2019 Asian Tour

2019 Asian Tour season
Duration17 January 2019 (2019-01-17) – 22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)
Number of official events23[a]
Most winsThailand Jazz Janewattananond (4)
Order of MeritThailand Jazz Janewattananond
Players' Player of the YearThailand Jazz Janewattananond
Rookie of the YearThailand Sadom Kaewkanjana
← 2018

The 2019 Asian Tour was the 25th season of the modern Asian Tour (formerly the Asian PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
20 Jan SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,000,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (3) 24 JPN
17 Feb ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Australia A$1,600,000 New Zealand Ryan Fox (n/a) 20 ANZ, EUR
3 Mar New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,250,000 Australia Zach Murray (1) 15 ANZ
24 Mar Maybank Championship Malaysia 3,000,000 Australia Scott Hend (10) 24 EUR
31 Mar Hero Indian Open India 1,750,000 Scotland Stephen Gallacher (n/a) 19 EUR
6 Apr Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open Bangladesh 350,000 Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana (1) 14
5 May Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 Finland Mikko Korhonen (n/a) 24 EUR
5 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Korea Lee Tae-hee (1) 12 KOR
12 May Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Yosuke Asaji (n/a) 15 JPN
23 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (4) 13 KOR
18 Aug Sarawak Championship Malaysia 300,000 Australia Andrew Dodt (3) 14
1 Sep Bank BRI Indonesia Open Indonesia 500,000 Argentina Miguel Ángel Carballo (1) 14
8 Sep Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 500,000 South Korea Chang Yi-keun (1) 14
15 Sep Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship India 300,000 Indonesia Rory Hie (1) 10 PGTI New tournament
22 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (2) 14 JPN, KOR
29 Sep Panasonic Open Golf Championship Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Toshinori Muto (n/a) 15 JPN
6 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 900,000 Thailand Suradit Yongcharoenchai (1) 14
10 Nov Thailand Open Thailand 300,000 United States John Catlin (4) 14
17 Nov Panasonic Open India India 400,000 South Korea Tom Kim (1) 10 PGTI
24 Nov Sabah Masters Malaysia 300,000 Thailand Pavit Tangkamolprasert (2) 14 New tournament
1 Dec Hong Kong Open Hong Kong – Postponed[d] – EUR
8 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard (n/a) 17 AFR, EUR
15 Dec BNI Indonesian Masters Indonesia 750,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (5) 20 Flagship event
22 Dec Thailand Masters Thailand 500,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (6) 14

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Habitat for Humanity Standings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][5] The leading player on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.[6]

Position Player Prize money ($) Status earned
1 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond 1,058,525 Already exempt[e]
2 Australia Scott Hend 545,419 Already exempt[f]
3 South Korea Lee Tae-hee 298,125 Promoted to European Tour
4 Thailand Suradit Yongcharoenchai 277,461
5 Japan Masahiro Kawamura 260,101 Already exempt[e]

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year Thailand Jazz Janewattananond [9]
Rookie of the Year Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana [9]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was postponed.
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
  3. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  4. ^ Postponed and resceduled to January 2020 due to protest violence.[2][3]
  5. ^ a b Janewattananond and Kawamura were already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 115 of the 2019 Race to Dubai.[7]
  6. ^ Hend was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2019 European Tour.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2019 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong Open postponed due to protest violence". ESPN. Reuters. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Open rescheduled for January 2020". ESPN. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ "2019 Asian Tour Habitat for Humanity Standings". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Jazz wins 2019 Asian Tour No. 1". The Nation. Thailand. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ Kim, Dong-chan (24 December 2019). "아시안투어 상금 3위 이태희, 2020년 유럽투어 시드 획득" [Lee Tae-hee, 3rd place on the Asian Tour prize money, won the 2020 European Tour seed]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  7. ^ "2019 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Hend wins Maybank Championship in playoff". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Asian Tour stars celebrated at Awards Gala". Golf Australia. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Thai sensation Jazz Janewattananond bagged a total of four awards, which include the coveted 2019 Order of Merit crown and the prestigious Players' Player of the Year accolade... Sadom Kaewkanjana was named the Rookie of the Year after collecting the most OWGR points from Asian Tour events amongst the newcomers in 2019.