2005 Asian Tour
The 2005 Asian Tour was the 11th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Thaworn Wiratchant won the Order of Merit, becoming the first player to pass $500,000 earnings in a season.
Schedule[]
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[a] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | Japan | 830,000 |  Kiyoshi Miyazato (n/a) |
24 | JPN | |
| 30 Jan | Caltex Masters | Singapore | 1,000,000 |  Nick Dougherty (n/a) |
30 | EUR | |
| 20 Feb | Carlsberg Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 1,210,000 |  Thongchai Jaidee (7) |
26 | EUR | |
| 27 Feb | Myanmar Open | Myanmar | 200,000 |  Scott Strange (1) |
8 | ||
| 6 Mar | Thai Airways International Thailand Open | Thailand | 500,000 |  (1) |
6 | ||
| 13 Mar | Qatar Masters | Qatar | 1,500,000 |  Ernie Els (n/a) |
26 | EUR | New to Asian Tour |
| 20 Mar | TCL Classic | China | 1,000,000 | Paul Casey (n/a) |
20 | EUR | Not played since 2002 |
| 27 Mar | Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open |
Indonesia | 1,000,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (5) |
16 | EUR | Not played since 1997 |
| 24 Apr | Johnnie Walker Classic | China | 2,300,000 | Adam Scott (n/a) |
46 | ANZ, EUR | |
| 1 May | BMW Asian Open | China | 1,500,000 | Ernie Els (n/a) |
38 | EUR | |
| 8 May | SK Telecom Open | South Korea | 500,000 |  K. J. Choi (3) |
14 | KOR | |
| 15 May | Macau Open | Macau | 275,000 |  Wang Ter-chang (3) |
10 | ||
| 22 May | Philippine Open | Philippines | 200,000 | (1) |
6 | ||
| 29 May | KT&G Maekyung Open | South Korea | 500,000 | (1) |
6 | KOR | |
| 26 Jun | Brunei Open | Brunei | 300,000 | Terry Pilkadaris (3) |
6 | New tournament | |
| 4 Sep | Volkswagen Masters-China | China | 300,000 | Retief Goosen (n/a) |
20 | ||
| 11 Sep | Singapore Open | Singapore | 2,000,000 | Adam Scott (n/a) |
22 | Not played since 2001 | |
| 18 Sep | Taiwan Open | Taiwan | 300,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (6) |
6 | ||
| 25 Sep | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 400,000 | Lu Wei-chih (1) |
6 | ||
| 2 Oct | China | 200,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (5) |
6 | |||
| 16 Oct | Bangkok Airways Open | Thailand | 200,000 | Lu Wen-teh (2) |
6 | New tournament | |
| 30 Oct | Hero Honda Indian Open | India | 300,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (7) |
8 | ||
| 6 Nov | Thailand | 300,000 | Chinnarat Phadungsil (a) (1) |
6 | New tournament | ||
| 13 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | 5,000,000 | David Howell (n/a) |
48 | AFR, ANZ, EUR | |
| 20 Nov | Vietnam | 200,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (8) |
6 | |||
| 27 Nov | Volvo China Open | China | 1,300,000 | Paul Casey (n/a) |
18 | EUR | |
| 4 Dec | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 1,200,000 |  Colin Montgomerie (n/a) |
28 | EUR | |
| 11 Dec | Volvo Masters of Asia | Thailand | 600,000 |  Shiv Kapur (1) |
20 |
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
Order of Merit[]
| Rank | Player | Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thaworn Wiratchant |
510,122 |
| 2 | Thongchai Jaidee |
454,335 |
| 3 | Jyoti Randhawa |
329,835 |
| 4 | Shiv Kapur |
242,101 |
| 5 | Terry Pilkadaris |
234,969 |
| 6 | Andrew Buckle |
222,163 |
| 7 | Chawalit Plaphol |
204,968 |
| 8 | James Kingston |
202,812 |
| 9 | Marcus Both |
196,607 |
| 10 | |
176,658 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2005 in golf
- Asian Tour