2024 Asian Tour

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2024 Asian Tour season
Duration15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) – 7 December 2024 (2024-12-07)
Number of official events21 [a]
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin (2) [b]
Flag of Thailand.svg Suteepat Prateeptienchai (2)
Order of Merit Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin
International Series Order of Merit Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin
Rookie of the Year Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Mazzoli
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The 2024 Asian Tour was the 29th 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.

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Changes for 2024

New tournaments for the 2024 season included the International Series Macau [1] and the Black Mountain Championship. [2] Additionally, in February 2024, it was confirmed that a new tournament in a new continent to the Asian Tour, would be added to the schedule; the Karen Classic to be played in August at Karen Country Club in Kenya. [3] However, the tournament was later removed from the schedule and did not take place.

The DGC Open [4] and the World City Championship from the 2023 schedule were dropped for the 2024 season.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. [5] [6] [7]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner [c] OWGR
points		Other
tours [d] 		Notes
18 Feb IRS Prima Malaysian Open Malaysia1,000,000 Flag of Spain.svg David Puig (2)9.21
25 Feb International Series Oman Oman2,000,000 Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Ortiz (n/a)15.31 International Series
3 Mar New Zealand Open New ZealandNZ$2,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Hataji (1)6.63 ANZ
17 Mar International Series Macau Macau2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin (5)14.70 International Series [e]
20 Apr Saudi Open Saudi Arabia1,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin (6)8.37
5 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea₩1,300,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hong-taek (1)7.51 KOR
23 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Korea₩1,400,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-kyu (2)7.74 KOR
7 Jul International Series Morocco Morocco2,000,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Campbell (2)7.75 International Series
11 Aug International Series England England2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Uihlein (n/a)10.42 International Series
18 Aug Karen Classic Kenya–Removed–New tournament
1 Sep Mandiri Indonesia Open Indonesia500,000 Flag of England.svg Steve Lewton (2)4.50
8 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea₩1,400,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kensei Hirata (n/a)9.05 JPN, KOR
29 Sep Yeangder TPC Taiwan1,000,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Suteepat Prateeptienchai (2)6.13
6 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan1,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger (3)4.22
13 Oct SJM Macao Open Macau1,000,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Rattanon Wannasrichan (2)6.89
20 Oct Black Mountain Championship Thailand2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg M. J. Maguire (1)7.85 International Series [e]
27 Oct International Series Thailand Thailand2,000,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Chieh-po (1)8.65 International Series
3 Nov BNI Indonesian Masters Indonesia2,000,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard T. Lee (3)8.13 International Series
17 Nov Taiwan Glass Taifong Open Taiwan400,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Suteepat Prateeptienchai (3)3.38
24 Nov Link Hong Kong Open Hong Kong2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Reed (n/a)10.12 International Series
30 Nov International Series Qatar Qatar2,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Uihlein (n/a)11.32 International Series
7 Dec PIF Saudi International Saudi Arabia5,000,000 Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann (n/a)21.32 International Series

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [8] [9]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin 3,130
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Campbell 2,049
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard T. Lee 1,818
4 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Chieh-po 1,637
5 Flag of Thailand.svg Suteepat Prateeptienchai 1,453

International Series Order of Merit

The International Series Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [10] [11] The leading player on the International Series Order of Merit earned status to play in the 2025 LIV Golf League. [f]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann 1,126
2 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Uihlein 1,113
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Campbell 1,087
4 Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin 963
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard T. Lee 704

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Kyi Hla Han Award) Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin [13]
Rookie of the Year Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Mazzoli [14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ One further tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
  2. ↑ Peter Uihlein also won two events, but was not an Asian Tour member.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  5. 1 2 Also a new tournament.
  6. ↑ As Niemann was already contracted with LIV Golf for the 2025 season, nobody from the 2024 International Series Order of Merit was promoted. [12]

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