2020–21–22 Asian Tour

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The 2020–21–22 Asian Tour was the 26th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2020–21–22 schedule, before most events were curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
12 Jan 2020 Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 1,000,000 Australia Wade Ormsby (3) 20 EUR Rescheduled from 2019[c]
19 Jan 2020 SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,000,000 United States Matt Kuchar (n/a) 26 JPN
1 Mar 2020 New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,400,000 Australia Brad Kennedy (1) 15 ANZ
8 Mar 2020 Bandar Malaysia Open Malaysia 1,000,000 United States Trevor Simsby (1) 14 Not played since 2015
15 Mar 2020 Royal Cup Thailand 400,000 Cancelled[4] –
22 Mar 2020 Hero Indian Open India 1,750,000 Cancelled[5] – EUR
28 Mar 2020 Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open Bangladesh 400,000 Cancelled[6] –
19 Apr 2020 Maybank Championship Malaysia 3,000,000 Cancelled[7] – EUR
3 May 2020 GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 Removed[d] – KOR
10 May 2020 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Japan ¥150,000,000 Cancelled[8] – JPN
28 Jun 2020 Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 Cancelled[9] – KOR
13 Sep 2020 Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,400,000,000 Removed[e] – JPN, KOR
20 Sep 2020 Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 950,000 Cancelled[11] –
27 Sep 2020 Panasonic Open Golf Championship Japan ��150,000,000 Cancelled[12] – JPN
31 Oct 2021 Hero Indian Open India – Cancelled[13] – EUR
28 Nov 2021 Thailand 1,000,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (3) 14 New tournament
5 Dec 2021 Thailand 1,000,000 Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai (1) 14 New tournament
16 Jan 2022 Singapore 1,000,000 South Korea Kim Joo-hyung (2) 14 New tournament
23 Jan 2022 SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,250,000 Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana (2) 14 JPN
  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.
  2. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  3. ^ The opening tournament of the season, the Hong Kong Open, was originally to be played from 28 November – 1 December 2019 as part of the 2019 season and co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Due to protest violence, the tournament was rescheduled to January 2020 without European Tour co-sanctioning.[2][3]
  4. ^ Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic; rescheduled to August without Asian Tour co-sanctioning.
  5. ^ Event proceeded as a solely-sanctioned Korean Tour event.[10]

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player Earnings (US$)
1 South Korea Kim Joo-hyung 507,553
2 Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana 378,972
3 Australia Wade Ormsby 270,154
4 Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai 264,723
5 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang 231,375
6 United States Trevor Simsby 197,107
7 South Korea Kim Bi-o 181,611
8 United States 170,063
9 Thailand 151,363
10 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond 132,600

Source:[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Schedule 2020". Asian Tour. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong Open Postponed due to protest violence". ESPN. Reuters. 20 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Open rescheduled for January 2020". ESPN. 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Royal's Cup 2020 to be postponed". Asian Tour. 5 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Hero Indian Open 2020 cancelled". Asian Tour. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open 2020 to be postponed amid COVID-19 concerns". Asian Tour. 9 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Maybank golf meet is off this year". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Japan Golf Tour Status (Latest April 6)" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ Williams, Julie (16 May 2020). "Korea Open canceled for first time in event's 62-year history". Golfweek.
  10. ^ "Shinhan Donghae Open to proceed as domestic KPGA event in September". Asian Tour. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Asian Tour: Mercuries Taiwan Masters cancelled". Golf Australia. 15 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled". Asian Tour. 31 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Indian Open golf cancelled due to COVID, once again". Olympics. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour.

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