Jump to content

2022–23 MENA Tour

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2022–23 MENA Tour season
Duration7 October 2022 (2022-10-07) – 15 October 2023 (2023-10-15)
Number of official events22
Most winsUnited States Talor Gooch (3)
United States Brooks Koepka (3)
Order of MeritUnited States Brooks Koepka

The 2022–23 MENA Tour was the 10th and final season of the MENA Tour.

LIV Golf strategic alliance

[edit]

Following an announcement made in October 2022, the MENA Tour announced that they had entered into a strategic alliance with LIV Golf.[1] This was mainly due to LIV Golf attempting to gain Official World Golf Ranking points for their events by co-sanctioning them with the MENA Tour.[2] The proposals were initially rejected by the OWGR.[3] The first tournament added to the 2022–23 schedule was an event held in Thailand, co-sanctioned by the LIV Golf Invitational Series.[4]

Schedule

[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2022–23 season.[5]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
9 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok Thailand 20,000,000 Spain Eugenio Chacarra (1) n/a LIV
16 Oct LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah Saudi Arabia 20,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (1) n/a LIV
30 Nov Tournament 3 Saudi Arabia 75,000 England Bailey Gill (2) 0.44
5 Dec Tournament 4 Saudi Arabia 75,000 Italy Aron Zemmer (1) 0.44
2 Feb Egyptian Swing 1 Egypt 75,000 England Ben Jones (1) 0.66
7 Feb Egyptian Swing 2 Egypt 75,000 England Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1) 0.64
26 Feb LIV Golf Mayakoba Mexico 20,000,000 United States Charles Howell III (1) n/a LIV
19 Mar LIV Golf Tucson United States 20,000,000 New Zealand Danny Lee (1) n/a LIV
2 Apr LIV Golf Orlando United States 20,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (2) n/a LIV
13 Apr Malaysian Swing I Malaysia 75,000 England Joe Heraty (2) 0.52
20 Apr Malaysian Swing II Malaysia 75,000 England William Harrold (2) 0.55
23 Apr LIV Golf Adelaide Australia 20,000,000 United States Talor Gooch (1) n/a LIV
27 Apr Royal Hua Hin Thailand Championship Thailand 75,000 Hong Kong Matthew Cheung (1) 1.07
30 Apr LIV Golf Singapore Singapore 20,000,000 United States Talor Gooch (2) n/a LIV
14 May LIV Golf Tulsa United States 20,000,000 United States Dustin Johnson (1) n/a LIV
28 May LIV Golf Washington, D.C. United States 20,000,000 United States Harold Varner III (1) n/a LIV
2 Jul LIV Golf Andalucía Spain 20,000,000 United States Talor Gooch (3) n/a LIV
9 Jul LIV Golf London England 20,000,000 Australia Cameron Smith (1) n/a LIV
6 Aug LIV Golf Greenbrier United States 20,000,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau (1) n/a LIV
13 Aug LIV Golf Bedminster United States 20,000,000 Australia Cameron Smith (2) n/a LIV
24 Sep LIV Golf Chicago United States 20,000,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau (2) n/a LIV
15 Oct
5 Nov[c]
LIV Golf Jeddah Saudi Arabia 20,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (3) n/a LIV

Order of Merit

[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[7]

Position Player Points
1 United States Brooks Koepka 18,098,333
2 United States Talor Gooch 17,784,012
3 Australia Cameron Smith 14,258,917
4 United States Bryson DeChambeau 13,777,500
5 United States Patrick Reed 10,223,547

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  2. ^ LIV − LIV Golf League.
  3. ^ In July 2023, LIV Golf announced that Miami would host the team championship to end the season, and Jeddah would move to the week prior to Miami.[6]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "MENA Tour Announces Strategic Alliance with LIV Golf". MENA Tour. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. ^ Woodard, Adam (5 October 2022). "LIV Golf makes 'strategic alliance' with developmental MENA Tour in effort to gain Official World Golf Ranking points". Golfweek. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. ^ Colgan, James (6 October 2022). "OWGR halts LIV Golf's sudden effort to earn world ranking points". Golf.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ "LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok". MENA Tour. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Tournaments". MENA Tour. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  6. ^ Harig, Bob (10 July 2023). "LIV Golf Makes Change to Fall Schedule, Will End Season in Miami". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ "2022–23 Order of Merit". MENA Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
[edit]