2009 Asian Tour

The 2009 Asian Tour was the 15th 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$39 million and Thongchai Jaidee topped the Order of Merit for the third time with US$981,932.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2009 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.

Only 50% of the prize money from major championships and World Golf Championships are counted towards the Order of Merit, but are not shown below.

Dates Tournament Country Prize
fund (US$)
Winner OWGR
pts
Notes
Jan 9-11 Royal Trophy Thailand n/a Asia n/a Team event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Japan Golf Tour
Feb 5-8 Emaar-MGF Indian Masters India 2,500,000 n/a n/a Tournament cancelled.[2]
Feb 5-8 Asian Tour International Thailand 300,000 James Kamte (1) 14 Rescheduled following cancellation of Indian Masters[3]
Feb 12-15 Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 2,000,000 Anthony Kang (3) 30 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Feb 19-22 Johnnie Walker Classic Australia 2,500,000 Danny Lee (n/a) (amateur) 32 Co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian tours
Feb 26 - Mar 1 Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,250,000 Thongchai Jaidee (11) 20 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Mar 5-8 Singha Thailand Open Thailand 500,000 Jyoti Randhawa (8) 14 New tournament
Mar 19-22 SAIL Open India 400,000 Chapchai Nirat (3) 14 Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Mar 26-29 Black Mountain Masters Thailand 500,000 Johan Edfors (n/a) 14 New tournament
Apr 23-26 Ballantine's Championship South Korea 2,900,000 Thongchai Jaidee (12) 32 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
May 14-17 GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea 600,000 Bae Sang-moon (3) 14 Co-sanctioned by Korean Tour
Jul 23-26 Indonesia President Invitational Indonesia 400,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (1) 14
Jul 30 - Aug 2 Brunei Open Brunei 300,000 Darren Beck (1) 14
Aug 5-8 Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters Malaysia 300,000 Rick Kulacz (2) 14
Aug 13-16 Queen's Cup Thailand 300,000 Chinnarat Phadungsil (3) 14 New tournament
Sep 3-6 Omega European Masters Switzerland 2,500,000 Alex Norén (n/a) 32 New event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sep 10-13 Macau Open Macau 500,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (11) 14
Sep 24-27 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Japan 1,500,000 Daisuke Maruyama (n/a) 20 Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Oct 1-4 Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 500,000 Lin Wen-tang (5) 14
Oct 8-11 Hero Honda Indian Open India 1,250,000 Chinnaswamy Muniyappa (1) 14 Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Oct 22-25 Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 1,000,000 K. J. Choi (4) 14 Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain
Oct 29 - Nov 1 Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 5,000,000 Ian Poulter (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Nov 5-8 WGC-HSBC Champions China 7,000,000 Phil Mickelson (n/a) 66 World Golf Championships event.
50% of prize money counts towards Order of Merit.
Nov 12-15 UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, China 2,500,000 Grégory Bourdy (n/a) 44 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Nov 19-22 Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open Cambodia 300,000 Marcus Both (2) 14
Dec 3-6 King's Cup Thailand 300,000 Chan Yih-shin (1) 14 New tournament
Dec 10-13 Volvo Masters of Asia Thailand 750,000 n/a n/a Tournament cancelled.[4]

Leading money winners

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (US$)
1Thongchai Jaidee Thailand981,931.80
2Liang Wenchong China779,580.25
3Anthony Kang United States411,062.54
4Scott Hend Australia354,391.72
5Jyoti Randhawa India344,350.66
6Gaganjeet Bhullar India308,916.44
7Marcus Both Australia289,432.94
8Chapchai Nirat Thailand266,545.85
9Prayad Marksaeng Thailand257,154.77
10Chinnaswamy Muniyappa India223,269.37

There is a complete list on the official site here.

References

  1. 2009 Schedule Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, asiantour.com
  2. "Golf-Financial crisis claims next year's Indian Masters". Reuters. December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  3. "New venue and new dates for Asian Tour International" (Press release). asiantour.com. December 12, 2008. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  4. Volvo ends sponsorship of tourney
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