MENA Golf Tour

The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Golf Tour is a golf tour in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 2011 by the Dubai-based Shaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation. It is affiliated to the R&A and the Arab Golf Federation. The tour is open to professionals and amateurs.

Beginning in 2016, the top five professionals on the Order of Merit receive Sunshine Tour cards for the following season, with those 6th to 15th earning entry into the Sunshine Tour's Q School. The MENA Tour was included in the Official World Golf Ranking beginning in April 2016, awarding three first place points for 54-hole events and five for 72-hole events.[1][2]

Order of Merit winners

Year Professional Amateur Ref
Player Country Earnings (US$) Player Country
2015 Thriston Lawrence  South Africa 27,679 James Allan  England [3]
2014 Joshua White  England 28,471 James Allan  England [4]
2013 Zane Scotland  England 50,229 Mustapha El Maouas  Morocco [5]
2012 Stephen Dodd  Wales 27,636 Max Williams  England [6]
2011 Jake Shepherd  England 17,749 Ahmed Marjane  Morocco [7]

References

  1. ↑ "MENA Golf Tour-Sunshine Tour tie-up breaks new ground". MENA Golf Tour. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. 15 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "England's Campbell defies winds to win MENA Tour Championship". MENA Golf Tour. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Field day for Lee as White becomes 2014 MENA Golf Tour Champion". MENA Golf Tour. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Corfield wins Mena Tour finale in play-off". Gulf News. 13 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dodd becomes overall Mena Tour champion". Gulf News. 31 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Shepherd keeps his nerve in playoff to emerge champion". Gulf News. 20 October 2011.

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