2004 Asian Tour
The 2004 Asian Tour was the inaugural season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan.
Schedule[]
The table below shows the 2004 Asian Tour schedule. The season began in December 2003 with the Okinawa Open.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[a] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | Japan | 910,000 |  Hideto Tanihara (n/a) |
12 | JPN | |
| 25 Jan | Thailand Open | Thailand | 300,000 |  Boonchu Ruangkit (5) |
6 | ||
| 1 Feb | Johnnie Walker Classic | Thailand | 1,600,000 |  Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) |
38 | ANZ, EUR | |
| 15 Feb | London Myanmar Open | Myanmar | 200,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (5) |
6 | ||
| 22 Feb | Carlsberg Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 1,210,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (6) |
16 | EUR | |
| 29 Feb | DHL Philippine Open | Philippine | 175,000 |  (1) |
6 | Not played since 2002 | |
| 21 Mar | Caltex Masters | Singapore | 900,000 |  Colin Montgomerie (n/a) |
16 | EUR | |
| 28 Mar | Royal Challenge Indian Open | India | 300,000 |  Mardan Mamat (1) |
6 | ||
| 2 May | Volkswagen Masters-China | China | 300,000 |  Rahil Gangjee (1) |
6 | New tournament | |
| 9 May | Macau Open | Macau | 275,000 | Jason Knutzon (1) |
10 | ||
| 16 May | BMW Asian Open | China | 1,500,000 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) |
18 | EUR | |
| 23 May | SK Telecom Open | South Korea | 400,000 | Simon Yates (2) |
10 | KOR | |
| 22 Aug | China | 200,000 | Thammanoon Sriroj (5) |
6 | Not played since 1999 | ||
| 12 Sep | Kolon Korean Open | South Korea | 400,000 | Edward Loar (2) |
14 | KOR | |
| 19 Sep | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 390,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (4) |
6 | ||
| 26 Sep | Taiwan Open | Taiwan | 300,000 |  Charlie Wi (6) |
6 | ||
| 24 Oct | China | 200,000 |  Terry Pilkadaris (1) |
6 | New tournament | ||
| 31 Oct | China | 250,000 | Terry Pilkadaris (2) |
6 | |||
| 7 Nov | Vietnam | 200,000 |  Angelo Que (1) |
6 | New tournament | ||
| 28 Nov | Volvo China Open | China | 1,000,000 |  Stephen Dodd (n/a) |
16 | EUR | |
| 5 Dec | Omega Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 800,000 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) |
24 | EUR | |
| 12 Dec | Volvo Masters of Asia | Malaysia | 550,000 | Jyoti Randhawa (5) |
20 |
- ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
Order of Merit[]
| Rank | Player | Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thongchai Jaidee |
381,929 |
| 2 | Jyoti Randhawa |
351,709 |
| 3 | Simon Yates |
310,988 |
| 4 | Thaworn Wiratchant |
260,637 |
| 5 | Terry Pilkadaris |
252,857 |
| 6 | Prayad Marksaeng |
231,695 |
| 7 | Boonchu Ruangkit |
220,293 |
| 8 |  Simon Dyson |
181,718 |
| 9 | Charlie Wi |
173,183 |
| 10 | |
171,743 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2004 in golf
- Asian Tour