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
2024 →

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

LIV Golf strategic alliance

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

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

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
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 NovTournament 3Saudi Arabia75,000England Bailey Gill (2)0.44
5 DecTournament 4Saudi Arabia75,000Italy Aron Zemmer (1)0.44
2 FebEgyptian Swing 1Egypt75,000England Ben Jones (1)0.66
7 FebEgyptian Swing 2Egypt75,000England Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1)0.64
26 FebLIV Golf MayakobaMexico20,000,000United States Charles Howell III (1)n/aLIV
19 MarLIV Golf TucsonUnited States20,000,000New Zealand Danny Lee (1)n/aLIV
2 AprLIV Golf OrlandoUnited States20,000,000United States Brooks Koepka (2)n/aLIV
13 AprMalaysian Swing IMalaysia75,000England Joe Heraty (2)0.52
20 AprMalaysian Swing IIMalaysia75,000England William Harrold (2)0.55
23 AprLIV Golf AdelaideAustralia20,000,000United States Talor Gooch (1)n/aLIV
27 AprRoyal Hua Hin Thailand ChampionshipThailand75,000Hong Kong Matthew Cheung (1)1.07
30 AprLIV Golf SingaporeSingapore20,000,000United States Talor Gooch (2)n/aLIV
14 MayLIV Golf TulsaUnited States20,000,000United States Dustin Johnson (1)n/aLIV
28 MayLIV Golf Washington, D.C.United States20,000,000United States Harold Varner III (1)n/aLIV
2 JulLIV Golf AndalucíaSpain20,000,000United States Talor Gooch (3)n/aLIV
9 JulLIV Golf LondonEngland20,000,000Australia Cameron Smith (1)n/aLIV
6 AugLIV Golf GreenbrierUnited States20,000,000United States Bryson DeChambeau (1)n/aLIV
13 AugLIV Golf BedminsterUnited States20,000,000Australia Cameron Smith (2)n/aLIV
24 SepLIV Golf ChicagoUnited States20,000,000United States Bryson DeChambeau (2)n/aLIV
15 Oct
5 Nov[lower-alpha 3]
LIV Golf JeddahSaudi Arabia20,000,000United States Brooks Koepka (3)n/aLIV

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Brooks Koepka18,098,333
2United States Talor Gooch17,784,012
3Australia Cameron Smith14,258,917
4United States Bryson DeChambeau13,777,500
5United States Patrick Reed10,223,547

Notes

  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

  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.
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