1997 Asian PGA Tour
The 1997 Omega Tour was the third season of the Asian PGA Tour, the second men's professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.
Tournament schedule[]
The table below shows the 1997 Asian PGA Tour schedule.[1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Prize fund (US$) |
Winner | Other tours[a] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 Feb | Asian Honda Classic | Thailand | 300,000 | Tiger Woods (n/a) | [2][3] | |
30 Mar | Vietnam Open | Vietnam | 150,000 | (1) | ||
13 Apr | London Myanmar Open | Myanmar | 200,000 | Boonchu Ruangkit (4) | ||
20 Apr | DFS Galleria Guam Open | Guam | 200,000 | Gerry Norquist (3) | ||
27 Apr | Satelindo Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 200,000 | Craig Parry (1) | New to Asian PGA Tour | |
18 May | Volvo China Open | China | 400,000 | (1) | [4] | |
10 Aug | Sabah Masters | Malaysia | 200,000 | Des Terblanche (1) | [5] | |
17 Aug | SingTel Ericsson Singapore Open | Singapore | 200,000 | Zaw Moe (1) | [6] | |
7 Sep | South Korea | 400,000 | (1) | |||
14 Sep | Indonesia | 500,000 | (1) | ANZ | New tournament | |
21 Sep | Malaysia | 300,000 | Charlie Wi (1) | |||
12 Oct | Singapore | 150,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (1) | |||
19 Oct | Pakistan | Thammanoon Sriroj (3) | ||||
26 Oct | UAE | 250,000 | (1) | [7] | ||
2 Nov | Hero Honda Masters | India | 200,000 | Ted Purdy (1) | New tournament[8] | |
9 Nov | Taiwan | 250,000 | Wang Ter-chang (1) | New tournament[9] | ||
16 Nov | Volvo Masters of Malaysia | Malaysia | 200,000 | Christian Pena (1) | New to Asian PGA Tour[10] | |
23 Nov | Thailand | 200,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (2) | [11] | ||
30 Nov | Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship | Indonesia | 200,000 | (2) | ||
7 Dec | Andersen Consulting Hong Kong Open | China | 200,000 | Frank Nobilo (1) | New to Asian PGA Tour | |
14 Dec | Omega PGA Championship | China | 500,000 | (1) | ||
20 Dec | Volvo Asian Matchplay | Philippines | 250,000 | Des Terblanche (2) |
- ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.
References[]
- ^ "Roll of Honour". South China Morning Post. 11 December 1997. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ Horn, Robert (6 February 1997). "Woods battles heat, opens with 70 in Thailand tournament". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Diaz, Jaime (17 February 1997). "Thais That Bind: Tiger Woods dad to juggle a slew of demands in the homeland of his mother". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Cheng powers to a five stroke victory". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 19 May 1997. p. 56(39 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Terblanche in sudden-death". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 11 August 1997. p. 22(43 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Unstoppable Moe cruises to title". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 18 August 1997. p. 22(43 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Percey crowned in Dubai". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 27 October 1997. p. 23(45 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Purdy wins his first pro title". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 3 November 1997. p. 21(40 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Love,Toms remain tied..." New Straits Times. Malaysia. 10 November 1997. p. 21(40 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Pena clinches Masters crown". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 17 November 1997. p. 22(43 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Shaifubari picks up RM12,000 Prize in Bangkok". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 24 November 1997. p. 23(44 in newspaper). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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