1996 Asian PGA Tour
The 1996 Omega Tour was the second season of the Asian PGA Tour, the second men's professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.
Schedule[]
The table below shows the 1996 Asian PGA Tour schedule.[1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner | Other tours[a] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 Mar | Sabah Masters | Malaysia | 200,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (1) | New to Asian PGA Tour | |
1 Apr | Thailand | 175,000 | Thammanoon Sriroj (1) | New tournament | ||
21 Apr | Philippines | 175,000 | (1) | [2] | ||
29 Apr | Malaysia | 175,000 | Kang Wook-soon (1) | |||
5 May | Honda Invitational | Thailand | 300,000 | Steve Elkington (n/a) | New tournament | |
12 May | Guam Open | Guam | 175,000 | Mo Joong-kyung (1) | New tournament | |
2 Jun | Volvo China Open | China | 400,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (1) | New to Asian PGA Tour | |
11 Aug | Singapore | 500,000 | (1) | New to Asian PGA Tour | ||
18 Aug | Malaysia | 280,000 | Kang Wook-soon (2) | New tournament | ||
25 Aug | South Korea | 250,000 | (1) | New tournament | ||
4 Sep | South Korea | 300,000 | Jeev Milkha Singh (3) | New tournament | ||
29 Sep | Thailand | 200,000 | Boonchu Ruangkit (3) | New tournament | ||
6 Oct | Singapore | 200,000 | Yeh Chang-ting (2) | [3] | ||
19 Oct | UAE | 350,000 | Paul Friedlander (1) | [4] | ||
27 Oct | Australian Players Championship | Australia | Bradley Hughes (n/a) | ANZ | New to Asian PGA Tour[5] | |
5 Nov | Alfred Dunhill Masters | Hong Kong | 500,000 | Bernhard Langer (n/a) | ANZ | New to Asian PGA Tour[5] |
10 Nov | Merlion Masters | Singapore | 200,000 | Peter Teravainen (1) | ||
19 Nov | Pakistan | (1) | ||||
30 Nov | Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship | Indonesia | Thammanoon Sriroj (2) | New to Asian PGA Tour[6] | ||
8 Dec | Thailand | Richard Kaplan (1) | New tournament | |||
15 Dec | Omega PGA Championship | Hong Kong | 500,000 | Gerry Norquist (2) | ||
22 Dec | Asian Matchplay Championship | Indonesia | 150,000 | Zhang Lianwei (2) |
- ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.
References[]
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. pp. 177–187, 553–566. ISBN 1878843176.
- ^ "Cuello settles for third in Canlubang golf classic". Manila Standard. 21 April 1996. p. 31. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Yeh's title by one stroke". New Straits Times. 7 October 1996. p. 21(40 in newspaper). Retrieved 24 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "World at a glance". New Straits Times. 20 October 1996. p. 16(30 in newspaper). Retrieved 24 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ a b "Big names bolster the Asian Tour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 30 October 1996. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Thamanoon grabs the glory". The Nation. Thailand. 1 December 1996. p. 9 – via Google News Archive.
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- 1996 in golf
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