Finished 15th on the Order of Merit, with four top-10s.

After placing T24 in his Ping An Bank China Tour – PGA TOUR China Series' debut, earned his first top-10 when he fired a final-round 68 at The Eternal Courtyard Open to T10 in Zhengzhou.

Shared the 36-hole lead with eventual champion Eugene Wong at the Ping An Bank Open in mid-September. Couldn't get out of neutral on the weekend, shooting rounds of 72-73 over his final 36 holes (1-over) to fall into a T8 with four others. The finish was still his second top-10 of the year and career-best performance.

Made his fifth consecutive cut to start his season–picking up his third top-10 when he T10 at the Cadillac Championship in Beijing. Highlight of the week was a 6-under 66 in the third round. Fired a final-round 70 to T10 with Xinjun Zhang and Daniel Pearce and Jin Zhang.

Took the 54-hole lead at the Lushan Open in early October after firing a third-round 67 to go with a pair of 68s to open the tournament in Jiujiang. Couldn't keep the momentum going on the final day, even after opening birdie-birdie on his first two holes of the final round. Shot an even-par, front-nine score and entered the back nine a stroke behind Bryden Macpherson. Bogeyed the 10th hole, while Macpherson was making birdie, and he could never catch up. The T2 finish with T.K. Kim was the best Series' performance of his career.

Qualified for the final stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament but was disqualified.

Earned conditional Ping An Bank - PGA TOUR China Series' status by finishing T20 at the Second Global Qualifying Tournament in Shenzhen in February.