2012 Asian Tour

2012 Asian Tour season
Duration2 February 2012 (2012-02-02) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events26
Most winsThailand Thaworn Wiratchant (3)
Order of MeritThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Players' Player of the YearThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Rookie of the YearJapan Masanori Kobayashi
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The 2012 Asian Tour was the 18th 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 2012 season.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		WinnerOWGR
points		Other
tours		Notes
5 FebZaykabar Myanmar OpenMyanmar300,000Australia Kieran Pratt (1)14
12 FebICTSI Philippine OpenPhilippines300,000Singapore Mardan Mamat (3)14
19 FebAvantha MastersIndia€1,800,000South Africa Jbe' Kruger (1)20EUR
25 FebSAIL-SBI OpenIndia300,000India Anirban Lahiri (2)14PGTI
17 MarHanda Faldo Cambodian ClassicCambodia300,000United States David Lipsky (1)14New tournament
1 AprPanasonic Open IndiaIndia300,000India Digvijay Singh (1)14PGTI
8 AprISPS Handa Singapore ClassicSingapore400,000Australia Scott Hend (2)14
15 AprMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,500,000South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (1)36EUR
22 AprCIMB Niaga Indonesian MastersIndonesia750,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)20
29 AprBallantine's ChampionshipSouth Korea€2,205,000Austria Bernd Wiesberger (n/a)32EUR, KOR
17 JunQueen's CupThailand300,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (13)14
24 JunVolvik Hildesheim OpenSouth Korea300,000South Korea Lee In-woo (1)14KORNew tournament
2 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland€2,100,000Scotland Richie Ramsay (n/a)32EUR
8 SepWorldwide Holdings Selangor MastersMalaysiaRM1,200,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (14)14
16 SepYeangder Tournament Players ChampionshipTaiwan500,000India Gaganjeet Bhullar (3)14
23 SepAsia-Pacific Panasonic OpenJapan¥150,000,000Japan Masanori Kobayashi (1)20JPN
30 SepMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan600,000Taiwan Tsai Chi-huang (2)14
7 OctCJ InvitationalSouth Korea750,000South Korea K. J. Choi (6)14KOR
14 OctVenetian Macau OpenMacau750,000India Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)14
21 OctHero Indian OpenIndia1,250,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (15)14
28 OctCIMB ClassicMalaysia6,100,000United States Nick Watney (n/a)36PGATLimited-field event
11 NovBarclays Singapore OpenSingapore6,000,000Italy Matteo Manassero (n/a)48EUR
18 NovUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong2,750,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)32EUR
2 DecKing's CupThailand500,000Thailand Arnond Vongvanij (1)14
9 DecThailand Golf ChampionshipThailand1,000,000South Africa Charl Schwartzel (n/a)36Flagship event
16 DecIskandar Johor OpenMalaysia2,000,000Spain Sergio García (2)20

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant738,047
2Australia Marcus Fraser672,745
3South Africa Jbe' Kruger474,989
4Japan Masanori Kobayashi471,080
5India Gaganjeet Bhullar451,245

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Rookie of the YearJapan Masanori Kobayashi

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  3. ↑ PGA Tour unofficial event

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament schedule 2012 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "2012 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Thaworn crowned Asian Tour's best". The Nation. Thailand. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Thaworn, who won the Order of Merit with earnings of US$738,046...
  4. 1 2 "Thaworn sweeps Asian Tour awards". Pakistan Today. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023. Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant was the toast at the Asian Tour's Awards Night when he swept the Players' Player of the Year Award and Special Achievement Award... Japan's Masanori Kobayashi, who won the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open on home soil and finished tied fifth in Johor, picked up the Rookie of the Year Award after his memorable season.