2014 Asian Tour

2014 Asian Tour season

Duration	26 February 2014 (2014-02-26) – 21 December 2014 (2014-12-21)
Number of official events	22
Most wins	Rashid Khan (2) [lower-alpha 1] Anirban Lahiri (2) Thaworn Wiratchant (2)
Order of Merit	David Lipsky
Players' Player of the Year	Anirban Lahiri
Rookie of the Year	Cameron Smith
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The 2014 Asian Tour was the 20th 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 2014 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 2]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 3]	Notes
1 Mar	SAIL-SBI Open	India	300,000	Rashid Khan (1)	14	PGTI
16 Mar	Solaire Open	Philippines	300,000	Richard T. Lee (1)	14
20 Apr	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,750,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	32	EUR
27 Apr	CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	750,000	Anirban Lahiri (4)	20
4 May	The Championship at Laguna National	Singapore	1,500,000	Felipe Aguilar (n/a)	22	EUR
18 May	ICTSI Philippine Open	Philippines	300,000	Marcus Both (3)	14
8 Jun	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (17)	14
7 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,300,000	David Lipsky (2)	30	EUR
14 Sep	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	500,000	Prom Meesawat (2)	14
21 Sep	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	Malaysia	RM1,300,000	Chapchai Nirat (4)	14
28 Sep	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Japan	¥150,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)	15	JPN	New to Asian Tour
5 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	650,000	Steve Lewton (1)	14
19 Oct	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	1,300,000	Scott Hend (6)	19	EUR
26 Oct	Venetian Macau Open	Macau	900,000	Anirban Lahiri (5)	17
2 Nov	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	7,000,000	Ryan Moore (n/a)	42	PGAT	Limited-field event
9 Nov	Panasonic Open India	India	300,000	Shiv Chawrasia (3)	14	PGTI
16 Nov	Chiangmai Golf Classic	Thailand	750,000	Rashid Khan (2)	16
23 Nov	Resorts World Manila Masters	Philippines	1,000,000	Mardan Mamat (4)	14
30 Nov	King's Cup	Thailand	500,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (18)	14
7 Dec	Bank BRI Indonesia Open	Indonesia	750,000	Pádraig Harrington (n/a)	14
14 Dec	Thailand Golf Championship	Thailand	1,000,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	34		Flagship event
21 Dec	Dubai Open	UAE	500,000	Arjun Atwal (8)	14		New tournament

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	David Lipsky	713,902
2	Anirban Lahiri	602,834
3	Prom Meesawat	532,471
4	Scott Hend	428,820
5	Cameron Smith	427,476

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Anirban Lahiri	[4]
Rookie of the Year	Cameron Smith	[4]

See also

• 2014 Asian Development Tour

Notes

1. Lee Westwood also won 2 events, but was not an Asian Tour member.
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. EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

References

1. "Tournament schedule 2014 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
2. "2014 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
3. "Korean-American David Lipsky captures Asian Tour Order of Merit". The National News. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2023. It gave Lipsky, 26, an unassailable $713,901 purse for the year with Lahiri second on $602,833, followed by Thailand's Prom Meesawat with $527,921.
4. Datla, Anand (13 January 2015). "Anirban Lahiri is Player of the Year". golfingindian.com. Retrieved 12 September 2023. Australia's Cameron Smith was also named the Rookie of the Year for a commendable season on the Asian Tour.

External links

• Official website