1997 Asian PGA Tour

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.

1997 Asian PGA Tour season

Duration	6 February 1997 (1997-02-06) – 20 December 1997 (1997-12-20)
Number of official events	22
Most wins	Prayad Marksaeng (2)
Order of Merit	Mike Cunning
Players' Player of the Year	Prayad Marksaeng
Rookie of the Year	Ted Purdy
← 1996 1998 →

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Omega SA, that was announced in September 1995.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
9 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 Tour
18 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 tournament
21 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 tournament
9 Nov	Ta-Shee Open	Taiwan	250,000	Wang Ter-chang (1)	n/a		New tournament
16 Nov	Volvo Masters of Malaysia	Malaysia	200,000	Christian Peña (1)	n/a		New to Asian PGA Tour
23 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 Tour
14 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.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Mike Cunning	170,619
2	Prayad Marksaeng	123,805
3	Lu Wen-teh	114,716
4	Ted Purdy	111,573
5	Jeev Milkha Singh	110,840

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Prayad Marksaeng	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Ted Purdy	[6][7]

See also

• 1996–97 Asia Golf Circuit

Notes

1. 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.
2. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.