2017 China Tour Explained

Year:	2017
Tour:	China Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	15
Most Wins:	Cho Rak-hyun (2)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Cho Rak-hyun
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 China Tour was the fourth season of the China Tour, the main professional golf tour in China since separating from PGA Tour China in 2017.

Schedule

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (CN¥)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours
11 Jun	St. Andrews Henan Open	Henan	1,350,000	Cho Rak-hyun (1)	n/a
25 Jun	Fragrant Hills Beijing Open	Beijing	1,350,000	Bryden Macpherson (3)	n/a
2 Jul	White Mountain Wanda Open	Jilin	1,350,000	Cho Rak-hyun (2)	n/a
13 Aug		Yunnan	1,350,000	Josh Geary (4)	n/a
20 Aug	CGD Yunnan Championship	Yunnan	1,350,000	Shun Yat Hak (1)	n/a
17 Sep	Beijing Classic	Beijing	1,350,000	Gunn Charoenkul (3)	n/a
24 Sep	Binhai Forest Tianjin Open	Tianjin	1,350,000	Taihei Sato (1)	n/a
1 Oct	Pure Pu'Er Tea Classic	Tianjin	1,350,000	Sejun Yoon (1)	n/a
8 Oct	Shenzhou Peninsula Classic	Hainan	1,350,000	Kim Tae-woo (3)	n/a
15 Oct		Hainan	US$350,000	Erik van Rooyen (n/a)	13	CHA
22 Oct		Guangdong	US$500,000	Oliver Farr (n/a)	13	CHA
12 Nov	Jiangsu Open	Jiangsu	1,350,000	Callum Tarren (1)	n/a
19 Nov	Hunan Taohuayuan Open	Hunan	1,350,000	Ben Lein (1)	n/a
26 Nov	Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open	Chongqing	1,350,000	Kevin Lee (1)	n/a
3 Dec		Fujian	US$350,000	Xiao Bowen (1)	14	ASA

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.^[2] ^[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.^[4] ^[5]

Position	Prize money (CN¥)	Status earned
1	873,936	Promoted to European Tour
2	873,125
3	782,075
4	581,130
5	560,018

Notes and References

Web site: 2017 Tournament schedule . China Tour . 16 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171226234511/http://www.cgatour.com.cn/en/golf/gamestation_list.do?gameSeason=2017 . 26 December 2017.
Web site: 2017 Order of Merit . China Tour . 16 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180206023055/http://www.cgatour.com.cn/en/golf/bonus_list.do?gameSeason=2017 . 6 February 2018.
Web site: Macpherson finishes just shy of OOM title . PGA of Australia . 4 December 2017 . 16 July 2023.
News: 조락현, 골프 차이나투어 상금 1위로 유러피언투어 진출 . Cho Rak-hyun, 1st place in the golf China Tour prize money, advanced to the European Tour . ko . Yonhap News Agency . Song-ah . Choi . 4 December 2017 . 30 January 2024.
Web site: Rakhyun Cho . European Tour . 20 September 2023 . Finished top of the China Tour Order of Merit which enabled him to gain a category on the European Tour for 2018..