2005 Asian Tour
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Tournament results
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 16-19 | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | 830,000 |  Kiyoshi Miyazato (n/a) |
24 | Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour |
| Jan 27-30 | Caltex Masters | 1,000,000 |  Nick Dougherty (n/a) |
30 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Feb 17-20 | Carlsberg Malaysian Open | 1,210,000 |  Thongchai Jaidee (7) |
26 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Feb 24-27 | Myanmar Open | 200,000 |  Scott Strange (1) |
8 | |
| Mar 3-6 | Thai Airways International Thailand Open | 500,000 |  Richard Lee (1) |
6 | |
| Mar 10-13 | Qatar Masters | 1,500,000 |  Ernie Els (n/a) |
26 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Mar 17-20 | TCL Classic | 1,000,000 | Paul Casey (n/a) |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Mar 24-27 | Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open | 1,000,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (5) |
16 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Apr 15-17 | Visa Dynasty Cup | n/a | Asia | n/a | Team event |
| Apr 21-24 | Johnnie Walker Classic | 2,300,000 | Adam Scott (n/a) |
46 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Apr 28 - May 1 | BMW Asian Open | 1,500,000 | Ernie Els (n/a) |
38 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| May 5–8 | SK Telecom Open | 500,000 |  Choi Kyung-Ju (3) |
14 | |
| May 12–15 | Macau Open | 275,000 |  Wang Ter-chang (3) |
10 | |
| May 19–22 | Philippine Open | 200,000 | Adam Le Vesconte (1) |
6 | |
| May 26–29 | KT&G Maekyung Open | 500,000 | Choi Sang-ho (1) |
6 | Oldest winner in tour history (50 years 145 days) |
| June 23–26 | Brunei Open | 300,000 | Terry Pilkadaris (3) |
6 | |
| Sep 1-4 | Volkswagen Masters-China | 300,000 | Retief Goosen (n/a) |
20 | |
| Sep 8-11 | Singapore Open | 2,000,000 | Adam Scott (n/a) |
22 | Richest sole-sanctioned event |
| Sep 15-18 | Taiwan Open | 300,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (6) |
6 | |
| Sep 22-25 | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | 400,000 | Lu Wei-chih (1) |
6 | |
| Sep 29 - Oct 2 | Crowne Plaza Open | 200,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (5) |
6 | |
| Oct 13-16 | Bangkok Airways Open | 200,000 | Lu Wen-teh (2) |
6 | |
| Oct 27-30 | Hero Honda Indian Open | 300,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (7) |
8 | |
| Nov 3-6 | Double A International Open | 300,000 | Chinnarat Phadungsil (am) (1) |
6 | |
| Nov 10-13 | HSBC Champions Tournament | 5,000,000 | David Howell (n/a) |
48 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Nov 17-20 | Carlsberg Masters Vietnam | 200,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (8) |
6 | |
| Nov 24-27 | Volvo China Open | (1,300,000) | Paul Casey (n/a) |
18 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Dec 1-4 | UBS Hong Kong Open | 1,200,000 |  Colin Montgomerie (n/a) |
28 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
| Dec 8-11 | Volvo Masters of Asia | 600,000 |  Shiv Kapur (1) |
20 | Limited to top 60 on Order of Merit |
Source: [1]
Leading money winners
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand |
510,122 |
| 2 | Thongchai Jaidee | Thailand |
454,335 |
| 3 | Jyoti Randhawa | India |
329,835 |
| 4 | Shiv Kapur | India |
242,101 |
| 5 | Terry Pilkadaris | Australia |
234,969 |
| 6 | Andrew Buckle | Australia |
222,163 |
| 7 | Chawalit Plaphol | Thailand |
204,968 |
| 8 | James Kingston | South Africa |
202,812 |
| 9 | Marcus Both | Australia |
196,607 |
| 10 | Ted Oh | South Korea |
176,658 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
