2009 Asian Tour

2009 Asian Tour season

Duration	5 February 2009 (2009-02-05) – 6 December 2009 (2009-12-06)
Number of official events	23 [lower-alpha 1]
Most wins	Thongchai Jaidee (2)
Order of Merit	Thongchai Jaidee
Players' Player of the Year	Thongchai Jaidee
Rookie of the Year	Chinnaswamy Muniyappa
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The 2009 Asian Tour was the 15th 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 2009 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 2]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 3]	Notes
8 Feb	Indian Masters	India	–	Cancelled [2]	–	EUR
8 Feb [lower-alpha 4]	Asian Tour International	Thailand	300,000	James Kamte (1)	14
15 Feb	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,000,000	Anthony Kang (3)	30	EUR
22 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Australia	£1,250,000	Danny Lee (a) (n/a)	32	ANZ, EUR
1 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open	Indonesia	1,250,000	Thongchai Jaidee (11)	20	EUR
8 Mar	Singha Thailand Open	Thailand	500,000	Jyoti Randhawa (8)	14
22 Mar	SAIL Open	India	400,000	Chapchai Nirat (3)	14
29 Mar	Black Mountain Masters	Thailand	500,000	Johan Edfors (n/a)	14		New tournament
26 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,100,000	Thongchai Jaidee (12)	32	EUR, KOR
17 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (3)	14	KOR
26 Jul	Indonesia President Invitational	Indonesia	400,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (1)	14
2 Aug	Brunei Open	Brunei	300,000	Darren Beck (1)	14
8 Aug	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	Malaysia	300,000	Rick Kulacz (2)	14
16 Aug	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Chinnarat Phadungsil (3)	14		New tournament
6 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	2,500,000	Alex Norén (n/a)	32	EUR	New to Asian Tour
13 Sep	Macau Open	Macau	500,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (11)	14
27 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	1,500,000	Daisuke Maruyama (n/a)	20	JPN
4 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	Lin Wen-tang (5)	14
11 Oct	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	1,250,000	Chinnaswamy Muniyappa (1)	14
25 Oct	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	1,000,000	K. J. Choi (4)	14
1 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	5,000,000	Ian Poulter (n/a)	46	EUR
15 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,500,000	Grégory Bourdy (n/a)	44	EUR
22 Nov	Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open	Cambodia	300,000	Marcus Both (2)	14
6 Dec	King's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Chan Yih-shin (1)	14		New tournament
13 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Thailand	–	Cancelled [4]	–

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[5] [6]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Thongchai Jaidee	981,932
2	Liang Wenchong	779,580
3	Anthony Kang	411,063
4	Scott Hend	354,392
5	Jyoti Randhawa	344,351

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Thongchai Jaidee	[7]
Rookie of the Year	Chinnaswamy Muniyappa	[7]

Notes

1. A further two tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
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. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
4. Rescheduled following the cancellation of the Indian Masters. ^[3]

References

1. "Tournament schedule 2009 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
2. Varma, Viren (5 December 2008). "Golf-Financial crisis claims next year's Indian Masters". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "New venue and new dates for Asian Tour International". Asian Tour. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
4. "Volvo ends sponsorship of tourney". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
5. "2009 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
6. "Golden Boy Thongchai carries off record third merit crown". Reuters. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
7. "Muniyappa named Asian Tour Rookie of the Year". Times of India. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2023. ...in which Thai star Thongchai Jaidee, winner of an unprecedented third Order of Merit crown, has been voted by his peers as the 2009 Asian Tour Players' Player of the Year.

External links

• Official website