2006 Asian Tour

2006 Asian Tour season

Duration	15 December 2005 (2005-12-15) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10)
Number of official events	27
Most wins	Yang Yong-eun (2)
Order of Merit	Jeev Milkha Singh
Players' Player of the Year	Jeev Milkha Singh
Rookie of the Year	Juvic Pagunsan
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The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th 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 2006 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
18 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Japan	¥100,000,000	Tadahiro Takayama (n/a)	14	JPN
22 Jan	Pakistan Open	Pakistan	200,000	Chris Rodgers (1)	14		New to Asian Tour
29 Jan	Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	2,000,000	Henrik Stenson (n/a)	44	EUR
12 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Australia	£1,250,000	Kevin Stadler (n/a)	44	ANZ, EUR
19 Feb	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	1,250,000	Charlie Wi (7)	20	EUR
5 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open	Indonesia	1,000,000	Simon Dyson (4)	20	EUR
12 Mar	OSIM Singapore Masters	Singapore	1,000,000	Mardan Mamat (2)	20	EUR
19 Mar	TCL Classic	China	1,000,000	Johan Edfors (n/a)	24	EUR
16 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	1,800,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (5)	24	EUR
23 Apr	BMW Asian Open	China	1,800,000	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a)	30	EUR
30 Apr	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	Suk Jong-yul (1)	14	KOR
7 May	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	Prom Meesawat (1)	14	KOR
14 May	Aamby Valley Asian Masters	India	400,000	Hendrik Buhrmann (1)	14		New tournament
21 May	Macau Open	Macau	300,000	Kane Webber (1)	14
28 May	Philippine Open	Philippines	200,000	Scott Strange (2)	14
4 Jun	Bangkok Airways Open	Thailand	300,000	Chawalit Plaphol (2)	14
20 Aug	Crowne Plaza Open	China	200,000	Chinnarat Phadungsil (2)	14
27 Aug	Brunei Open	Brunei	500,000	Wang Ter-chang (4)	12
3 Sep	Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters	Malaysia	300,000	Anton Haig (1)	14		New tournament
10 Sep	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	3,000,000	Adam Scott (n/a)	36
24 Sep	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open	South Korea	₩700,000,000	Yang Yong-eun (1)	16	KOR
1 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	Gaurav Ghei (2)	14
8 Oct	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	Lin Wen-tang (1)	14
15 Oct	Volkswagen Masters-China	China	350,000	Retief Goosen (n/a)	18
22 Oct	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	300,000	Jyoti Randhawa (6)	14
19 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,000,000	José Manuel Lara (n/a)	32	EUR
10 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Thailand	700,000	Thongchai Jaidee (8)	20

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse ($)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
12 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	5,000,000	Yang Yong-eun	52	AFR, ANZ, EUR	Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jeev Milkha Singh	591,884
2	Thongchai Jaidee	444,736
3	Prom Meesawat	392,672
4	Charlie Wi	369,881
5	Andrew Buckle	348,296

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Jeev Milkha Singh	[4]
Rookie of the Year	Juvic Pagunsan	[4]

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. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

References

1. "Tournament schedule 2006 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
2. "2006 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
3. "Golf-Singh wraps up Asian order of merit title in Hong Kong". Reuters. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
4. "Jeev sweeps top Asian golf awards". Rediff News. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2023. ...the tenacious Indian made it a night to remember when he was feted by his peers at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok after being voted the Players' Player of the Year... The Rookie of the Year honour went to exciting Filipino talent Juvic Pagunsan...

External links

• Official website