penglai Open	Shandong	1,200,000	Todd Baek (1)	6
14 Sep	Cadillac Championship	Beijing	1,200,000	David McKenzie (2)	6
28 Sep	Jianye Tianzhu Henan Open	Henan	1,200,000	Li Haotong (1)	6
16 Nov	Nine Dragons Open	Zhejiang	1,200,000	Jin Cheng (a) (1)	6
23 Nov	Hainan Open	Hainan	1,200,000	Li Haotong (2)	6
30 Nov	CTS Tycoon Championship	Guangdong	1,200,000	Li Haotong (3)	6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.^[2] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2015 Web.com Tour.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money (CN¥)
1	Li Haotong	967,788
2	Zhang Xinjun	650,600
3	Brett Drewitt	585,196
4	Sam Chien	573,951
5	Todd Baek	535,920

2015 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (CN¥)	Winner[lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points
5 Apr	Buick Open	Hainan	1,200,000	Josh Geary (1)	6
17 May	Eternal Courtyard Open	Henan	1,200,000	Chan Shih-chang (1)	6
24 May	United Investment Real Estate Wuhan Open	Hubei	1,200,000	Shin Yong-gu (1)	6
31 May	Lanhai Open	Shanghai	1,200,000	Josh Geary (2)	6
13 Sep	Pingan Bank Open	Beijing	1,200,000	Eugene Wong (1)	6
27 Sep	Cadillac Championship	Beijing	1,200,000	Bryden Macpherson (1)	6
4 Oct	Yulongwan Yunnan Open	Yunnan	1,200,000	Josh Geary (3)	6
11 Oct	Lushan Open	Jiangxi	1,200,000	Bryden Macpherson (2)	6
18 Oct	Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open	Chongqing	1,200,000	Zhang Xinjun (2)	6
22 Nov	Nine Dragons Open	Zhejiang	1,200,000	Chao Haimeng (1)	6
29 Nov	Hainan Open	Hainan	1,200,000	Zhang Huilin (1)	6
6 Dec	Capital Airline – HNA Real Estate Championship	Guangdong	1,200,000	He Zeyu (1)	7

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.^[5] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2016 Web.com Tour.^[6]

Position	Player	Prize money (CN¥)
1	Bryden Macpherson	769,960
2	Josh Geary	747,230
3	Zhang Xinjun	545,046
4	Dou Zecheng	483,813
5	Eugene Wong	454,768

2016 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.^[7]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (CN¥)	Winner[lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points
15 May	St. Andrews Henan Open	Henan	1,200,000	Dou Zecheng (1)	6
29 May	United Investment Real Estate Wuhan Open	Hubei	1,200,000	Dou Zecheng (2)	6
5 Jun	Cadillac Championship	Sichuan	1,200,000	Alexander Kang (1)	6
12 Jun	Lanhai Open	Shanghai	1,200,000	Rohan Blizard (1)	6
26 Jun	Sunning Estate Nanjing Zhongshan Open	Jiangsu	1,200,000	Dou Zecheng (3)	6
3 Jul	Ping An Private Bank Wanda Open	Jilin	1,200,000	Kim Tae-woo (1)	6
4 Sep	Yulongwan Yunnan Open	Yunnan	1,200,000	Dou Zecheng (4)	6
11 Sep	Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open	Chongqing	1,200,000	Gunn Charoenkul (2)	7
18 Sep	Pingan Bank Open	Beijing	1,200,000	Charlie Saxon (1)	7
6 Nov	Clearwater Bay Open	Hong Kong	1,200,000	Daniel Nisbet (1)	7
13 Nov	Putian Open	Fujian	1,200,000	Kim Tae-woo (2)	7
20 Nov	Zhuhai Hengqin Phoenix Tree Open	Guangdong	1,200,000	Charlie Saxon (2)	7
27 Nov	Buick Open	Guangdong	1,200,000	Zhang Huilin (2)	7

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.^[8][9] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2017 Web.com Tour.^[9]

Position	Player	Prize money (CN¥)
1	Dou Zecheng	1,144,350
2	Charlie Saxon	871,395
3	Alexander Kang	597,575
4	Kim Tae-woo	578,886
5	Zhang Xinjun	504,675

2018 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.^[10]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (CN¥)	Winner[lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points
18 Mar	Chengdu Championship	Sichuan	1,500,000	Jeffrey Kang (1)	6
25 Mar	Chongqing Championship	Chongqing	1,500,000	Cao Yi (1)	6
6 May	Changsha Championship	Hunan	1,500,000	Charlie Saxon (3)	6
13 May	Haikou Championship	Hainan	1,500,000	Todd Baek (2)	6
10 Jun	Guilin Championship	Guangxi	1,500,000	Charlie Saxon (4)	6
17 Jun	Kunming Championship	Yunnan	1,500,000	Yeung Motin (1)	6
15 Jul	Yantai Championship	Shandong	1,500,000	Joseph Winslow (1)	6
22 Jul	Qingdao Championship	Shandong	1,500,000	Yuan Yechun (1)	6
29 Jul	Beijing Championship	Beijing	1,500,000	Peter Campbell (1)	6
2 Sep	Suzhou Open	Jiangsu	1,500,000	Richard Jung (1)	6
9 Sep	Qinhuangdao Championship	Hebei	1,500,000	Nick Voke (1)	6
30 Sep	Macau Championship	Macau	1,500,000	Nick Voke (2)	6
7 Oct	Zhuhai Championship	Guangdong	1,500,000	Kevin Techakanokboon (1)	6
14 Oct	Clearwater Bay Open	Hong Kong	2,000,000	Nick Voke (3)	6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.^[11] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour.^[11]

