The 2016 Asian Tour was the 22nd season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.
Tournament results
The table below shows the 2016 schedule.[1]
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.
Fifty percent of the prize money from two major championships (the U.S. Open and The Open Championship) and one of the World Golf Championships counts towards the Order of Merit, but these tournaments are not shown below.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Prize fund | Winner | OWGR
points | Notes |
|---|
| 17 Jan | EurAsia Cup | Malaysia | n/a | Team Europe | n/a | Team event |
| 1 Feb[nb 1] | SMBC Singapore Open | Singapore | $1,000,000 |  Song Young-han (1) | 28 | Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour |
| 7 Feb | Leopalace21 Myanmar Open | Myanmar | $750,000 |  Shaun Norris (2) | 15 | Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour |
| 14 Feb | Bashundhara Bangladesh Open | Bangladesh | $300,000 |  Thitiphun Chuayprakong (1) | 14 | |
| 21 Feb | Maybank Championship Malaysia | Malaysia | $3,000,000 |  Marcus Fraser (2) | 38 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 28 Feb | ISPS Handa Perth International | Australia | A$1,750,000 | Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) | 23 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and PGA Tour of Australasia |
| 13 Mar | True Thailand Classic | Thailand | $1,750,000 | Scott Hend (8) | 24 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 20 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | $1,660,000 |  Shiv Chawrasia (4) | 19 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 24 Apr | Panasonic Open | Japan | ¥150,000,000 |  Yuta Ikeda (n/a) | 16 | Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour |
| 15 May | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | Wang Jeung-hun (1) | 17 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Sunshine Tour |
| 19 Jun | Queen's Cup | Thailand | $300,000 | Scott Hend (9) | 14 | |
| 3 Jul | Yeangder Tournament Players Championship | Taiwan | $500,000 |  Carlos Pigem (1) | 14 | |
| 31 Jul | King's Cup | Thailand | $750,000 |  Chan Shih-chang (1) | 14 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 4 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,700,000 |  Alexander Norén (n/a) | 30 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
| 25 Sep | Asia-Pacific Open Mitsubishi Diamond Cup | Japan | ¥150,000,000 | Chan Shih-chang (2) | 15 | Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour |
| 2 Oct | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | $800,000 | Lu Wei-chih (4) | 14 | |
| 2 Oct | Shinhan Donghae Open | South Korea | ₩1.2 billion | Gaganjeet Bhullar (6) | 18 | Co-sanctioned with the Korean Tour |
| 9 Oct | BNI Indonesian Masters | Indonesia | $750,000 | Poom Saksansin (1) | 14 | |
| 16 Oct | Venetian Macao Open | Macau | $1,100,000 | Pavit Tangkamolprasert (1) | 16 | |
| 23 Oct | CIMB Classic | Malaysia | $7,000,000 |  Justin Thomas (n/a) | 50 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour |
| 13 Nov | Resorts World Manila Masters | Philippines | $1,000,000 | Shiv Chawrasia (5) | 14 | |
| 20 Nov | Bank BRI-JCB Indonesia Open | Indonesia | $300,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (7) | 14 | |
| 4 Dec | Panasonic Open India | India | $400,000 | Mukesh Kumar (1) | 14 | |
| 11 Dec | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | $2,000,000 | Sam Brazel (1) | 32 | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour |
Order of Merit
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (US$) |
|---|
| 1 | Scott Hend | Australia | 1,004,792 |
| 2 | Marcus Fraser | Australia | 730,023 |
| 3 | Wang Jeung-hun | South Korea | 546,193 |
| 4 | Chan Shih-chang | Taiwan | 542,820 |
| 5 | Miguel Tabuena |  Philippines | 525,926 |
| 6 | Shiv Chawrasia | India | 517,467 |
| 7 | Sam Brazel | Australia | 432,394 |
| 8 | Lee Soo-min | South Korea | 378,373 |
| 9 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | India | 368,737 |
| 10 | Pavit Tangkamolprasert | Thailand | 243,408 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
- ↑ Final round delayed to Monday due to bad weather and lightning