2017 Asian Development Tour Explained

Year:	2017
Tour:	Asian Development Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	20
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Pannakorn Uthaipas
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 Asian Development Tour was the eighth season of the Asian Development Tour, the official development tour to the Asian Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours
21 Jan	CCM Seriemas Championship	Malaysia	RM220,000	Martin Dive (1)	6	PGM
18 Feb	Panasonic Malaysia Championship	Malaysia	RM250,000	Brett Munson (2)	6	PGM
18 Mar	Northport Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	Ben Leong (1)	6	PGM
15 Apr	UMW Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	Nicholas Fung (3)	6	PGM
28 May	Singha Phuket Open	Thailand	฿2,000,000	Chanachok Dejpiratanamongkol (1)	6	ATGT
25 Jun	Taifong Open	Taiwan	160,000	Pannakorn Uthaipas (1)	6	TWN
2 Jul	Betagro All Thailand Championship	Thailand	฿3,000,000	Tirawat Kaewsiribandit (1)	7	ATGT
9 Jul	Charming Yeangder ADT	Taiwan	150,000	Wang Wei-lun (1)	6	TWN
15 Jul	Darulaman Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	Nattawat Suvajanakorn (1)	6	PGM
26 Aug	Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament	Indonesia	110,000	Masaru Takahashi (2)	6	PTINA
23 Sep	EurAsia Sabah Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	John Michael O'Toole (2)	6	PGM
30 Sep	Labuan Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	Mathiam Keyser (2)	6	PGM
7 Oct	MNRB Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	Blake Snyder (2)	6	PGM
14 Oct	Combiphar Players Championship	Indonesia	100,000	Wolmer Murillo (1)	6	PTINA
28 Oct	MIDF Championship	Malaysia	RM250,000	Kasidit Lepkurte (1)	6	PGM
5 Nov	Defence Raya Golf Championship	Pakistan	120,000	Poosit Supupramai (1)	6
11 Nov	EurAsia Perak Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	John Catlin (2)	n/a	PGM
25 Nov	GlobalOne Championship	Malaysia	RM200,000	Panuwat Muenlek (4)	6	PGM
10 Dec	Thongchai Jaidee Foundation	Thailand	฿4,000,000	Kiradech Aphibarnrat (2)	8	ATGT
24 Dec	Boonchu Ruangkit Championship	Thailand	฿4,000,000	Namchok Tantipokhakul (2)	8	ATGT

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018 Asian Tour.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1		55,860
2		48,935
3		46,374
4		35,972
5		34,786

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 Tournament schedule . Asian Development Tour . 28 August 2023.
2. Web site: 2017 Order of Merit . Asian Development Tour . 10 February 2023.
3. News: Namchok beat Chanachok in play-off to win Boonchu Runagkit ADT . The Nation . Thailand . 24 December 2017 . 28 August 2023 . Thailand's Pannakorn Uthaipas was crowned the 2017 ADT Order of Merit champion following the conclusion of the season-ending Boonchu Ruangkit Championship. Pannakorn closed with a 68 to finish in tied-31st place and cap a season's haul of US$55,859. Japanese Masaru Takahashi, American John Catlin, Chinese Taipei's Wang Wei-lun and Nattawat Suvajanakorn of Thailand, who finished second, third, fourth and fifth respectively on the Order of Merit, also earned playing rights on the region's premier Tour for 2018..