The 2018 China Tour was the fifth season of the China Tour, the main professional golf tour in China since separating from PGA Tour China in 2017.
| Duration | 7 March 2018 – 15 December 2018 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 10 |
| Most wins |  Charlie Saxon (2) |
| Order of Merit | Charlie Saxon |
← 2017 2019 → | |
OWGR inclusion
editIn December 2017, it was announced that all China Tour events would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (CN¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar | Shenzhou Peninsula Classic | Hainan | 1,350,000 | Charlie Saxon (3) |
6 | |
| 1 Apr | Boao Open | Hainan | 1,350,000 | Charlie Saxon (4) |
6 | |
| 15 Apr | Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open | Yunnan | US$350,000 |  Kim Koivu (n/a) |
9 | CHA |
| 22 Apr | Colorful Yunnan Classic | Yunnan | 1,350,000 |  Wu Tuxuan (1) |
6 | |
| 20 May | Asia-Pacific Classic | Henan | US$300,000 | John Catlin (n/a) |
10 | ASA |
| 14 Oct | Hainan Open | Hainan | US$350,000 | Kalle Samooja (n/a) |
13 | CHA |
| 21 Oct | Foshan Open | Guangdong | US$500,000 |  Víctor Perez (n/a) |
13 | CHA |
| 25 Nov | Chongqing Kingrun Open | Chongqing | 700,000 | Zhang Xinjun (3) |
6 | |
| 9 Dec | Xiamen Open | Fujian | 700,000 | Zhuang Zhu (1) |
6 | |
| 15 Dec | China Great Bay Open | Guangdong | 700,000 |  Andreas Gronkvist (1) |
6 |
Order of Merit
editThe Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.[4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (CN¥) | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Saxon |
597,893 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 2 |  Luke Toomey |
291,600 | |
| 3 | Wu Tuxuan |
280,172 | |
| 4 |  Sunil Jung |
197,695 | |
| 5 | Shotaro Ban |
185,321 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of China Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
References
edit- ^ "Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
The China Tour will be introduced to the OWGR System at minimum points levels of six first place points for 72-hole tournaments and four first place points for 54-hole tournaments, effective OWGR Week One - week ending January 7th, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Tournament schedule". China Tour. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "2018 Order of Merit". China Tour. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Charlie Saxon". European Tour. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
Won the China Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2018 to earn a European Tour card for 2019.