2001 Asian PGA Tour

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The 2001 Asian PGA Tour was the seventh season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2001 Asian PGA Tour schedule.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[a]		 Notes
4 Feb Thailand 200,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (7) 6 New tournament
11 Feb London Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 United States Anthony Kang (2) 6
18 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia 910,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a) 18 EUR
25 Feb Caltex Singapore Masters Singapore 850,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a) 24 EUR New tournament
18 Mar Wills Indian Open India 300,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (2) 6
29 Apr Maekyung LG Fashion Open South Korea 350,000 South Korea (2) 6 KOR
6 May Macau Open Macau 250,000 China Zhang Lianwei (2) 12
20 May SK Telecom Open South Korea 300,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (2) 6 KOR New to Asian PGA Tour
24 Jun Alcatel Singapore Open Singapore 300,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (2) 6
12 Aug Volvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 275,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (3) 6
2 Sep Acer Taiwan Open Taiwan 300,000 United States (1) 6
9 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 300,000 Sweden Daniel Chopra (1) 6
16 Sep Kolon Cup Korea Open South Korea 350,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (a) (2) 6 KOR
23 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea 350,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (3) 6 KOR
21 Oct Volvo China Open China 400,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (4) 6
25 Nov BMW Asian Open Taiwan 1,500,000 Sweden Jarmo Sandelin (n/a) 20 EUR New tournament
2 Dec Omega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 700,000 Spain José María Olazábal (n/a) 16 EUR
  1. ^ EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player[2] Earnings (US$)
1 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 353,061
2 South Korea Charlie Wi 315,857
3 United States 144,394
4 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 120,573
5 India Arjun Atwal 111,238
6 Scotland Simon Yates 100,382
7 South Africa James Kingston 98,808
8 South Korea Kang Wook-soon 87,151
9 India 86,501
10 Sweden Daniel Chopra 83,687

References[]

  1. ^ "2001 Schedule". Asian PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2003-10-13.
  2. ^ "2001 Order of Merit". Asian PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2003-08-02.
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