2000 Asian PGA Tour

2000 Asian PGA Tour season

Duration	10 February 2000 (2000-02-10) – 14 December 2000 (2000-12-14)
Number of official events	21
Most wins	Simon Dyson (3)
Order of Merit	Simon Dyson
Players' Player of the Year	Simon Dyson
Rookie of the Year	Simon Dyson
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The 2000 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 2000 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Davidoff, that was announced in May 1999. ^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
13 Feb	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	825,000	Yeh Wei-tze (1)	12	EUR
20 Feb	Casino Filipino Open	Philippines	200,000	Prayad Marksaeng (4)	6		New tournament
27 Feb	London Myanmar Open	Myanmar	200,000	James Kingston (3)	6
19 Mar	Wills Indian Open	India	300,000	Jyoti Randhawa (3)	6
30 Apr	Maekyung LG Fashion Open	South Korea	350,000	Kang Wook-soon (6)	6	KOR
14 May	Macau Open	Macau	200,000	Simon Dyson (1)	6
21 May	Volvo China Open	China	400,000	Simon Dyson (2)	6
28 May	Ericsson Classic	Taiwan	200,000	James Kingston (4)	6
4 Jun	Hyundai Motors Masters	South Korea	250,000	Choi Gwang-soo (1)	6		New tournament
13 Aug	Volvo Masters of Malaysia	Malaysia	250,000	Stephen Lindskog (1)	6
27 Aug	ROC PGA Championship	Taiwan	300,000	Daisuke Maruyama (1)	6		New tournament
3 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	300,000	Lin Keng-chi (4)	6
10 Sep	Johnnie Walker Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	Vijay Singh (n/a)	8
8 Oct	Kolon Cup Korea Open	South Korea	₩400,000,000	Thongchai Jaidee (1)	6	KOR
29 Oct	Lexus International	Thailand	260,000	Craig Kamps (2)	6
5 Nov	Hero Honda Masters	India	200,000	Arjun Atwal (2)	6
12 Nov	Star Alliance Open	Hong Kong	300,000	Arjun Atwal (3)	6		New tournament
19 Nov	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£800,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	24	ANZ, EUR
3 Dec	Thailand Open	Thailand	200,000	Des Terblanche (3)	6
10 Dec	Singapore Open	Singapore	400,000	Jyoti Randhawa (4)	6
17 Dec	Omega Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	500,000	Simon Dyson (3)	6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[3] [4]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Simon Dyson	282,371
2	Jyoti Randhawa	224,898
3	Yeh Wei-tze	224,357
4	Craig Kamps	165,325
5	Arjun Atwal	163,049

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Simon Dyson	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Simon Dyson	[5]

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 2000 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "2000 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
4. "Dyson cleans up in Hong Kong". Golf Magic. 18 December 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Victory allowed him to jump from third place on the Merit list to first with total winnings for the year of US$282,371.
5. "Englands Dyson Takes Home Three Davidoff Awards". Golf Channel. 20 February 2001. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Dyson picked up honors for Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year...

External links

• Official website