Omega PGA Championship explained

Omega PGA Championship
Location:China
Establishment:1996
Tour:Asian Tour
Format:Stroke play
Final Year:1999
Aggregate:263 Kang Wook-soon (1998)
To-Par:−18 Fran Quinn (1999)
Final Champion: Fran Quinn

The Omega PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament that was held between 1996 and 1999. It was the final stroke play event in each of the first five seasons of the Asian PGA Tour, now known as the Asian Tour, and one of the tours four "majors".[1] It was held twice in 1996, in January and December, to end the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

It was hosted at Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club in Hong Kong between 1995 and 1998, before moving to Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China for 1999.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
270 −18 3 strokes [2]
263 −17 3 strokes Clearwater Bay [3]
270 −10 1 stroke Clearwater Bay [4]
1996
(Dec)
268 −12 1 stroke Clearwater Bay [5]
1996
(Jan)
271 −9 5 strokes Clearwater Bay [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Yeh and Kwek put the wind up rivals . South China Morning Post . Nazvi . Careem . 12 January 1996 . 28 February 2020.
  2. News: Back-to-back for Quinn . New Straits Times . Malaysia . 7 December 1998 . 45 . Google News Archive . 28 February 2020.
  3. News: World at a glance  - Golf . New Straits Times . Malaysia . 13 December 1999 . 41 . Google News Archive . 28 February 2020.
  4. News: Cuello wins $.5-M Omega Tour in HK . Manila Standard . Philippines . 15 December 1997 . 12 . Google News Archive . 28 February 2020.
  5. News: Golf: Omega PGA Championship . The Straits Times . Singapore . 16 December 1996 . 39 . National Library Board . 28 February 2020.
  6. News: Taiwan's Yeh tops Omega Tour . Business Times . Singapore . 17 January 1996 . 12 . National Library Board . 28 February 2020.
  7. News: Taiwanese Yeh bags crown by five strokes . The Straits Times . Singapore . 15 January 1996 . 36 . National Library Board . 28 February 2020.