2016 MENA Golf Tour

The 2016 MENA Golf Tour was the 6th season of the MENA Golf Tour. Official World Golf Ranking points were introduced for MENA Golf Tour events during the season.[1] The Ras Al Khaimah Classic was the first event to receive ranking points.

Schedule

There were 16 events during the season.[2] The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGRPrize fund ($)
25 Mar Royal Golf Mohammedia Open Morocco Zane Scotland (9) 50,000
30 Mar El Jadida Championship Morocco Andrew Marshall (1) 50,000
6 Apr Sotogrande Masters Spain David Law (1) 50,000
4 May Ras Al Khaimah Classic United Arab Emirates Zane Scotland (10) 3 50,000
12 May Mountain Creek Open Thailand Wolmer Murillo (1) 3 30,000
19 May MahaSamutr Masters Thailand Antonio Costa (1) 3 50,000
9 Jun South to East Challenge South Africa Bryandrew Roelofsz (1) 3 30,000
15 Jun Jo'burg City Masters South Africa Craig Hinton (1) 3 30,000
24 Jun 'The Roar' South Africa Riekus Nortje (1) 3 30,000
7 Sep Dubai Creek Open United Arab Emirates Rayhan Thomas (a) (1) 3 50,000
14 Sep Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open United Arab Emirates Andrew Marshall (2) 3 50,000
21 Sep Golf Citizen Classic United Arab Emirates Carlos Balmaseda (1) 3 30,000
28 Sep Ascorp Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi Open United Arab Emirates Craig Hinton (2) 3 50,000
19 Oct Sahara Kuwait Championship Kuwait Joe Heraty (1) 3 50,000
26 Oct Ghala Open Oman Aaron Leitmannstetter (1) 3 50,000
1 Nov MENA Tour Championship Oman Tyler Hogarty (1) 3 100,000

The three events in South Africa were co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Big Easy Tour.

Graduates

The top five players on the Order of Merit were:[3]

Rank Player Country Points
1 Craig Hinton  England 39,338
2 Luke Joy  England 38,355
3 Zane Scotland  England 34,195
4 Andrew Marshall  England 29,537
5 Antonio Costa  Chile 25,392

Rayhan Thomas led the amateur Order of Merit.[4]

References
  1. "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. 15 April 2016.
  2. "MENA Tour Tournament Details 2016". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. "Order of Merit Professionals". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. "Order of Merit Amateurs". MENA Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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