| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | China |
| Established | 1996 |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1999 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 263 Kang Wook-soon (1998) |
| To par | −18 Fran Quinn (1999) |
| Final champion | |
 Fran Quinn | |
The Omega PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament that was held between 1996 and 1999. It was the final stroke play event in each of the first five seasons of the Asian PGA Tour, now known as the Asian Tour, and one of the tours four "majors".[1] It was held twice in 1996, in January and December, to end the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
It was hosted at Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club in Hong Kong between 1995 and 1998, before moving to Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China for 1999.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fran Quinn | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes |  Simon Yates | Mission Hills | [2] |
| 1998 |  Kang Wook-soon | 263 | −17 | 3 strokes |  Hsieh Chin-sheng | Clearwater Bay | [3] |
| 1997 |  Rodrigo Cuello | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Lu Wen-teh | Clearwater Bay | [4] |
| 1996 (Dec) | Gerry Norquist | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} John Senden Jeff Wagner | Clearwater Bay | [5] |
| 1996 (Jan) | Yeh Chang-ting | 271 | −9 | 5 strokes |  Mark Mouland | Clearwater Bay | [6][7] |
References
- ↑ Careem, Nazvi (12 January 1996). "Yeh and Kwek put the wind up rivals". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ↑ "Back-to-back for Quinn". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 7 December 1998. p. 45. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ↑ "World at a glance – Golf". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 13 December 1999. p. 41. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ↑ "Cuello wins $.5-M Omega Tour in HK". Manila Standard. Philippines. 15 December 1997. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ↑ "Golf: Omega PGA Championship". The Straits Times. Singapore. 16 December 1996. p. 39. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ↑ "Taiwan's Yeh tops Omega Tour". Business Times. Singapore. 17 January 1996. p. 12. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ↑ "Taiwanese Yeh bags crown by five strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 January 1996. p. 36. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
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