2012 Asian Tour

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The 2012 Asian Tour was the 18th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

Tournament results[]

The table below shows the 2012 schedule.[1]

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.

Only 50% of the prize money from major championships and World Golf Championships are counted towards the Order of Merit, but are not shown below.

Dates Tournament Host country Prize fund Winner OWGR
pts[2]		 Notes
Feb 2–5 Zaykabar Myanmar Open  Myanmar $300,000 Australia Kieran Pratt (1) 14
Feb 9–12 ICTSI Philippine Open  Philippines $300,000 Singapore Mardan Mamat (3) 14
Feb 16–19 Avantha Masters  India €1,800,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (1) 20 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Feb 22–25 SAIL-SBI Open  India $300,000 India Anirban Lahiri (2) 14
Mar 14–17 Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic  Cambodia $300,000 United States David Lipsky (1) 14 New tournament
Mar 29 – Apr 1 Panasonic Open India  India $300,000 India Digvijay Singh (1) 14
Apr 5–8 ISPS Handa Singapore Classic  Singapore $400,000 Australia Scott Hend (2) 14
Apr 12–15 Maybank Malaysian Open  Malaysia $2,500,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) 36 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Apr 19–22 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters  Indonesia $750,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 20
Apr 26–29 Ballantine's Championship  South Korea €2,205,000 Austria Bernd Wiesberger (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
and Korean Tour
Jun 14–17 Queen's Cup  Thailand $300,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (13) 14
Jun 21–24  South Korea $300,000 South Korea Lee In-woo (1) 14 Co-sanctioned by Korean Tour
Aug 30 – Sep 2 Omega European Masters   Switzerland €2,100,000 Scotland Richie Ramsay (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sep 5–8 Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters  Malaysia RM1,200,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (14) 14
Sep 13–16 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship  Taiwan $500,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (3) 14
Sep 20–23 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open  Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Masanori Kobayashi (1) 20 Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Sep 27–30 Mercuries Taiwan Masters  Taiwan $600,000 Taiwan Tsai Chi-huang (2) 14
Oct 4–7 CJ Invitational  South Korea $750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (6) 14 Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Oct 11–14 Venetian Macau Open  Macau $750,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (4) 14
Oct 18-21 Hero Indian Open  India $1,250,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (15) 14
Oct 25–28 CIMB Classic  Malaysia $6,100,000 United States Nick Watney (n/a) 36 Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour
Nov 8–11 Barclays Singapore Open  Singapore $6,000,000 Italy Matteo Manassero (n/a) 48 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Nov 15–18 UBS Hong Kong Open  Hong Kong $2,750,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Nov 29–Dec 2 King's Cup  Thailand $500,000 Thailand Arnond Vongvanij (1) 14
Dec 6–9 Thailand Golf Championship  Thailand $1,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (n/a) 36 Flagship event
Dec 13–16 Iskandar Johor Open  Malaysia $2,000,000 Spain Sergio García (n/a) 20

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player Country Earnings (US$)
1 Thaworn Wiratchant  Thailand 738,047
2 Marcus Fraser  Australia 672,745
3 Jbe' Kruger  South Africa 474,989
4 Masanori Kobayashi  Japan 471,080
5 Gaganjeet Bhullar  India 451,245
6 Prom Meesawat  Thailand 385,910
7 Jonathan Moore  United States 370,927
8 Shiv Kapur  India 358,725
9 Chapchai Nirat  Thailand 335,153
10 Anirban Lahiri  India 289,731

There is a complete list on the official site here.

References[]

  1. ^ 2012 Schedule Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, asiantour.com
  2. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking – Events – 2012". Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2012-02-03.

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