2007 Asian Tour

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The 2007 Asian Tour was the 13th 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$27 million and Liang Wenchong became the first golfer from mainland China to top the Order of Merit.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2007 schedule. It includes one special event which does not count towards the money list (the HSBC Champions).

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
21 Jan Pakistan Open Pakistan 300,000 Malaysia Airil Rizman (1) 14
28 Jan Commercialbank Qatar Masters Qatar 2,200,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (n/a) 48 EUR
4 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 300,000 Philippines Frankie Miñoza (1) 14
11 Feb Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 1,290,000 Sweden Peter Hedblom (n/a) 26 EUR
18 Feb Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,000,000 Finland Mikko Ilonen (n/a) 20 EUR
4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand 2,440,000 South Africa Anton Haig (2) 40 ANZ, EUR
11 Mar Clariden Leu Singapore Masters Singapore 1,100,000 China Liang Wenchong (1) 30 EUR
18 Mar TCL Classic China 1,000,000 Thailand Chapchai Nirat (1) 20 EUR
25 Mar Motorola International Bintan Indonesia 350,000 United States Jason Knutzon (2) 14 New tournament
15 Apr Volvo China Open China 2,000,000 Austria Markus Brier (n/a) 20 EUR
22 Apr BMW Asian Open China 2,300,000 France Raphaël Jacquelin (n/a) 32 EUR
19 Apr Pine Valley Beijing Open China 500,000 India Gaurav Ghei (3) 14 New tournament
6 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea 600,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (1) 14 KOR
20 May Macau Open Macau 300,000 Taiwan Lu Wen-teh (3) 14
27 May SK Telecom Open South Korea 600,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (1) 14 KOR
10 Jun Bangkok Airways Open Thailand 300,000 South Korea Lee Sung (1) 14 New tournament
26 Aug Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 300,000 Philippines Artemio Murakami (1) 14 New tournament
2 Sep Brunei Open Brunei 500,000 Taiwan Lin Wen-tang (2) 14
16 Sep Midea China Classic China 400,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (9) 14 New tournament
23 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 500,000 Taiwan Lu Wen-teh (4) 14
7 Oct Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open South Korea 1,000,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a) 14 KOR
14 Oct Hero Honda Indian Open India 500,000 India Jyoti Randhawa (7) 14
28 Oct Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational Indonesia 500,000 Philippines Juvic Pagunsan (1) 14 New tournament
4 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 4,000,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (n/a) 40
11 Nov HSBC Champions China 5,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson (n/a) 52 AFR, ANZ, EUR
18 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,000,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 36 EUR
25 Nov Hana Bank Vietnam Masters Vietnam 500,000 Thailand Chapchai Nirat (2) 14 New tournament
2 Dec Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open Cambodia 300,000 United States Bryan Saltus (1) 14 New tournament
9 Dec Volvo Masters of Asia Thailand 750,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (6) 20
  1. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player Earnings (US$)
1 China Liang Wenchong 532,590
2 Thailand Chapchai Nirat 442,325
3 South Africa Anton Haig 427,685
4 Australia Scott Hend 363,109
5 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 348,623
6 Scotland Simon Yates 330,808
7 Thailand Prom Meesawat 311,308
8 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 278,896
9 Taiwan Lu Wen-teh 265,909
10 India Gaurav Ghei 261,057

There is a complete list on the official site here.

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