, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in
. It is controlled by a board with a majority of professional golfers, and a Tournament Players Committee of its player members, supported by an executive team. The Executive Chairman of the Board is the Burmese professional golfer
The first season in the current lineage was played in 1995, although there had been earlier attempts to create an Asian Tour. The Asian PGA was formed in July 1994 at a meeting in Hong Kong attended by PGA representatives from eight countries. In 1998 the Asian Tour became the sixth member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. In 2002, the tour moved its office from
and in 2004 the tour was taken over by a new organisation established by the players, who had been in dispute with the previous management. In 2007 it moved to new headquarters on the resort island of
in Singapore, which is also the home of the tour's richest sole sanctioned tournament, the
. Official money events on the tour count for
Most of the leading players on the tour are Asian, but players from other parts of the world also participate (as of 2007 the country with most representatives profiled on the tour's official site is Australia). Each year the Asian Tour co-sanctions a number of events with the
, in countries such as China, Malaysia and Indonesia, with these events offering higher prize funds than most of the other tournaments on the tour as a result. From 2008, 50 per cent of players’ earnings from the
will count towards the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit. The two Opens have been singled out from the other majors because they have open qualifying which Asian Tour members may enter.
In 2004 the total prize fund was 11.4 million U.S. dollars, and by 2007 it had risen to 27.73 million U.S. dollars (all purses are fixed in dollars apart from those of The Open Championship and the
, which are fixed in British Pounds). However most of the tournaments with seven figure U.S. dollar purses are in events co-sanctioned by the European Tour, and European Tour players tend to collect most of the winnings in those tournaments. Asia's richest event, the $5 million
tournament, was first played in November 2005, is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour but did not count towards the money list for its first three years as any high placings by Asian Tour players would distort the money list, but from 2008 50% of the prize money will count towards the Order of Merit. The tour's richest sole sanctioned event is the Singapore Open, which reached the $5 million level in 2008. The tour's schedule remains quite unstable, with several in-season cancellations, reschedulings and prize fund alterations in 2007.
In 2006 the Asian Tour became the most prestigious men's tour on which a woman has made the half-way cut in recent times when
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
| Dates |
Tournament |
Country |
Prize fund (US$) |
Winner |
OWGR The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four major championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the...
pts |
Notes |
| Jan 9-11 |
Royal Trophy The Royal Trophy is a men's professional team golf tournament which was played for the first time in January 2006 at the Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok, Thailand. The competitors are Europe and Asia. The Asian team brings together the two rival teams from the Dynasty Cup, which is played...
|
ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
|
N/A |
Asia |
N/A |
Team event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Japan Golf Tour |
| Feb 5-8 |
Emaar-MGF Indian Masters The Indian Masters is a professional golf tournament on the European and Asian Tours, that was played for the first time in February 2008. The tournament was introduced as part of the continuing globalisation of the European Tour, making India the 37th territory to stage a European Tour event, and...
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IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
|
2,500,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
Tournament cancelled. |
| Feb 5-8 |
Asian Tour International The Asian Tour International is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour, played in Thailand. It has been held annually since 2008.In 2009, following the cancellation of the Emaar-MGF Indian Masters, the Asian Tour International was rescheduled to be the season opening event.-Winners:-External links:*...
|
Thailand |
300,000 |
ZAF James Kamte James Bongani Kamte , nicknamed "Cobra", is a South African golfer who has been earmarked by South African media as the great black hope...
(1) |
14 |
Rescheduled following cancellation of Indian Masters |
| Feb 12-15 |
Maybank Malaysian Open |
MalaysiaMalaysia is a country in Southeast Asia that consists of thirteen states and three Federal Territories, with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population stands at over 28 million inhabitants...
|
2,000,000 |
USA Anthony Kang Anthony Kang is a Korean-American professional golfer.Kang was born in South Korea, moving to live in the United States at the age of 10, where he attended Oregon State University.Kang turned professional in 1996...
(3) |
30 |
Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Feb 19-22 |
Johnnie Walker Classic The Johnnie Walker Classic is a European Tour golf tournament which is played in the Asia Pacific region. Johnnie Walker is a brand name and the owners have a long history of tournament sponsorship. They also sponsor the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles which is a European Tour event...
|
India |
2,500,000 |
NZL Danny Lee Danny Jin-Myung Lee is a professional golfer from Rotorua, New Zealand. Lee was born in South Korea and immigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. His name in Hangul is 이진명. He became a naturalized New Zealander on 2 September 2008 at Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High...
(n/a) (amateur) |
32 |
Co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian The PGA Tour of Australasia is a professional golf tour for men. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ranking points. The tour was formed in 1973 as the PGA Tour of Australia and adopted its current name in 1991....
tours |
| Feb 26- 1 Mar |
Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open |
IndonesiaThe Republic of Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With an estimated population of around 237 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, with the world's largest population of Muslims.Indonesia is a republic, with an...
|
1,250,000 |
THA Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories on the Asian Tour....