Position	Player	Prize money (CN¥)
1	Callum Tarren	1,094,600
2	Charlie Saxon	1,092,224
3	Nick Voke	987,500
4	Yuwa Kosaihira	732,832
5	Todd Baek	660,700

2019 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.^[12]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (CN¥)	Winner[lower-alpha 2]	OWGR points
31 Mar	Chongqing Championship	Chongqing	1,500,000	Taihei Sato (1)	6
7 Apr	Sanya Championship	Hainan	1,500,000	Trevor Sluman (1)	6
14 Apr	Haikou Championship	Hainan	1,500,000	David Kocher (1)	6
12 May	Beijing Championship	Beijing	1,500,000	Richard Jung (2)	6
19 May	Qinhuangdao Championship	Hebei	1,500,000	Luke Kwon (1)	6
26 May	Nantong Championship	Jiangsu	1,500,000	Kevin Techakanokboon (2)	6
16 Jun	Suzhou Open	Jiangsu	1,500,000	Cyril Bouniol (1)	6
23 Jun	Huangshan Championship	Anhui	1,500,000	Bai Zhengkai (1)	6
21 Jul	Guangzhou Open	Guangdong	1,500,000	Max McGreevy (1)	6
28 Jul	Dongguan Open	Guangdong	1,500,000	Joey Lane (1)	6
15 Sep	Haikou Classic	Hainan	1,500,000	Quincy Quek (1)	6
22 Sep	Zhuzhou Classic	Hunan	1,500,000	Yeung Motin (2)	6
13 Oct	Macau Championship	Macau	1,500,000	Shin Yong-gu (2)	6
20 Oct	Clearwater Bay Open	Hong Kong	–	Cancelled[lower-alpha 3]	–

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.^[14] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour.^[14]

Position	Player	Prize money (CN¥)
1	Max McGreevy	974,153
2	Trevor Sluman	787,865
3	David Kocher	771,337
4	Cyril Bouniol	674,968
5	Luke Kwon	668,359

2020 season

The 2020 season was announced in January with a 14 tournament schedule which ventured outside Greater China for the first time with the Phuket Championship in Thailand.^[15] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was initially postponed,^[16] before being cancelled in late July, with all exemptions being carried forward to 2021.^[17] Earlier in July, China had announced the cancellation all international sporting events for the year.^[18] All players who qualified for PGA Tour China during the 2020 season were eligible for the LocaliQ Series.

Schedule

The following table lists intended official events during the 2020 season.

Date	Tournament	Location
29 Mar	Sanya Championship	Hainan
5 Apr	Haikou Classic	Hainan
12 Apr	Chongqing Championship	Chongqing
19 Apr	Guangzhou Open	Guangdong
10 May	Clearwater Bay Open	Hong Kong
17 May	Phuket Championship	Thailand
24 May	Beijing Championship	Beijing
13 Sep	Suzhou Championship	Jiangsu
20 Sep	Shanghai Open	Shanghai
27 Sep	Macau Championship	Macau

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour China events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour China members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on PGA Tour China as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Web.com Tour.
2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour China events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on PGA Tour China as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour.
3. Cancelled due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.^[13]

References

1. "2014 Tournament schedule". China Tour. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
2. "2014 Order of Merit". China Tour. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
3. "港中旅聚豪冠军赛完美落幕 李昊桐豪夺两连冠 封王奖金榜" [The Hong Kong CTS Tycoon Championship ended perfectly, Li Haotong won two consecutive championships and won the king prize list] (in Chinese). PGA Tour China. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
4. "赛事日程表" [2015 Tournament schedule] (in Chinese). PGA Tour China. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
5. "2015 Order of Merit". China Tour. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
6. "North Vancouver's Eugene Wong Earns 2016 Web.com Tour Membership". British Columbia Golf. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
7. "赛事日程表" [2016 Tournament schedule] (in Chinese). PGA Tour China. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
8. "奖金榜" [2016 Order of Merit] (in Chinese). PGA Tour China. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
9. "别克公开赛张蕙麟-3夺冠 窦泽成问鼎赛季奖金王" [Buick Open Zhang Huilin won the championship; Dou Zecheng won the season prize money]. Sohu (in Chinese). 29 November 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2024. 查利-萨克森、亚历山大-康、金兑祐和张新军等其余四位进入奖金榜前五的选手则获得了韦巡赛部分赛事的参赛资格。 [The remaining four top-five players in the money list, including Charlie Saxon, Alexander Kang, Kim and Zhang Xinjun, qualified for events on the Web.com Tour.]
10. "2018 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
11. "Tarren wins Order of Merit title, four others join him as PGA Tour Series-China players ready for the 2019 Web.com Tour". PGA Tour. 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
12. "2019 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
13. "PGA Tour cancels China Series' Hong Kong event". ESPN. Associated Press. 23 September 2019.
14. "McGreevy takes Order of Merit title as four others will join him on 2020 Korn Ferry Tour". PGA Tour. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
15. McCullagh, Kevin (10 January 2020). "PGA Tour Series-China 2020 calendar revealed". Sport Business. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
16. Stafford, Ali (11 March 2020). "Coronavirus: PGA Tour-Series China postpones four more events". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
17. "Officials cancel the 2020 PGA Tour Series-China season". PGA Tour. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
18. Williams, Julie (9 July 2020). "Report: China cancels all 2020 sports events, including two golf events". Golfweek. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

External links

• Official website