1997 Asian PGA Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 1997 Asian PGA Tour 1997 2 6 y – 1997 12 20 y 22 THA Prayad Marksaeng (2) Order of Merit USA Mike Cunning Players' Player of the Year THA Prayad Marksaeng Rookie of the Year USA Ted Purdy 1996 1998 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.https://www.scmp.com/article/146145/asian-pga-looks-back-year-achievements Asian PGA looks back on a year of achievements 15 January 1996 13 November 2023 South China Morning Post Spencer Robinson subscription In September, though, Swiss watchmakers Omega came on board, signing a deal, reputed to be worth more than US$6 million, which ties them to the circuit for an initial three-year period. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.https://www.scmp.com/article/222623/roll-honour Roll of Honour South China Morning Post 11 December 1997 28 February 2020 Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winnertotals 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. OWGRpoints OthertoursANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia. Notes9 Feb Asian Honda Classic Thailand 300,000 USA Tiger Woods (n/a) n/a 30 Mar Vietnam Open Vietnam 200,000 AUS Andrew Bonhomme (1) n/a 13 Apr London Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 THA Boonchu Ruangkit (4) n/a 20 Apr DFS Galleria Guam Open Guam 200,000 USA Gerry Norquist (3) n/a 27 Apr Satelindo Indonesia Open Indonesia 200,000 AUS Craig Parry (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour18 May Volvo China Open China 400,000 CHN Cheng Jun (1) n/a 10 Aug Sabah Masters Malaysia 200,000 ZAF Des Terblanche (1) n/a 17 Aug SingTel Ericsson Singapore Open Singapore 200,000 MMR 1974 Zaw Moe (1) n/a 7 Sep Philip Morris Asian Cup South Korea 400,000 KOR 1997 Park No-seok (1) n/a 14 Sep Ericsson Asia-Pacific Masters Indonesia 500,000 AUS Darren Cole (1) 16 ANZ New tournament21 Sep Mild Seven Kuala Lumpur Open Malaysia 300,000 KOR 1997 Charlie Wi (1) n/a 12 Oct Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship Singapore 150,000 THA Prayad Marksaeng (1) n/a 19 Oct ABN-AMRO Pakistan Masters Pakistan 200,000 THA Thammanoon Sriroj (3) n/a 26 Oct Dubai Creek Open UAE 250,000 AUS Adrian Percey (1) n/a 2 Nov Hero Honda Masters India 200,000 USA Ted Purdy (1) n/a New tournament9 Nov Ta-Shee Open Taiwan 250,000 TWN Wang Ter-chang (1) n/a New tournament16 Nov Volvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 200,000 USA Christian Peña (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour23 Nov Lexus Thai International Thailand 200,000 THA Prayad Marksaeng (2) n/a 30 Nov Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship Indonesia 200,000 USA Clay Devers (2) n/a 7 Dec Andersen Consulting Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 350,000 NZL Frank Nobilo (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour14 Dec Omega PGA Championship Hong Kong 500,000 PHL 1986 Rodrigo Cuello (1) n/a 20 Dec Volvo Asian Matchplay Philippines 250,000 ZAF 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.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/135342047/ Asian PGA Rankings The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 16 December 1997 40 (39 in paper) 15 November 2023 Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/580535640/ Cunning tops list Tucson Citizen Tucson, Arizona 17 December 1997 34 (4D in paper) 31 October 2023 Newspapers.com subscription Position Player Prize money ($)1 USA Mike Cunning 170,6192 THA Prayad Marksaeng 123,8053 TWN Lu Wen-teh 114,7164 USA Ted Purdy 111,5735 IND Jeev Milkha Singh 110,840 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Players' Player of the Year THA Prayad Marksaeng Zhang and Cheng poised for matchplay showdown South China Morning Post 17 December 1997 https://www.scmp.com/article/223481/zhang-and-cheng-poised-matchplay-showdown 13 November 2023 Spencer Robinson subscription While Cunning won the Merit title, Prayad finished second and was named as the Players' Player of the Year. Rookie of the Year USA Ted Purdy https://www.scmp.com/article/222625/tiger-tamer-ted-stakes-claim-best-rookie Tiger-tamer Ted stakes claim for best rookie South China Morning Post Al Campbell 11 December 1997 14 November 2023 subscriptionhttps://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2013/12/10/209336380.aspx Ted Purdy Arizona Wildcats 14 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20171001163948/https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/2013/12/10/209336380.aspx 1 October 2017 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. See also 1996–97 Asia Golf Circuit Notes References External links https://www.asiantour.com/ Category:Asian Tour seasons Asian PGA Tour Asian PGA Tour