(11) |
20 |
Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Mar 5-8 |
Singha Thailand Open The Singha Thailand Open is an annual golf tournament on the Asian Tour. It was founded in 1965.-Winners:-External links:**...
|
Thailand |
500,000 |
IND Jyoti Randhawa Jyoti Singh Randhawa is an Indian professional golfer who was ranked in the top 100 of the world and is the second highest Indian in the world rankings....
(8) |
14 |
New tournament |
| Mar 19-22 |
SAIL Open The SAIL Open is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour, played in India. It has been held annually since 2008 and is co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India...
|
India |
400,000 |
THA Chapchai Nirat Chapchai Nirat is a Thai professional golfer.Chapchai is the son of a Thai national team golfer, and turned professional in 1998 as a fifteen year old. He won for the first time as a pro at the 2004 Genting Masters in Malaysia. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005, and had a second place finish in his...
(3) |
14 |
Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India |
| Mar 26-29 |
Black Mountain Masters The Black Mountain Masters is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour and is played in Thailand. The inaugural tournament was held in 2009 at the Black Mountain Golf Club and the prize fund was US$500,000. Johan Edfors won the inaugural tournament and won $79,250....
|
Thailand |
500,000 |
SWE Johan Edfors Johan Edfors is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the European Tour.Edfors was born in Varberg. He attended the University of Texas at San Antonio on a Division I athletic scholarship for men's golf. He played for the team under the coaching of Barry Denton for two years.Edfors...
(n/a) |
14 |
New tournament |
| Apr 23-26 |
Ballantine's Championship The Ballantine's Championship is a European Tour golf tournament which was played for the first time from 13 to 16 March 2008 at Pinx Golf Club on the island of Jeju in South Korea...
|
South KoreaSouth Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often simply referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest...
|
2,900,000 |
THA Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories on the Asian Tour....
(12) |
32 |
Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| May 14-17 |
GS Caltex Maekyung Open The Maekyung Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament that takes place in South Korea. In 2006 the full name was "GS Caltex Maekyung Open" and the prize fund was US$600,000. In 2005 the Korean Choi Sang-ho won and set an Asian Tour record as the oldest winner on tour at 50 years and 145...
|
South Korea |
600,000 |
KOR Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon is a South Korean professional golfer.Bae turned professional in 2004. He won the 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in 2007 he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country. In 2008, he won his home country's...
(3) |
14 |
Co-sanctioned by Korean Tour The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association of South Korea.Professional golf in Korea dates back to the mid 20th century. The Korean Professional Golf Championship and the Korean Open were launched in 1958 and the KPGA was founded in 1963...
|
| Jun 18-22 |
U.S. OpenThe United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
|
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|
50% of 7,500,000 |
USA Lucas Glover Lucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and is the 2009 U.S. Open champion.-Amateur career:...
(n/a) |
100 |
Major championship The men's major golf championships, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf. In order of their playing date, the current majors are:...
. 50% of prize money counts towards Order of Merit. |
| Jul 16-19 |
The Open ChampionshipThe Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
|
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
|
50% of 8,600,000 |
USA Stewart CinkStewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer most recently known for winning the 2009 Open Championship, beating five-time winner Tom Watson in a four-hole playoff...
(n/a) |
100 |
Major championship. 50% of prize money counts towards Order of Merit. |
| Jul 23-26 |
Indonesian President Invitational The Indonesian President Invitational is an Asian Tour golf tournament. It was played for the first time in October 2007 at the Bumi Serpong Damai Course in Indonesia. The Bumi Serpong Damai Course was designed by Jack Nicklaus. The tournament's main sponsor is Pertamina...
|
Indonesia |
400,000 |
IND Gaganjeet Bhullar Gaganjeet Bhullar is an Indian professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour.-Amateur career:Bhullar was born in Kapurthala, India. He was India's number one amateur in 2004 and 2006 and was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He finished in a tie for...
(1) |
14 |
|
| Jul 30- 2 Aug |
Brunei Open The Brunei Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament. The 2005 staging was Brunei's first ever professional golf tournament, and it was won by Terry Pilkadaris of Australia. The event is held at the Jack Nicklaus designed course at the Empire Hotel and Country Club. In 2009 the prize fund was...
|
BruneiBrunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
|
300,000 |
AUS Darren Beck Darren Beck is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Asian Tour.Beck was born in South Africa and moved to Australia at the age of seven. He turned professional in 2004. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's qualifying school in 2004 and played on the PGA Tour of Australasia...
(1) |
14 |
|
| Aug 5-8 |
Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters |
Malaysia |
300,000 |
AUS Rick Kulacz (2) |
14 |
|
| Aug 13-16 |
Queen's Cup The Queen's Cup is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour and is played in Thailand. The inaugural tournament was held in 2009 at the Santiburi Samui Country Club and the prize fund was US$300,000. Chinnarat Phadungsil won the inaugural tournament and won $47,550....
|
Thailand |
300,000 |
THA Chinnarat Phadungsil Chinnarat Phadungsil is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour.Chinnarat was born in Chantaburi, Thailand. As an amateur, he won tournaments in Asia, Australia and the United States. His most notable win came at the 15-17 age group event at the Junior World...
