2012 Asian Tour

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2012 Asian Tour season
Duration2 February 2012 (2012-02-02) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events26
Most wins Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant (3)
Order of Merit Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant
Players' Player of the Year Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant
Rookie of the Year Flag of Japan.svg 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.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season. [1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner [a] OWGR
points		Other
tours [b] 		Notes
5 Feb Zaykabar Myanmar Open Myanmar300,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kieran Pratt (1)14
12 Feb ICTSI Philippine Open Philippines300,000 Flag of Singapore.svg Mardan Mamat (3)14
19 Feb Avantha Masters India€1,800,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger (1)20 EUR
25 Feb SAIL-SBI Open India300,000 Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri (2)14 PGTI
17 Mar Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic Cambodia300,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Lipsky (1)14New tournament
1 Apr Panasonic Open India India300,000 Flag of India.svg Digvijay Singh (1)14 PGTI
8 Apr ISPS Handa Singapore Classic Singapore400,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend (2)14
15 Apr Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia2,500,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen (1)36 EUR
22 Apr CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters Indonesia750,000 Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood (n/a)20
29 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea€2,205,000 Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger (n/a)32 EUR, KOR
17 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand300,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant (13)14
24 Jun Volvik Hildesheim Open South Korea300,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee In-woo (1)14 KOR New tournament
2 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland€2,100,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Richie Ramsay (n/a)32 EUR
8 Sep Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters MalaysiaRM1,200,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant (14)14
16 Sep Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan500,000 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (3)14
23 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Japan¥150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Kobayashi (1)20 JPN
30 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan600,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tsai Chi-huang (2)14
7 Oct CJ Invitational South Korea750,000 Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi (6)14 KOR
14 Oct Venetian Macau Open Macau750,000 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)14
21 Oct Hero Indian Open India1,250,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant (15)14
28 Oct CIMB Classic Malaysia6,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Watney (n/a)36 PGAT [c] Limited-field event
11 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore6,000,000 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Manassero (n/a)48 EUR
18 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong2,750,000 Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)32 EUR
2 Dec King's Cup Thailand500,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Arnond Vongvanij (1)14
9 Dec Thailand Golf Championship Thailand1,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel (n/a)36Flagship event
16 Dec Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia2,000,000 Flag of Spain.svg 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]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant 738,047
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser 672,745
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger 474,989
4 Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Kobayashi 471,080
5 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar 451,245

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the Year Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant [4]
Rookie of the Year Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Kobayashi [4]

See also

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.
  3. ↑ PGA Tour unofficial event

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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. 1 2 "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.
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