OneAsia Tour

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OneAsia Tour
Sport Golf
Founded2009
Founder PGA Tour of Australasia
China Golf Association
Korean Golf Association
Korean PGA
Inaugural season2009
Ceased2018
CountryBased in Asia [lower-alpha 1]
Most titlesTournament wins:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenchong (4)
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competitions		 ASEAN PGA Tour

The OneAsia Tour was a men's professional golf tour based in the Asia-Pacific region. The tour was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. The Japan Golf Tour was invited to participate in the project in 2012 and had co-sanctioned the Indonesia Open, Indonesia PGA Championship and Thailand Open. The OneAsia Tour was seen as a rival to the longer established Asian Tour, with which it had poor relations. From 2010 to 2017, tournaments on the OneAsia Tour were awarded Official World Golf Ranking points.

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Having had a ten tournament schedule in each of its first few seasons, the tour's fortunes began to decline. [1] Being reliant on co-sanctioning arrangements to fill out the calendar; only one event was not co-sanctioned in 2013 and 2014. Tour members were afforded a limited number of places in the tournaments. In 2015, there were just seven tournaments, all co-sanctioned with other tours. In 2016, there were just four, and one fewer in 2017. [2] Early in 2018, having not hosted a sole-sanctioned event for three years, the tour lost its right to offer world ranking points. [3]

Early 2018 saw an extensive restructuring of the organisation with a new management team put in place in an attempt to revive the tour. [4] A Qualifying school was organised, [5] but due to the lack of status of the tour, having lost world ranking points and without any calendar of tournaments, there were less than 20 entrants. [6] To start the new season OneAsia co-sanctioned the Solaire Philippine Open and had plans for a further four tournaments in 2018, but these were not played. One tournament was scheduled for 2019, but ultimately no tournaments were played. [7]

Formation

In January 2009, it was announced that there would be a new series of events across the Asia-Pacific region, to be organised by the PGA of Australia in co-operation with China Golf Association, the Japan Golf Tour, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. The aim of these events would be to raise the profile of professional golf in the region and to compete with the likes of the European Tour. The series would initially comprise six events, three in China, two in Australia and one in South Korea, with plans to expand in later years. [8] [9] [10]

The introduction of the OneAsia Tour was not welcomed by the Asian Tour. [11] All of the six events announced for 2009 were existing tournaments, including some already sanctioned by the Asian Tour. One of them, the Pine Valley Beijing Open, was called off a few weeks before it was due to be held. The organisers officially attributed this decision to the state of the course and a clash of dates with The Players Championship on the PGA Tour, but some media commentators dismissed these reasons since the tournament had clashed with the Players Championship the previous year as well and instead attributed the cancellation to sponsor discontent with the sanctioning changes.

Following a meeting with the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) at The Open Championship in July 2009, all OneAsia Tour events were awarded OWGR points. In May 2018, the OWGR revoked the Tour's world ranking eligibility. [12]

Seasons

Order of Merit winners

YearWinnerPrize money (US$)
2018 Flag of the Philippines.svg Miguel Tabuena 108,000
2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Yi-keun 270,303
2016 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho 116,295
2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Kyong-jun 224,953
2014 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Seung-hyuk 501,990
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Griffin 257,480
2012 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Bi-o 380,746
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andre Stolz 464,812
2010 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenchong 560,737
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Strange 505,784

Notes

  1. ↑ Schedules also included events in Australia and Fiji.

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References

  1. ↑ Both, Andrew (12 December 2014). "Asian turf war goes quiet as OneAsia fizzles". Reuters. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Mike (January 2018). "2018 - It's a dogs life". HK Golfer. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "OneAsia Tour deemed ineligible by world ranking board". Australian Golf Digest. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "OneAsia partners with Philippine Open amid restructuring effort". SportBusiness. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "OneAsia Qualifying School to Take Place at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Golf & Country Club". GolfRPM. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "OneAsia Tour Q-School fails to attract local golfers". The Star. Malaysia. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "OneAsia Tour Postpones Inaugural Tournament". OneAsia Tour. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Australia backs big-money OneAsia Super Series". Shanghai Daily. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  9. ↑ "OneAsia series to vie with US, European tours, says commissioner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
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  11. ↑ "Asian golfers reject 'super series'". Bangkok Post. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  12. ↑ "OneAsia Tour deemed ineligible by World Ranking board". Australian Golf Digest. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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