2022–23 MENA Tour explained

Year:2022–23
Tour:MENA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:22
Most Wins: Talor Gooch (3)
Brooks Koepka (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Brooks Koepka
Prevseason:2020–22
Nextseason:2024

The 2022–23 MENA Tour was the 10th season of the MENA Tour.

LIV Golf strategic alliance

Following an announcement made in October 2022, the MENA Tour announced that they had entered into a strategic alliance with LIV Golf.[1] This was mainly due to LIV Golf attempting to gain Official World Golf Ranking points for their events by co-sanctioning them with the MENA Tour.[2] The proposals were initially rejected by the OWGR.[3] The first tournament added to the 2022–23 schedule was an event held in Thailand, co-sanctioned by the LIV Golf Invitational Series.[4]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022–23 season.[5]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
WinnerOWGR
points
Other
tours
9 OctLIV Golf Invitational BangkokThailand20,000,000 Eugenio Chacarra (1)n/aLIV
16 OctLIV Golf Invitational JeddahSaudi Arabia20,000,000 Brooks Koepka (1)n/aLIV
30 Nov Tournament 3 Saudi Arabia 75,000 Bailey Gill (2) 0.44
5 Dec Tournament 4 Saudi Arabia 75,000 Aron Zemmer (1) 0.44
2 Feb Egyptian Swing 1 Egypt 75,000 Ben Jones (1) 0.66
7 Feb Egyptian Swing 2 Egypt 75,000 Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1) 0.64
26 Feb Mexico 20,000,000 Charles Howell III (1) n/a LIV
19 Mar LIV Golf Tucson United States 20,000,000 Danny Lee (1) n/a LIV
2 Apr LIV Golf Orlando United States 20,000,000 Brooks Koepka (2) n/a LIV
13 Apr Malaysian Swing I Malaysia 75,000 Joe Heraty (2) 0.52
20 Apr Malaysian Swing II Malaysia 75,000 William Harrold (2) 0.55
23 Apr Australia 20,000,000 Talor Gooch (1) n/a LIV
27 Apr Royal Hua Hin Thailand Championship Thailand 75,000 Matthew Cheung (1) 1.07
30 Apr LIV Golf Singapore Singapore 20,000,000 Talor Gooch (2) n/a LIV
14 May LIV Golf Tulsa United States 20,000,000 Dustin Johnson (1) n/a LIV
28 May LIV Golf Washington, D.C. United States 20,000,000 Harold Varner III (1) n/a LIV
2 Jul LIV Golf Andalucía Spain 20,000,000 Talor Gooch (3) n/a LIV
9 Jul England 20,000,000 Cameron Smith (1) n/a LIV
6 Aug LIV Golf Greenbrier United States 20,000,000 Bryson DeChambeau (1) n/a LIV
13 Aug United States 20,000,000 Cameron Smith (2) n/a LIV
24 Sep United States 20,000,000 Bryson DeChambeau (2) n/a LIV
15 Oct
5 Nov
LIV Golf Jeddah Saudi Arabia 20,000,000 Brooks Koepka (3) n/a LIV

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[6]

Position Player Points
1 18,098,333
2 17,784,012
3 14,258,917
4 13,777,500
5 10,223,547

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MENA Tour Announces Strategic Alliance with LIV Golf . MENA Tour . 5 October 2022 . 6 October 2022.
  2. LIV Golf makes 'strategic alliance' with developmental MENA Tour in effort to gain Official World Golf Ranking points . Golfweek . Adam . Woodard . 5 October 2022 . 6 October 2022.
  3. Web site: OWGR halts LIV Golf's sudden effort to earn world ranking points . Golf.com . James . Colgan . 6 October 2022 . 6 March 2023.
  4. Web site: LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok . MENA Tour . 6 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Tournaments . MENA Tour . 28 October 2022.
  6. Web site: 2022–23 Order of Merit . MENA Tour . 16 October 2023.