2016 Asian Tour

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The 2016 Asian Tour will be the 22nd 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 initial 2016 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 Winner OWGR
points
Notes
17 Jan EurAsia Cup Malaysia n/a Team Europe n/a Team event
1 Feb[nb 1] SMBC Singapore Open Singapore $1,000,000 South Korea Song Young-han (1) 28 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar $750,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (2) 15 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
14 Feb Bashundhara Bangladesh Open Bangladesh $300,000 Thailand Thitiphun Chuayprakong (1) 14
21 Feb Maybank Championship Malaysia Malaysia $3,000,000 Australia Marcus Fraser (2) 38 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
28 Feb ISPS Handa Perth International Australia A$1,750,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) 23 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and PGA Tour of Australasia
13 Mar True Thailand Classic Thailand $1,750,000 Australia Scott Hend (8) 24 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
20 Mar Hero Indian Open India $1,660,000 India Shiv Chawrasia (4) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
24 Apr Panasonic Open Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (n/a) 16 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius 1,000,000 South Korea Wang Jeung-hun (1) 17 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Sunshine Tour
19 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand $300,000
3 Jul Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan $500,000
31 Jul King's Cup Thailand $750,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
4 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland 2,700,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Open Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf Japan ¥150,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
2 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan $800,000
2 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea KRW1.2 billion Co-sanctioned with the Korean Tour
9 Oct Indonesian Masters Indonesia $750,000
16 Oct Venetian Macao Open Macau $1,000,000
23 Oct CIMB Classic Malaysia $7,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour
6 Nov Panasonic Open India India $400,000
13 Nov Resorts World Manila Masters Philippines $1,000,000
11 Dec UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Footnotes

  1. Final round delayed to Monday due to bad weather and lightning

References

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