2008 Asian Tour
The 2008 Asian Tour was the 14th 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$43 million and Jeev Milkha Singh topped the Order of Merit for the second time with a record US$1,452,702.
Schedule[]
The table below shows the 2008 schedule.
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[a] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb | Emaar-MGF Indian Masters | India | 2,500,000 |  Shiv Chawrasia (1)
|
26 | EUR | New tournament |
| 17 Feb | Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 1,200,000 |  Felipe Aguilar (n/a)
|
20 | EUR | |
| 23 Feb | SAIL Open Golf Championship | India | 400,000 |  Mark Brown (1)
|
14 | New tournament | |
| 4 Mar | Johnnie Walker Classic | India | 2,500,000 | Mark Brown (2)
|
38 | ANZ, EUR | |
| 9 Mar | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 2,000,000 | Arjun Atwal (7)
|
24 | EUR | |
| 16 Mar | Ballantine's Championship | South Korea | 2,900,000 |  Graeme McDowell (n/a)
|
28 | EUR, KOR | New tournament |
| 23 Mar | Asian Tour International | Thailand | 300,000 |  Lin Wen-tang (3)
|
14 | New tournament | |
| 6 Apr | Philippine Open | Philippines | 300,000 |  Angelo Que (2)
|
14 | ||
| 20 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | 2,000,000 |  Damien McGrane (n/a)
|
20 | EUR | |
| 27 Apr | BMW Asian Open | China | 2,300,000 | Darren Clarke (n/a)
|
32 | EUR | |
| 4 May | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | South Korea | 600,000 |  Hwang Inn-choon (1)
|
14 | KOR | |
| 11 May | Pine Valley Beijing Open | China | 1,000,000 |  Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)
|
16 | JPN | |
| 8 Jun | Bangkok Airways Open | Thailand | 300,000 |  Thaworn Wiratchant (10)
|
14 | ||
| 29 Jun | Thailand | 500,000 | Mo Joong-kyung (2)
|
14 | New tournament | ||
| 9 Aug | Worldwide Selangor Masters | Malaysia | 310,000 |  Ben Leong (1)
|
14 | New tournament | |
| 24 Aug | Brunei Open | Brunei | 300,000 |  Rick Kulacz (1)
|
14 | ||
| 31 Aug | Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational | Indonesia | 350,000 | Scott Hend (1)
|
14 | ||
| 21 Sep | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 500,000 | Lu Wen-teh (5)
|
14 | ||
| 28 Sep | Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open | Japan | 1,850,000 | Hideto Tanihara (n/a)
|
20 | JPN | New tournament |
| 5 Oct | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open | South Korea | 1,000,000 | Bae Sang-moon (2)
|
18 | KOR | |
| 12 Oct | Hero Honda Indian Open | India | 1,000,000 |  Liang Wenchong (2)
|
14 | ||
| 19 Oct | Midea China Classic | China | 500,000 | Noh Seung-yul (1)
|
14 | ||
| 26 Oct | Macau Open | Macau | 500,000 | David Gleeson (2)
|
14 | ||
| 2 Nov | Iskandar Johor Open | Malaysia | 500,000 |  Retief Goosen (n/a)
|
14 | ||
| 9 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | 5,000,000 |  Sergio García (n/a)
|
52 | AFR, ANZ, EUR | |
| 16 Nov | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | 5,000,000 | Jeev Milkha Singh (6)
|
38 | ||
| 23 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 2,250,000 | Lin Wen-tang (4)
|
32 | EUR | |
| 7 Dec | Hana Bank Vietnam Masters | Vietnam | 500,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (9)
|
14 | ||
| 14 Dec | Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open | Cambodia | 300,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (10)
|
14 | ||
| 21 Dec | Volvo Masters of Asia | Thailand | 750,000 |  Lam Chih Bing (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 | Jeev Milkha Singh |
1,452,702 |
| 2 | Lin Wen-tang |
844,735 |
| 3 | Mark Brown |
778,038 |
| 4 | Liang Wenchong |
521,428 |
| 5 | David Gleeson |
483,121 |
| 6 | Shiv Chawrasia |
482,293 |
| 7 | Bae Sang-moon |
419,953 |
| 8 | Thaworn Wiratchant |
404,555 |
| 9 | Scott Strange |
380,678 |
| 10 | Noh Seung-yul |
345,824 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2008 in golf
- Asian Tour