2001 Asian PGA Tour

2001 Asian PGA Tour season

Duration	1 February 2001 (2001-02-01) – 2 December 2001 (2001-12-02)
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Charlie Wi (3)
Order of Merit	Thongchai Jaidee
Players' Player of the Year	Thongchai Jaidee
Rookie of the Year	Ted Oh
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The 2001 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 2001 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh 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 third 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 2001 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
4 Feb	Thailand Masters	Thailand	200,000	Kang Wook-soon (7)	6		New tournament
11 Feb	London Myanmar Open	Myanmar	200,000	Anthony Kang (2)	6
18 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	910,000	Vijay Singh (n/a)	18	EUR
25 Feb	Caltex Singapore Masters	Singapore	850,000	Vijay Singh (n/a)	24	EUR	New tournament
18 Mar	Wills Indian Open	India	300,000	Thongchai Jaidee (2)	6
29 Apr	Maekyung LG Fashion Open	South Korea	₩400,000,000	Choi Gwang-soo (2)	6	KOR
6 May	Macau Open	Macau	250,000	Zhang Lianwei (3)	12
20 May	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	300,000	Charlie Wi (2)	6	KOR	New to Asian PGA Tour
24 Jun	Alcatel Singapore Open	Singapore	300,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (2)	6
12 Aug	Volvo Masters of Malaysia	Malaysia	275,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (3)	6
2 Sep	Acer Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	Andrew Pitts (1)	6
9 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	300,000	Daniel Chopra (1)	6
16 Sep	Kolon Cup Korea Open	South Korea	₩400,000,000	Kim Dae-sub (a) (2)	6	KOR
23 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩400,000,000	Charlie Wi (3)	6	KOR	New to Asian PGA Tour
21 Oct	Volvo China Open	China	400,000	Charlie Wi (4)	6
25 Nov	BMW Asian Open	Taiwan	1,500,000	Jarmo Sandelin (n/a)	20	EUR	New tournament
2 Dec	Omega Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	700,000	José María Olazábal (n/a)	16	EUR

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	Thongchai Jaidee	353,061
2	Charlie Wi	315,857
3	Andrew Pitts	144,394
4	Thaworn Wiratchant	120,573
5	Arjun Atwal	111,238

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Thongchai Jaidee	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Ted Oh	[6] [7]

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. 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 2001 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "2001 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
4. Sallay, Alvin (3 December 2001). "Daddy-to-be gets life in order". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 June 2023. The effort was more than enough to see the former Thai Army paratrooper land the Order of Merit. His US$10,712 purse boosted his earnings this year to US$353,060.
5. "Thai Star receives Asian Golfer of the Year Award". Asian PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 27 January 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
6. "McGinley chasing Oh's TCL Classic lead". The Irish Times. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Last season's Davidoff Tour rookie of the year said his game had benefited from hard work in recent months.
7. "Ted Oh". YIM Agency. Retrieved 9 February 2024. 2001 Asian Tour Rookie of the Year

External links

• Official website