Omega PGA Championship

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = Omega PGA Championship

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| location = China

| establishment = 1996

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| tour = Asian Tour

| format = Stroke play

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| final_year = 1999

| aggregate = 263 Kang Wook-soon (1998)

| to-par = −18 Fran Quinn (1999)

| final_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Fran Quinn

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The Omega PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament that was held between 1996 and 1999. It was the final stroke play event in each of the first five seasons of the Asian PGA Tour, now known as the Asian Tour, and one of the tours four "majors".{{cite news |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/145764/yeh-and-kwek-put-wind-rivals |title=Yeh and Kwek put the wind up rivals |newspaper=South China Morning Post |first=Nazvi |last=Careem |date=12 January 1996 |accessdate=28 February 2020}} It was held twice in 1996, in January and December, to end the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

It was hosted at Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club in Hong Kong between 1995 and 1998, before moving to Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China for 1999.

Winners

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !Year!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Venue!!Ref.
1999	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fran Quinn	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Simon Yates	Mission Hills	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8U1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=axQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C1926091 \|title=Back-to-back for Quinn \|newspaper=New Straits Times \|location=Malaysia \|date=7 December 1998 \|page=45 \|via=Google News Archive \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1998	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kang Wook-soon	align=center\|263	align=center\|−17	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|TWN}} Hsieh Chin-sheng	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5bROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tRQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2649%2C3120041 \|title=World at a glance – Golf \|newspaper=New Straits Times \|location=Malaysia \|date=13 December 1999 \|page=41 \|via=Google News Archive \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1997	{{flagicon\|PHI\|1986}} Rodrigo Cuello	align=center\|270	align=center\|−10	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|TWN}} Lu Wen-teh	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LVMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_UoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4355%2C1473432 \|title=Cuello wins $.5-M Omega Tour in HK \|newspaper=Manila Standard \|location=Philippines \|date=15 December 1997 \|page=12 \|via=Google News Archive \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1996 (Dec)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gerry Norquist	align=center\|268	align=center\|−12	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|AUS}} John Senden {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jeff Wagner	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Issue/straitstimes19961216-1 \|title=Golf: Omega PGA Championship \|newspaper=The Straits Times \|location=Singapore \|date=16 December 1996 \|page=39 \|via=National Library Board \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1996 (Jan)	{{flagicon\|TWN}} Yeh Chang-ting	align=center\|271	align=center\|−9	5 strokes	{{flagicon\|WAL}} Mark Mouland	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Issue/biztimes19960117-1 \|title=Taiwan's Yeh tops Omega Tour \|newspaper=Business Times \|location=Singapore \|date=17 January 1996 \|page=12 \|via=National Library Board \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}{{cite news \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/issue/straitstimes19960115-1 \|title=Taiwanese Yeh bags crown by five strokes \|newspaper=The Straits Times \|location=Singapore \|date=15 January 1996 \|page=36 \|via=National Library Board \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}

References

Category:Former Asian Tour events

Category:Golf tournaments in China

Category:Golf tournaments in Hong Kong

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1996

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1999

Category:The Swatch Group

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !Year!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Venue!!Ref.
1999	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fran Quinn	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Simon Yates	Mission Hills	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8U1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=axQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C1926091 \|title=Back-to-back for Quinn \|newspaper=New Straits Times \|location=Malaysia \|date=7 December 1998 \|page=45 \|via=Google News Archive \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1998	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kang Wook-soon	align=center\|263	align=center\|−17	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|TWN}} Hsieh Chin-sheng	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5bROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tRQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2649%2C3120041 \|title=World at a glance – Golf \|newspaper=New Straits Times \|location=Malaysia \|date=13 December 1999 \|page=41 \|via=Google News Archive \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1997	{{flagicon\|PHI\|1986}} Rodrigo Cuello	align=center\|270	align=center\|−10	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|TWN}} Lu Wen-teh	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LVMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_UoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4355%2C1473432 \|title=Cuello wins $.5-M Omega Tour in HK \|newspaper=Manila Standard \|location=Philippines \|date=15 December 1997 \|page=12 \|via=Google News Archive \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1996 (Dec)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gerry Norquist	align=center\|268	align=center\|−12	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|AUS}} John Senden {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jeff Wagner	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Issue/straitstimes19961216-1 \|title=Golf: Omega PGA Championship \|newspaper=The Straits Times \|location=Singapore \|date=16 December 1996 \|page=39 \|via=National Library Board \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}
1996 (Jan)	{{flagicon\|TWN}} Yeh Chang-ting	align=center\|271	align=center\|−9	5 strokes	{{flagicon\|WAL}} Mark Mouland	Clearwater Bay	{{cite news \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Issue/biztimes19960117-1 \|title=Taiwan's Yeh tops Omega Tour \|newspaper=Business Times \|location=Singapore \|date=17 January 1996 \|page=12 \|via=National Library Board \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}{{cite news \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/issue/straitstimes19960115-1 \|title=Taiwanese Yeh bags crown by five strokes \|newspaper=The Straits Times \|location=Singapore \|date=15 January 1996 \|page=36 \|via=National Library Board \|accessdate=28 February 2020}}