2018 China Tour

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.

2018 China Tour season

Duration	7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) – 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Charlie Saxon (2)
Order of Merit	Charlie Saxon
← 2017 2019 →

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.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (CN¥)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]
10 Mar	Shenzhou Peninsula Classic	Hainan	1,350,000	Charlie Saxon (3)	6
1 Apr	Boao Open	Hainan	1,350,000	Charlie Saxon (4)	6
15 Apr	Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open	Yunnan	US$350,000	Kim Koivu (n/a)	9	CHA
22 Apr	Colorful Yunnan Classic	Yunnan	1,350,000	Wu Tuxuan (1)	6
20 May	Asia-Pacific Classic	Henan	US$300,000	John Catlin (n/a)	10	ASA
14 Oct	Hainan Open	Hainan	US$350,000	Kalle Samooja (n/a)	13	CHA
21 Oct	Foshan Open	Guangdong	US$500,000	Víctor Perez (n/a)	13	CHA
25 Nov	Chongqing Kingrun Open	Chongqing	700,000	Zhang Xinjun (3)	6
9 Dec	Xiamen Open	Fujian	700,000	Zhuang Zhu (1)	6
15 Dec	China Great Bay Open	Guangdong	700,000	Andreas Gronkvist (1)	6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.^[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money (CN¥)	Status earned
1	Charlie Saxon	597,893	Promoted to European Tour
2	Luke Toomey	291,600
3	Wu Tuxuan	280,172
4	Sunil Jung	197,695
5	Shotaro Ban	185,321

See also

• 2018 PGA Tour China

Notes

1. 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.
2. ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.