2018 Asian Tour

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The 2018 Asian Tour was the 24th 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 2018 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.

Fifty percent of the prize money from two major championships (the U.S. Open and The Open Championship) and one of the World Golf Championships counts towards the Order of Merit, but these tournaments are not shown below.

Date Tournament Host country Prize fund
(US$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
14 Jan EurAsia Cup Malaysia 4,800,000 Team Europe n/a Team event
21 Jan SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,000,000 Spain Sergio García (n/a) 28 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
28 Jan Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar 750,000 United States Paul Peterson (1) 19 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
4 Feb Maybank Championship Malaysia 3,000,000 India Shubhankar Sharma (2) 38 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
11 Feb ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Australia A$1,750,000 Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3) 23 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and PGA Tour of Australasia
4 Mar ISPS Handa New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,150,000 Australia (n/a) 15 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
New to Asian Tour
11 Mar Hero Indian Open India 1,750,000 England Matt Wallace (n/a) 22 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
22 Apr Panasonic Open Championship Japan ¥150,000,000 India Rahil Gangjee (2) 15 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
29 Apr Volvo China Open China CNY20,000,000 Sweden Alexander Björk (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
Last sanctioned by Asian Tour in 2008
6 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Korean Tour
Last sanctioned by Asian Tour in 2009
12 May AB Bank Bangladesh Open Bangladesh 300,000 Sweden Malcolm Kokocinski (1) 14
20 May China 300,000 United States John Catlin (1) 10 New tournament, co-sanctioned with China Tour
10 Jun Thailand Open Thailand 300,000 Thailand (2) 14
24 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Korea (1) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Korean Tour
Last sanctioned by Asian Tour in 2009
1 Jul Queen's Cup Thailand 300,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (2) 14
7 Jul Sarawak Championship Malaysia 300,000 United States John Catlin (2) 14 New tournament
15 Jul Bank BRI Indonesia Open Indonesia 500,000 South Africa Justin Harding (1) 14
29 Jul Royal Cup Thailand 500,000 South Africa Justin Harding (2) 14 New tournament
5 Aug Fiji International Fiji A$1,250,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (9) 15 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and the PGA Tour of Australasia
12 Aug TAKE Solutions Masters India 350,000 India (1) 14
16 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (2) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Korean Tour
23 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (n/a) 15 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
30 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 850,000 Brazil Adilson da Silva (1) 14
7 Oct Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 500,000 United States John Catlin (3) 14
14 Oct Pakistan 300,000 Thailand (1) 14 New tournament
14 Oct CIMB Classic Malaysia 7,000,000 Australia Marc Leishman (n/a) 48 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour
28 Oct Panasonic Open India India 400,000 India (1) 14
25 Nov Honma Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,000,000 England Aaron Rai (n/a) 30 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
2 Dec Queen's Cup Thailand 500,000 Philippines Miguel Tabuena (2) 14
2 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 United States Kurt Kitayama (1) 17 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Sunshine Tour
9 Dec South African Open South Africa R17,500,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) 32 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Sunshine Tour
16 Dec BNI Indonesian Masters Indonesia 750,000 Thailand Poom Saksansin (3) 24 Flagship event

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player Country Earnings (US$)
1 Shubhankar Sharma  India 755,994
2 Park Sang-hyun  South Korea 566,211
3 Justin Harding  South Africa 479,816
4 Gaganjeet Bhullar  India 422,935
5 Scott Vincent  Zimbabwe 420,886
6 John Catlin  United States 403,666
7  United States 392,883
8 Kurt Kitayama  United States 369,346
9 Jazz Janewattananond  Thailand 367,308
10 Rahil Gangjee  India 309,791

There is a complete list on the official site here.

References[]

  1. ^ "Asian Tour announces early 2018 schedule". Asian Tour. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

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