2018 China Tour

{{Short description|Golf tour season}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 2018

| tour = China Tour

| regular_season = {{Start date|2018|3|7|df=y}} – {{end date|2018|12|15|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 10

| most_wins = {{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Saxon (2)

| honor1 = Order of Merit

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Saxon

| honor2 =

| honoree2 =

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2019

}}

The 2018 China Tour was the fifth season of the China Tour, the main professional golf tour in China since separating from PGA Tour China in 2017.

OWGR inclusion

In December 2017, it was announced that all China Tour events would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/news/2017/december/board-announcement |title=Board Announcement |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=December 22, 2017 |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-date=October 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003045003/http://www.owgr.com/news/2017/december/board-announcement |quote=The China Tour will be introduced to the OWGR System at minimum points levels of six first place points for 72-hole tournaments and four first place points for 54-hole tournaments, effective OWGR Week One - week ending January 7th, 2018.}}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.cgatour.com.cn/en/golf/gamestation_list.do?gameSeason=2018 |title=2018 Tournament schedule |publisher=China Tour |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204101904/http://www.cgatour.com.cn/en/golf/gamestation_list.do?gameSeason=2018 |archive-date=4 December 2018}}

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! Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse
(CN¥) !! Winner{{efn|The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of China Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.}} !! OWGR
points !! Other
tours{{efn|ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.}}

10 MarShenzhou Peninsula ClassicHainanalign=right|1,350,000{{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Saxon (3)align=center|6
1 AprBoao OpenHainanalign=right|1,350,000{{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Saxon (4)align=center|6
15 AprBelt & Road Colorful Yunnan OpenYunnanalign=right|US$350,000{{flagicon|FIN}} Kim Koivu (n/a)align=center|9CHA
22 AprColorful Yunnan ClassicYunnanalign=right|1,350,000{{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Tuxuan (1)align=center|6
20 MayAsia-Pacific ClassicHenanalign=right|US$300,000{{flagicon|USA}} John Catlin (n/a)align=center|10ASA
14 OctHainan OpenHainanalign=right|US$350,000{{flagicon|FIN}} Kalle Samooja (n/a)align=center|13CHA
21 OctFoshan OpenGuangdongalign=right|US$500,000{{flagicon|FRA}} Víctor Perez (n/a)align=center|13CHA
25 NovChongqing Kingrun OpenChongqingalign=right|700,000{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Xinjun (3)align=center|6
9 DecXiamen OpenFujianalign=right|700,000{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhuang Zhu (1)align=center|6
15 DecChina Great Bay OpenGuangdongalign=right|700,000{{flagicon|SWE}} Andreas Gronkvist (1)align=center|6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.{{cite web |url=http://www.cgatour.com.cn/en/golf/bonus_list.do?gameSeason=2018 |title=2018 Order of Merit |publisher=China Tour |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163613/http://www.cgatour.com.cn/en/golf/bonus_list.do?gameSeason=2018 |archive-date=16 December 2018}} The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/charlie-saxon-40839/ |title=Charlie Saxon |publisher=European Tour |access-date=20 September 2023 |quote=Won the China Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2018 to earn a European Tour card for 2019.}}

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!Position!!Player!!Prize money (CN¥) !! Status earned

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| align=center|1

{{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Saxonalign=center|597,893Promoted to European Tour
align=center|2{{flagicon|NZL}} Luke Toomeyalign=center|291,600
align=center|3{{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Tuxuanalign=center|280,172
align=center|4{{flagicon|CAN}} Sunil Jungalign=center|197,695
align=center|5{{flagicon|USA}} Shotaro Banalign=center|185,321

See also

Notes

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References

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