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.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.
Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes9 Feb Asian Honda Classic Thailand 300,000 Tiger Woods (n/a) n/a 30 Mar Vietnam Open Vietnam 200,000 Andrew Bonhomme (1) n/a 13 Apr London Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 Boonchu Ruangkit (4) n/a 20 Apr DFS Galleria Guam Open Guam 200,000 Gerry Norquist (3) n/a 27 Apr Satelindo Indonesia Open Indonesia 200,000 Craig Parry (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour18 May Volvo China Open China 400,000 Cheng Jun (1) n/a 10 Aug Sabah Masters Malaysia 200,000 Des Terblanche (1) n/a 17 Aug SingTel Ericsson Singapore Open Singapore 200,000 Zaw Moe (1) n/a 7 Sep Philip Morris Asian Cup South Korea 400,000 Park No-seok (1) n/a 14 Sep Ericsson Asia-Pacific Masters Indonesia 500,000 Darren Cole (1) 16 ANZ New tournament21 Sep Mild Seven Kuala Lumpur Open Malaysia 300,000 Charlie Wi (1) n/a 12 Oct Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship Singapore 150,000 Prayad Marksaeng (1) n/a 19 Oct ABN-AMRO Pakistan Masters Pakistan 200,000 Thammanoon Sriroj (3) n/a 26 Oct Dubai Creek Open UAE 250,000 Adrian Percey (1) n/a 2 Nov Hero Honda Masters India 200,000 Ted Purdy (1) n/a New tournament9 Nov Ta-Shee Open Taiwan 250,000 Wang Ter-chang (1) n/a New tournament16 Nov Volvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 200,000 Christian Peña (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour23 Nov Lexus Thai International Thailand 200,000 Prayad Marksaeng (2) n/a 30 Nov Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship Indonesia 200,000 Clay Devers (2) n/a 7 Dec Andersen Consulting Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 350,000 Frank Nobilo (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour14 Dec Omega PGA Championship Hong Kong 500,000 Rodrigo Cuello (1) n/a 20 Dec Volvo Asian Matchplay Philippines 250,000 Des Terblanche (2) n/a Limited-field event
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
Position Player Prize money ($)1 Mike Cunning 170,6192 Prayad Marksaeng 123,8053 Lu Wen-teh 114,7164 Ted Purdy 111,5735 Jeev Milkha Singh 110,840
Awards AwardWinner Players' Player of the Year Prayad Marksaeng Rookie of the Year Ted Purdy
See also 1996–97 Asia Golf Circuit
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