1997 Asian PGA Tour season
Duration6 February 1997 (1997-02-06) – 20 December 1997 (1997-12-20)
Number of official events22
Most winsThailand Prayad Marksaeng (2)
Order of MeritUnited States Mike Cunning
Players' Player of the YearThailand Prayad Marksaeng
Rookie of the YearUnited States Ted Purdy
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The 1997 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 1997 Omega Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Asian PGA Tour, one of the main professional golf tours in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Omega SA, that was announced in September 1995.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
9 Feb Asian Honda Classic Thailand 300,000 United States Tiger Woods (n/a) n/a
30 Mar Vietnam Open Vietnam 200,000 Australia Andrew Bonhomme (1) n/a
13 Apr London Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit (4) n/a
20 Apr DFS Galleria Guam Open Guam 200,000 United States Gerry Norquist (3) n/a
27 Apr Satelindo Indonesia Open Indonesia 200,000 Australia Craig Parry (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour
18 May Volvo China Open China 400,000 China Cheng Jun (1) n/a
10 Aug Sabah Masters Malaysia 200,000 South Africa Des Terblanche (1) n/a
17 Aug SingTel Ericsson Singapore Open Singapore 200,000 Myanmar Zaw Moe (1) n/a
7 Sep Philip Morris Asian Cup South Korea 400,000 South Korea Park No-seok (1) n/a
14 Sep Ericsson Asia-Pacific Masters Indonesia 500,000 Australia Darren Cole (1) 16 ANZ New tournament
21 Sep Mild Seven Kuala Lumpur Open Malaysia 300,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (1) n/a
12 Oct Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship Singapore 150,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (1) n/a
19 Oct ABN-AMRO Pakistan Masters Pakistan 200,000 Thailand Thammanoon Sriroj (3) n/a
26 Oct Dubai Creek Open UAE 250,000 Australia Adrian Percey (1) n/a
2 Nov Hero Honda Masters India 200,000 United States Ted Purdy (1) n/a New tournament
9 Nov Ta-Shee Open Taiwan 250,000 Taiwan Wang Ter-chang (1) n/a New tournament
16 Nov Volvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 200,000 United States Christian Peña (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour
23 Nov Lexus Thai International Thailand 200,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (2) n/a
30 Nov Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship Indonesia 200,000 United States Clay Devers (2) n/a
7 Dec Andersen Consulting Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 350,000 New Zealand Frank Nobilo (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour
14 Dec Omega PGA Championship Hong Kong 500,000 Philippines Rodrigo Cuello (1) n/a
20 Dec Volvo Asian Matchplay Philippines 250,000 South Africa Des Terblanche (2) n/a Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Mike Cunning 170,619
2 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 123,805
3 Taiwan Lu Wen-teh 114,716
4 United States Ted Purdy 111,573
5 India Jeev Milkha Singh 110,840

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year Thailand Prayad Marksaeng [5]
Rookie of the Year United States Ted Purdy [6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Spencer (15 January 1996). "Asian PGA looks back on a year of achievements". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 November 2023. In September, though, Swiss watchmakers Omega came on board, signing a deal, reputed to be worth more than US$6 million, which ties them to the circuit for an initial three-year period.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". South China Morning Post. 11 December 1997. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Asian PGA Rankings". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1997. p. 40 (39 in paper). Retrieved 15 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cunning tops list". Tucson Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. 17 December 1997. p. 34 (4D in paper). Retrieved 31 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Robinson, Spencer (17 December 1997). "Zhang and Cheng poised for matchplay showdown". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 November 2023. While Cunning won the Merit title, Prayad finished second and was named as the Players' Player of the Year.
  6. ^ Campbell, Al (11 December 1997). "Tiger-tamer Ted stakes claim for best rookie". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Ted Purdy". Arizona Wildcats. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2023. Ted was laboring on the Asian Tour from 1997-2003. In 1997 he was the Indian Master Champion and was named the Rookie of the Year on the Asian PGA Tour.

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