2009 Asian Tour
The 2009 Asian Tour was the 15th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$39 million and Thongchai Jaidee topped the Order of Merit for the third time with US$981,932.
Tournament results
The table below shows the 2009 schedule.[1]
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
Only 50% of the prize money from major championships and World Golf Championships are counted towards the Order of Merit, but are not shown below.
| Dates | Tournament | Country | Prize fund (US$) |
Winner | OWGR pts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9-11 | Royal Trophy | Thailand | n/a | Asia | n/a | Team event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Japan Golf Tour |
| Feb 5-8 | Emaar-MGF Indian Masters | India | 2,500,000 | n/a | n/a | Tournament cancelled.[2] |
| Feb 5-8 | Asian Tour International | Thailand | 300,000 |  |
14 | Rescheduled following cancellation of Indian Masters[3] |
| Feb 12-15 | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 2,000,000 |  |
30 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Feb 19-22 | Johnnie Walker Classic | Australia | 2,500,000 |  |
32 | Co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian tours |
| Feb 26 - Mar 1 | Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 1,250,000 |  |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Mar 5-8 | Singha Thailand Open | Thailand | 500,000 |  |
14 | New tournament |
| Mar 19-22 | SAIL Open | India | 400,000 | |
14 | Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India |
| Mar 26-29 | Black Mountain Masters | Thailand | 500,000 |  |
14 | New tournament |
| Apr 23-26 | Ballantine's Championship | South Korea | 2,900,000 | |
32 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| May 14-17 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | South Korea | 600,000 |  |
14 | Co-sanctioned by Korean Tour |
| Jul 23-26 | Indonesia President Invitational | Indonesia | 400,000 | |
14 | |
| Jul 30 - Aug 2 | Brunei Open | Brunei | 300,000 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
14 | |
| Aug 5-8 | Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters | Malaysia | 300,000 | |
14 | |
| Aug 13-16 | Queen's Cup | Thailand | 300,000 | |
14 | New tournament |
| Sep 3-6 | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | 2,500,000 | |
32 | New event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Sep 10-13 | Macau Open | Macau | 500,000 | |
14 | |
| Sep 24-27 | Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open | Japan | 1,500,000 |  |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour |
| Oct 1-4 | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 500,000 |  |
14 | |
| Oct 8-11 | Hero Honda Indian Open | India | 1,250,000 | |
14 | Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India |
| Oct 22-25 | Iskandar Johor Open | Malaysia | 1,000,000 | |
14 | Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain |
| Oct 29 - Nov 1 | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | 5,000,000 |  |
Co-sanctioned by the European Tour | |
| Nov 5-8 | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | 7,000,000 | |
66 | World Golf Championships event. 50% of prize money counts towards Order of Merit. |
| Nov 12-15 | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong, China | 2,500,000 |  |
44 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Nov 19-22 | Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open | Cambodia | 300,000 | |
14 | |
| Dec 3-6 | King's Cup | Thailand | 300,000 | |
14 | New tournament |
| Dec 10-13 | Volvo Masters of Asia | Thailand | 750,000 | n/a | n/a | Tournament cancelled.[4] |
Leading money winners
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thongchai Jaidee | | 981,931.80 |
| 2 | Liang Wen-chong |  | 779,580.25 |
| 3 | Anthony Kang | | 411,062.54 |
| 4 | Scott Hend | | 354,391.72 |
| 5 | Jyoti Randhawa | | 344,350.66 |
| 6 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | | 308,916.44 |
| 7 | Marcus Both | | 289,432.94 |
| 8 | Chapchai Nirat | | 266,545.85 |
| 9 | Prayad Marksaeng | | 257,154.77 |
| 10 | Chinnaswamy Muniyappa | | 223,269.37 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
References
- 2009 Schedule Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, asiantour.com
- "Golf-Financial crisis claims next year's Indian Masters". Reuters. December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- "New venue and new dates for Asian Tour International" (Press release). asiantour.com. December 12, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Volvo ends sponsorship of tourney
External links
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