2020–21 China Tour

2020–21 China Tour season
Duration4 November 2020 (2020-11-04) – 19 December 2021 (2021-12-19)
Number of official events11[a]
Most winsChina Chen Guxin (2)
China Ye Wocheng (2)
Order of MeritChina Zhang Huilin
← 2019
2022 →

The 2020–21 China Tour was the seventh season of the China Tour, the main professional golf tour in China since separating from PGA Tour China in 2017.

In-season changes

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only two events were played in 2020, and so 2020 and 2021 were combined into a single season.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(CN¥)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]
18 Oct 2020 Hainan Open Hainan – Cancelled – CHA
25 Oct 2020 Foshan Open Guangdong – Cancelled[3] – CHA
7 Nov 2020 Hangzhou International Championship Zhejiang 1,200,000 China Zhang Jienalin (n/a) 6 CHNLPGA[d]
13 Dec 2020 Volvo China Open Guangdong 2,000,000 China Zhang Huilin (3) 6
25 Apr 2021 Sanya Classic Hainan 350,000 China Ye Wocheng (1) 6
1 May 2021 Boao Classic Hainan 350,000 China Ding Wenyi (a) (1) 6
15 May 2021 Nanshan Classic Shandong 350,000 China Ye Wocheng (2) 6
29 May 2021 Zhengzhou Classic Fujian 350,000 China Liu Yanwei (1) 6
6 Jun 2021 Lanhai Classic Jiangsu 350,000 China Chen Guxin (1) 6
13 Jun 2021 Wuhan Classic Hubei 350,000 China Luo Xuewen (1) 6
20 Jun 2021 Xian Classic Zhejiang 350,000 China Chen Guxin (2) 6
17 Oct 2021 Hainan Open Hainan – Cancelled[4] – CHA
24 Oct 2021 Foshan Open Guangdong – Cancelled[4] – CHA
3 Nov 2021 Hengdian Championship Zhejiang 1,000,000 Hong Kong Shun Yat Hak (3) 6
19 Dec 2021 Volvo China Open Guangdong 2,000,000 China Zhang Jin (1) 6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Renminbi.[5] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2022 European Tour (DP World Tour).[6]

Position Player Prize money (CN¥) Status earned
1 China Zhang Huilin 536,425 Promoted to European Tour
2 Hong Kong Shun Yat Hak 502,980
3 China Liu Yanwei 482,045
4 China Zhang Jin 434,107
5 China Ye Wocheng 337,571

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A further four tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; CHNLPGA − China LPGA Tour.
  4. ^ Mixed event

References

  1. ^ "2020-2021 Tournament schedule". China Tour. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Volvo China Open set to tee off in December". china.org.cn. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Further update to Challenge Tour schedule". European Tour. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020. The European Challenge Tour today confirmed the cancellation of the Made in Denmark Challenge presented by FREJA, the B-NL Challenge Trophy and the Foshan Open.
  4. ^ a b "Challenge Tour statement on the Hainan Open and Foshan Open". European Tour. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "2020-2021 Order of Merit". China Tour. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. ^ Betscher, Fatiha (19 December 2021). "Jin Zhang birdies the last to secure Volvo China Open victory". Irish Golfer. Retrieved 20 September 2023. In the battle for top spot on the China Tour Prize Money Ranking List, the 2020 Volvo China Open winner Zhang Huilin birdied the last to win the Ranking List and receive a playing card and full playing rights for the 2022 DP World Tour.