2012 Asian Tour

2012 Asian Tour season

Duration	2 February 2012 (2012-02-02) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	Thaworn Wiratchant (3)
Order of Merit	Thaworn Wiratchant
Players' Player of the Year	Thaworn Wiratchant
Rookie of the Year	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. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
5 Feb	Zaykabar Myanmar Open	Myanmar	300,000	Kieran Pratt (1)	14
12 Feb	ICTSI Philippine Open	Philippines	300,000	Mardan Mamat (3)	14
19 Feb	Avantha Masters	India	€1,800,000	Jbe' Kruger (1)	20	EUR
25 Feb	SAIL-SBI Open	India	300,000	Anirban Lahiri (2)	14	PGTI
17 Mar	Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic	Cambodia	300,000	David Lipsky (1)	14		New tournament
1 Apr	Panasonic Open India	India	300,000	Digvijay Singh (1)	14	PGTI
8 Apr	ISPS Handa Singapore Classic	Singapore	400,000	Scott Hend (2)	14
15 Apr	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,500,000	Louis Oosthuizen (1)	36	EUR
22 Apr	CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	750,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	20
29 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,205,000	Bernd Wiesberger (n/a)	32	EUR, KOR
17 Jun	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (13)	14
24 Jun	Volvik Hildesheim Open	South Korea	300,000	Lee In-woo (1)	14	KOR	New tournament
2 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,100,000	Richie Ramsay (n/a)	32	EUR
8 Sep	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	Malaysia	RM1,200,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (14)	14
16 Sep	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	500,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (3)	14
23 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	¥150,000,000	Masanori Kobayashi (1)	20	JPN
30 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	600,000	Tsai Chi-huang (2)	14
7 Oct	CJ Invitational	South Korea	750,000	K. J. Choi (6)	14	KOR
14 Oct	Venetian Macau Open	Macau	750,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)	14
21 Oct	Hero Indian Open	India	1,250,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (15)	14
28 Oct	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	6,100,000	Nick Watney (n/a)	36	PGAT	Limited-field event
11 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	6,000,000	Matteo Manassero (n/a)	48	EUR
18 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,750,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	32	EUR
2 Dec	King's Cup	Thailand	500,000	Arnond Vongvanij (1)	14
9 Dec	Thailand Golf Championship	Thailand	1,000,000	Charl Schwartzel (n/a)	36		Flagship event
16 Dec	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	2,000,000	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. ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Thaworn Wiratchant	738,047
2	Marcus Fraser	672,745
3	Jbe' Kruger	474,989
4	Masanori Kobayashi	471,080
5	Gaganjeet Bhullar	451,245

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Thaworn Wiratchant	[4]
Rookie of the Year	Masanori Kobayashi	[4]

See also

• 2012 Asian Development Tour

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.

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. "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.

External links

• Official website