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 | Alexander 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
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thongchai Jaidee | Thailand | 981,931.80 |
| 2 | Liang Wen-chong |  China | 779,580.25 |
| 3 | Anthony Kang | United States | 411,062.54 |
| 4 | Scott Hend | Australia | 354,391.72 |
| 5 | Jyoti Randhawa | India | 344,350.66 |
| 6 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | India | 308,916.44 |
| 7 | Marcus Both | Australia | 289,432.94 |
| 8 | Chapchai Nirat | Thailand | 266,545.85 |
| 9 | Prayad Marksaeng | Thailand | 257,154.77 |
| 10 | Chinnaswamy Muniyappa | India | 223,269.37 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
References
- ↑ 2009 Schedule, asiantour.com
- ↑ "Golf-Financial crisis claims next year's Indian Masters". Reuters. December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ↑ "New venue and new dates for Asian Tour International" (Press release). asiantour.com. December 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ↑ Volvo ends sponsorship of tourney
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