1999 Asian PGA Tour

1999 Asian PGA Tour season
Duration28 January 1999 (1999-01-28) – 12 December 1999 (1999-12-12)
Number of official events19
Most winsUnited States Fran Quinn (2)
Order of MeritMyanmar Kyi Hla Han
Players' Player of the YearMyanmar Kyi Hla Han
Rookie of the YearAustralia Kenny Druce
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 1999 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

Davidoff title sponsorship

In May, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Davidoff, being renamed as the Davidoff Tour. The agreement was reported to be worth US$6,000,000 over three years.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[2][3]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
31 Jan London Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 Taiwan Wang Ter-chang (2) n/a
7 Feb Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open Malaysia 750,000 United States Gerry Norquist (5) 24 EUR New to Asian PGA Tour
14 Mar Wills Indian Open India 300,000 India Arjun Atwal (1) n/a
18 Apr Macau Open Macau 200,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) n/a
2 May Maekyung Daks Open South Korea 250,000 South Africa James Kingston (2) n/a KOR New to Asian PGA Tour
23 May Volvo China Open China 400,000 Myanmar Kyi Hla Han (1) n/a
30 May Casino Filipino Philippine Open Philippines 200,000 United States Anthony Kang (1) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour
22 Aug Tianjin TEDA Open China 200,000 Thailand Thammanoon Sriroj (4) n/a New tournament
29 Aug Volvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 200,000 South Africa Nico van Rensburg (3) n/a
5 Sep ERA Taiwan Open Taiwan 300,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (5) n/a New to Asian PGA Tour
19 Sep Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩350,000,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (1) n/a KOR
17 Oct Lexus International Thailand 220,000 India Jeev Milkha Singh (4) n/a
24 Oct Nokia Singapore Open Singapore 400,000 Australia Kenny Druce (1) n/a
31 Oct Hero Honda Masters India 200,000 India Jyoti Randhawa (2) n/a
7 Nov Sabah Masters Malaysia 150,000 United States Robert Huxtable (2) n/a
14 Nov Johnnie Walker Classic Taiwan £800,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (n/a) 28 ANZ, EUR New to Asian PGA Tour
28 Nov Perrier Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 300,000 Sweden Patrik Sjöland (n/a) n/a
4 Dec Mittweida Thailand Open Thailand 200,000 United States Fran Quinn (1) n/a
12 Dec Omega PGA Championship China 500,000 United States Fran Quinn (2) n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][5]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Myanmar Kyi Hla Han 204,211
2 United States Gerry Norquist 139,416
3 Scotland Simon Yates 133,000
4 South Korea Kang Wook-soon 113,077
5 South Africa James Kingston 101,776

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year Myanmar Kyi Hla Han [6][7]
Rookie of the Year Australia Kenny Druce [8]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Asian PGA gets cash injection". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 26 May 1999. p. 104 (38 in paper). Retrieved 25 June 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ "Tournament schedule 1999 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (2000). The World of Professional Golf 2000. IMG Publishing. pp. 184–196, 559–572. ISBN 1878843281.
  4. ^ "1999 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ Alladin, Unus (13 December 1999). "Order of Merit winner Han revels in 'Best year ever'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 June 2023. Han finished 14th in yesterday's Omega PGA Championship after carding a closing round 71 for a 281 aggregate total to finish the year with takings of US$204,210 in prize money.
  6. ^ "Callaway Golf Staff Professional Michael Campbell Uses Hawk Eye Driver To Win His Third Event In Four Weeks". Callaway Golf. 14 February 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2023. Han accepted the 1999 Asian PGA Player of the Year Award and the Davidoff Order of Merit title at an awards ceremony in Malaysia.
  7. ^ "Andy Ogletree receives ultimate accolade". Asian Tour. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024. Kyi Hla Han, who sadly and unexpectedly passed away in February of 2022, was himself a winner of the Player's Player of the Year Award in 1999, the year he secured the OOM title.
  8. ^ "Kenny Druce". Asian PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 16 November 2023. Kenny was Asian PGA Rookie of the Year in 1999.