(3) |
14 |
New tournament |
| Sep 3-6 |
Omega European Masters The Omega European Masters is the Swiss stop on professional men's golf's European Tour, and in 2009 will become the first event in Europe to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour....
|
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
|
2,500,000 |
SWE Alexander Norén Alexander Norén is a Swedish professional golfer.Norén was born in Stockholm. He attended Oklahoma State University in the United States before turning professional in 2005....
(n/a) |
32 |
New event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Sep 10-13 |
Macau Open The Macau Open is a men's professional golf tournament which takes place in Macau SAR of the People's Republic of China and is also a tournament of the Asian Tour created by the Asian PGA. It was founded in 1998. The venue is the Macau Golf & Country Club at Coloane. The best known golfer who has...
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MacauThe Macau Special Administrative Region , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong...
|
500,000 |
THA Thaworn Wiratchant Thaworn Wiratchant is a Thai professional golfer. He is one of only two golfers to have won 10 events on the Asian Tour....
(11) |
14 |
|
| Sep 24-27 |
Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open The Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open is a golf tournament for male golfers on the Japan Golf Tour and Asian Tour. Hosted by Panasonic, Asia Pacific Golf Confederation and Japan Golf Association, the event took place for the first time in September 2008 at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka,...
|
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
|
1,500,000 |
JPN Daisuke Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer currently playing on the Japan Golf Tour.Maruyama was born in Chiba Prefecture and played his first full season on the Japan Golf Tour in 2001. He picked up his first and so far only win on Tour in 2005 at the Fujisankei Classic. He also has one victory on the...
(n/a) |
20 |
Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour |
| Oct 1-4 |
Mercuries Taiwan Masters The Mercuries Taiwan Masters is an annual golf tournament on the Asian Tour. It was founded in 1987 and has been and Asian Tour event since 2000.-Winners:*2009 Lin Wen-tang - *2008 Lu Wen-teh - *2007 Lu Wen-teh - *2006 Gaurav Ghei - *2005 Lu Wei-chih -...
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TaiwanTaiwan , also known as Formosa , is the largest island of the Republic of China in East Asia. Taiwan is located east of the Taiwan Strait, off the southeastern coast of mainland China...
|
500,000 |
TWN Lin Wen-tang Lin Wen-tang is a Taiwanese golfer. He comes from a golfing family, with his father and uncle both being professionals and two brothers who play with him on the Asian Tour....
(5) |
14 |
|
| Oct 8-11 |
Hero Honda Indian Open The Hero Honda Indian Open is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the Asian Tour and has been staged for several years at the Delhi Golf Club....
|
India |
1,250,000 |
IND Chinnaswamy Muniyappa (1) |
14 |
Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India |
| Oct 22-25 |
Iskandar Johor Open The Iskandar Johor Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament. It was first held in 2007 when it was played at the Royal Johor Country Club in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.The 2008 purse was US$500,000.In 2009, due to a strong field being put together incuding K.J...
|
Malaysia |
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
| Oct 29- 1 Nov |
Barclays Singapore Open |
SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At , Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast...
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
Richest sole-sanctioned event |
| Nov 5-8 |
Cambodian Open The Cambodian Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament. It was played for the first time in 2007 from November 29 to December 2 at the Phokeethra Country Club in Cambodia. The purse was US$300,000. The tournament's main sponsor is Johnnie Walker. The Cambodian Open is the first professional golf...
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CambodiaThe Kingdom of Cambodia , formerly known as Kampuchea , is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 14 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh...
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
| Nov 5-8 |
WGC-HSBC Champions |
China |
50% of 7,000,000 |
|
|
World Golf Championships The World Golf Championships are a group of four annual events for male professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours. All four are official money events on the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour, and officially sanctioned by the Asian Tour, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour...
event. 50% of prize money counts towards Order of Merit. |
| Nov 12-15 |
Hong Kong Open The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 2001...
|
Hong Kong, China |
2,500,000 |
|
|
Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Nov 19-22 |
Hana Bank Vietnam Masters |
VietnamVietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east...
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
| Dec 3-6 |
King's Cup |
Thailand |
300,000 |
|
|
New tournament |
| Dec 10-13 |
Volvo Masters of Asia The Volvo Masters of Asia is the final event of the season on golf's Asian Tour. It was first played in 2002 and the field was originally restricted to the top 60 players on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit, increasing to 65 in 2008. In 2006 the prize fund was US$650,000 and in 2007 and 2008 it was...
|
Thailand |
750,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
Tournament cancelled. |
The table below summarises the development of the tour since 2004, when the current organisation took control.
The table below shows the leading money winners on the Asian Tour as of the end of the 2008 season. The official site has a top 100 list which also shows each player's winnings for the last six years.