2023 Asian Tour

2023 Asian Tour season

Duration	2 February 2023 (2023-02-02) – 17 December 2023 (2023-12-17)
Number of official events	23
Most wins	Andy Ogletree (2)
Order of Merit	Andy Ogletree
International Series Order of Merit	Andy Ogletree
Player of the Year	Andy Ogletree
Rookie of the Year	Kho Taichi
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Asian Tour was the 28th 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.

Changes for 2023

New tournaments for the 2023 season included the International Series Oman, ^[1] the International Series Qatar, ^[2] the World City Championship in Hong Kong, ^[3] the International Series Vietnam ^[4] and the St Andrews Bay Championship played at Fairmont St Andrews in Scotland (the first Asian Tour event to be staged in Scotland). ^[5]

The SJM Macao Open also returned to the schedule for the first time since 2017. ^[6]

Two events from the 2020–22 Asian Development Tour schedule were upgraded to events on the 2023 Asian Tour schedule. They included the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open ^[7] and the Saudi Open. ^[8]

The season marked a switch of format in the Order of Merit, which saw it become a points-based system, rather than based on money earned. ^[9]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season. ^{[10] [11]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
5 Feb	PIF Saudi International	Saudi Arabia	5,000,000	Abraham Ancer (n/a)	24.42
12 Feb	International Series Oman	Oman	2,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (n/a)	12.76		International Series [c]
19 Feb	International Series Qatar	Qatar	2,500,000	Andy Ogletree (2)	7.21		International Series [c]
5 Mar	New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,650,000	Brendan Jones (2)	5.85	ANZ
12 Mar	International Series Thailand	Thailand	2,000,000	Wade Ormsby (4)	7.33		International Series
19 Mar	DGC Open	India	750,000	Miguel Tabuena (3)	3.90
26 Mar	World City Championship	Hong Kong	1,000,000	Kho Taichi (1)	6.83		New tournament
16 Apr	International Series Vietnam	Vietnam	2,000,000	Kieran Vincent (1)	9.19		International Series [c]
7 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩1,300,000,000	Jung Chan-min (1)	6.29	KOR
25 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Korea	₩1,350,000,000	Seungsu Han (1)	6.43	KOR
6 Aug	Mandiri Indonesia Open	Indonesia	500,000	Nitithorn Thippong (3)	4.75
20 Aug	International Series England	England	2,000,000	Andy Ogletree (3)	11.28		International Series
27 Aug	St Andrews Bay Championship	Scotland	1,500,000	Eugenio Chacarra (n/a)	11.22		International Series [c]
10 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,400,000,000	Koh Gun-taek (n/a)	8.52	JPN, KOR
24 Sep	Yeangder TPC	Taiwan	750,000	Poom Saksansin (4)	4.38	TWN
1 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	1,000,000	Jaco Ahlers (1)	4.32	TWN
8 Oct	International Series Singapore	Singapore	2,000,000	David Puig (1)	8.55		International Series
15 Oct	SJM Macao Open	Macau	1,000,000	Min Woo Lee (n/a)	5.25
5 Nov	Volvo China Open	China	1,500,000	Sarit Suwannarut (2)	6.49	CHN	International Series
12 Nov	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,000,000	Ben Campbell (1)	11.90		International Series
19 Nov	BNI Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	1,500,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (11)	9.57		International Series
3 Dec	Taiwan Glass Taifong Open	Taiwan	400,000	Suteepat Prateeptienchai (1)	3.15	TWN	New to Asian Tour
17 Dec	Saudi Open	Saudi Arabia	1,000,000	Denwit Boriboonsub (1)	5.97		New to Asian Tour

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[12] [13]}

Position	Player	Points
1	Andy Ogletree	2,129
2	Miguel Tabuena	1,437
3	Gaganjeet Bhullar	1,432
4	Travis Smyth	1,427
5	Ben Campbell	1,395

International Series Order of Merit

The International Series Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the International Series, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[14] [13]} The leading player on the International Series Order of Merit earned status to play in the 2024 LIV Golf League. ^[15]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Andy Ogletree	1,101,828
2	David Puig	577,800
3	Ben Campbell	524,488
4	Kieran Vincent	468,655
5	Takumi Kanaya	426,233

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Kyi Hla Han Award)	Andy Ogletree	[16]
Rookie of the Year	Kho Taichi	[17]

See also

• 2023 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. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; TWN − Taiwan PGA Tour.
3. Also a new tournament.

References

1. "Oman On-Board for 2023 International Series". Asia Golf Industry Federation. 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
2. Islam, Mohammad Amin-ul (13 February 2023). "2023 Asian Tour: Qatar Golf Association to host inaugural International Series Qatar from Feb 16". Stad Doha. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
3. "World City Championship presented by Hong Kong Golf Club set to showcase over 20 local stars on a global stage". Hong Kong Golf Club. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
4. "International Series Vietnam 2023 opens in Khanh Hoa". VietnamPlus. Vietnam News Agency. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
5. "Asian Tour: Fairmont St Andrews becomes first Scottish venue". BBC Sport. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
6. "SJM Macao Open returns to 2023 Asian Tour schedule". golfing.hk. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
7. "2023台玻台豐公開賽正式與亞巡簽約三年，明天起展開四回合賽程" [The 2023 Taiwan Glass Taifong Open officially signed a three-year contract with the Asian Tour, and the four-legged schedule will start tomorrow]. Golf Digest Taiwan (in Chinese). 29 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
8. "كبار لاعبي آسيا ينافسون أبطال السعودية.. في البطولة المفتوحة للجولف" [Asia's top players compete with Saudi champions. At the Open Golf Championship]. Sabq Electronic Newspaper (in Arabic). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
9. "Points-Based Switch for Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
10. "Tournament schedule 2023 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
11. "Asian Tour announces impressive start to 2023 paving way for strongest-ever season". Asian Tour. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
12. "2023 Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
13. Chakravarty, Joy (20 December 2023). "Double OOM champ Ogletree calls 2023 'the perfect year'". LIV Golf. Retrieved 21 December 2023. That led to him winning the Asian Tour Order of Merit by almost double the points (2,128.26) over the second-placed Miguel Tabuena from the Philippines (1,436.6), and The International Series Order of Merit by almost double the prize money ($US1,101,828.33) won by second-placed Spaniard David Puig (US$577,800).
14. "2023 International Series Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
15. "Ogletree claims International Series OOM and LIV spot". Golf Australia Magazine. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
16. "Andy Ogletree receives ultimate accolade". Asian Tour. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
17. Asian Tour [@asiantourgolf] (27 December 2023). "Taichi Kho earned the 2023 Asian Tour Rookie of the Year award after ending the season in 9th place on the Order of Merit, thanks to a victory and four top-10 finishes🙌" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 December 2023– via Twitter.

External links

• Official website