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.^[1] OWGR points were introduced during the 2016 season.

Schedule[]

The schedule included 15 events for 2017.^[2] 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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	OWGR	Prize fund ($)
16 Mar	Palmeraie Country Club Casablanca Open	Morocco	(1)	3	40,000
21 Mar	Royal Golf Mohammedia Open	Morocco	(a) (1)	3	40,000
26 Apr	Ras Al Khaimah Classic	United Arab Emirates	(1)	3	40,000
4 May	Mahasamutr Masters	Thailand	Jazz Janewattananond (1)	3	50,000
10 May	Mountain Creek Open	Thailand	(1)	3	30,000
19 May	Pattana Golf Championship	Thailand	(1)	5	50,000
9 Jun	South to East Challenge	South Africa	(1)	3	30,000
15 Jun	Jo'burg City Masters	South Africa	(1)	3	30,000
22 Jun	'The Roar'	South Africa	(1)	3	30,000
13 Sep	Dubai Creek Open	United Arab Emirates	(1)	3	50,000
20 Sep	Golf Citizen Classic	United Arab Emirates	(2)	3	30,000
27 Sep	Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open	United Arab Emirates	(1)	3	50,000
7 Oct	Jordan's Ayla Golf Championship	Jordan	Jamie Elson (1)	3	50,000
18 Oct	Sahara Kuwait Championship	Kuwait	Robert MacIntyre (1)	3	50,000
26 Oct	MENA Tour Championship	United Arab Emirates	Henric Sturehed (1)	5	100,000

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:^[3]

Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Jamie Elson	England	36,677
2	Henric Sturehed	Sweden	32,371
3		England	32,250
4	Andrew Marshall	England	25,075
5		Sweden	22,346

led the amateur Order of Merit.^[4]

References[]