2006 Asian Tour
The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th 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$24 million and Jeev Milkha Singh of India set a new season's prize money record of $591,884.
Tournament results
The list of results below includes one special event which did not count towards the money list (the HSBC Champions) and one team event (the Royal Trophy). The first event took place in December 2005. Prize funds shown in brackets do not count towards the money list.
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
| Dates | Tournament | Prize fund (US$) |
Winner | OWGR pts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15-18 | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | 830,000 |  Tadahiro Takayama (1) |
14 | Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour |
| Jan 5-8 | Royal Trophy | (1,500,000) | Europe | n/a | Team event: Asia v Europe |
| Jan 19-22 | Pakistan Open | 200,000 |  Chris Rodgers (1) |
14 | |
| Jan 26-29 | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | 2,000,000 |  Henrik Stenson (n/a) |
44 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Feb 9-12 | Johnnie Walker Classic | 2,300,000 |  Kevin Stadler (n/a) |
44 | Co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian tours |
| Feb 16-19 | Maybank Malaysian Open | 1,210,000 |  Charlie Wi (7) |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Mar 2-5 | Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open | 1,000,000 | Simon Dyson (4) |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Mar 9-12 | OSIM Singapore Masters | 1,000,000 |  Mardan Mamat (2) |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Mar 16-19 | TCL Classic | 1,000,000 | Johan Edfors (n/a) |
24 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Apr 13-16 | Volvo China Open | 1,800,000 |  Jeev Milkha Singh (5) |
24 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Apr 20-23 | BMW Asian Open | 1,800,000 |  Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a) |
30 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Apr 27-30 | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | 600,000 | Suk Jong-yul (1) |
14 | |
| May 4-7 | SK Telecom Open | 600,000 |  Prom Meesawat (1) |
14 | |
| May 11-14 | Aamby Valley Asian Masters | 400,000 |  Hendrik Buhrmann (1) |
14 | |
| May 18-21 | Macau Open | 300,000 |  Kane Webber (1) |
14 | |
| May 25-28 | Philippine Open | 200,000 | Scott Strange (2) |
14 | |
| June 1-4 | Bangkok Airways Open | 300,000 | Chawalit Plaphol (2) |
14 | |
| Aug 17-20 | Crowne Plaza Open | 200,000 | Chanarat Phadungsil (1) |
14 | |
| Aug 24-27 | Brunei Open | 500,000 |  Wang Ter-chang (4) |
12 | |
| Aug 31-Sept 3 | Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters | 300,000 | Anton Haig (1) |
14 | |
| Sep 7-10 | Barclays Singapore Open | 3,000,000 | Adam Scott (n/a) |
36 | Richest sole-sanctioned event |
| Sep 21-24 | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open | 750,000 | Yang Yong-eun (1) |
16 | |
| Sep 28-Oct 1 | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | 500,000 | Gaurav Ghei (2) |
14 | |
| Oct 5-8 | Taiwan Open | 300,000 | Lin Wen-tang (1) |
14 | |
| Oct 12-15 | Volkswagen Masters-China | 350,000 | Retief Goosen (n/a) |
18 | |
| Oct 19-22 | Hero Honda Indian Open | 300,000 | Jyoti Randhawa (6) |
14 | |
| Nov 9-12 | HSBC Champions | (5,000,000) | Yang Yong-eun (2) |
52 | Co-sanctioned by the European, Australasian and Sunshine tours |
| Nov 16-19 | UBS Hong Kong Open | 2,000,000 | José Manuel Lara (n/a) |
32 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Dec 7-10 | Volvo Masters of Asia | 700,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (8) |
20 | Limited to top 60 on Order of Merit |
Source: here
Leading money winners
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeev Milkha Singh | India |
591,884 |
| 2 | Thongchai Jaidee | Thailand |
444,736 |
| 3 | Prom Meesawat | Thailand |
392,671 |
| 4 | Charlie Wi | South Korea |
369,880 |
| 5 | Andrew Buckle | Australia |
348,295 |
| 6 | Jyoti Randhawa | India |
301,728 |
| 7 | Juvic Pagunsan |  Philippines |
291,847 |
| 8 | Shiv Kapur | India |
271,343 |
| 9 | Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand |
263,287 |
| 10 | Brad Kennedy | Australia |
263,218 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
