2017 MENA Golf Tour


The 2017 MENA Golf Tour was the 7th season of the MENA Golf Tour. It was the first full season in which events received Official World Golf Ranking points. OWGR points were introduced during the 2016 season.

Schedule

The schedule included 15 events for 2017. It featured two 72-hole events, the Pattana Golf Championship and the MENA Tour Championship. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGRPrize fund
16 MarPalmeraie Country Club Casablanca OpenMorocco Leo Lilja 340,000
21 MarRoyal Golf Mohammedia OpenMorocco Pierre Verlaar 340,000
26 AprRas Al Khaimah ClassicUnited Arab Emirates Peter Stojanovski 340,000
4 MayMahasamutr MastersThailand Jazz Janewattananond 350,000
10 MayMountain Creek OpenThailand Lionel Weber 330,000
19 MayPattana Golf ChampionshipThailand Fredrik From 550,000
9 JunSouth to East ChallengeSouth Africa Breyten Meyer 330,000
15 JunJo'burg City MastersSouth Africa Jaco Prinsloo 330,000
22 Jun'The Roar'South Africa Daniel Hammond 330,000
13 SepDubai Creek OpenUnited Arab Emirates Mathiam Keyser 350,000
20 SepGolf Citizen ClassicUnited Arab Emirates Mathiam Keyser 330,000
27 SepGolf Citizen Abu Dhabi OpenUnited Arab Emirates Kyle Barker 350,000
7 OctJordan's Ayla Golf ChampionshipJordan Jamie Elson 350,000
18 OctSahara Kuwait ChampionshipKuwait Robert MacIntyre 350,000
26 OctMENA Tour ChampionshipUnited Arab Emirates Henric Sturehed 5100,000

The three events in South Africa were co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Big Easy Tour.

Graduates

The top five players on the Order of Merit were:
RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Jamie Elson36,677
2Henric Sturehed32,371
3Luke Joy32,250
4Andrew Marshall25,075
5Fredrik From22,346

Todd Clements led the amateur Order of Merit.