| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | International |
| Established | 2022 |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 257 Andy Ogletree (2022) 257 John Catlin (2024) 257 David Puig (2024) |
| To par | −26 Sihwan Kim (2022) |
| Current champion | |
 Andy Ogletree | |
The International Series is a series of men's professional golf tournaments played internationally, as part of the Asian Tour.
The series was unveiled in February 2022. It was confirmed that 10 events will be added alongside the Asian Tour schedule for the next 10 years, with each event featuring prize funds between US$ 1,500,000 and US$ 2,000,000. The investment was backed by LIV Golf. [1]
The first event was played in March 2022 with the International Series Thailand. American Sihwan Kim won his first Asian Tour event shooting 26-under-par, beating Phachara Khongwatmai by two shots. [2]
The next event was played at Slaley Hall in Northumberland, England. This was the first Asian Tour event to be staged in the United Kingdom. [3] [4] The original date of the event was rescheduled a week earlier due to the first event of the LIV Golf Invitational Series being scheduled to take place on the same week at the Centurion Club. [5] Scott Vincent won the event, claiming his first Asian Tour victory and becoming the first Zimbabwean to win on the Asian Tour. [6]
Following the International Series England, the Asian Tour announced the next two events as part of the International Series. They were to take place in Singapore and South Korea, played in back-to-back weeks in August 2022. [7]
After the conclusion of the International Series Korea in August 2022, the Asian Tour again added two more International Series events to their schedule. They were to be played in Morocco and Egypt, in back-to-back weeks in November. [8] On 28 September 2022, it was announced that the BNI Indonesian Masters had been added to the tour schedule as an International Series event. [9]
Scott Vincent won the inaugural International Series Order of Merit, gaining a place in the 2023 LIV Golf League. [10]
| Season | Player | Prize money (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Andy Ogletree | 1,101,828 |
| 2022 |  Scott Vincent | 517,845 |
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar | International Series Thailand | Sihwan Kim | 262 | −26 | 2 strokes |  Phachara Khongwatmai | [11] |
| 5 Jun | International Series England | Scott Vincent | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke |  Travis Smyth | [12] |
| 14 Aug | International Series Singapore | Nitithorn Thippong | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke |  Gavin Green Phachara Khongwatmai  Richard T. Lee | [13] |
| 21 Aug | International Series Korea |  Ok Tae-hoon | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | Kim Bi-o | [14] |
| 6 Nov | International Series Morocco | Jazz Janewattananond | 280 | −12 | 1 stroke | Richard T. Lee | [15] |
| 13 Nov | International Series Egypt | Andy Ogletree | 257 | −23 | 4 strokes |  Bernd Wiesberger | [16] |
| 4 Dec | BNI Indonesian Masters | Sarit Suwannarut | 268 | −20 | 4 strokes |  Anirban Lahiri | [17] |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. [18] The leading player earned status to play in the 2023 LIV Golf League. [19]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Vincent | 517,845 |
| 2 | Sihwan Kim | 437,133 |
| 3 | Jazz Janewattananond | 388,094 |
| 4 | Richard T. Lee | 365,315 |
| 5 | Phachara Khongwatmai | 346,455 |
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Feb | International Series Oman |  Takumi Kanaya | 278 | −10 | 4 strokes | Berry Henson Sadom Kaewkanjana | [20] |
| 19 Feb | International Series Qatar | Andy Ogletree | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Gunn Charoenkul | [21] |
| 12 Mar | International Series Thailand | Wade Ormsby | 268 | −20 | Playoff | Chonlatit Chuenboonngam | [22] |
| 16 Apr | International Series Vietnam | Kieran Vincent | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Anirban Lahiri Kevin Yuan | [23] |
| 20 Aug | International Series England | Andy Ogletree | 268 | −16 | 7 strokes |  Ian Poulter | [24] |
| 27 Aug | St Andrews Bay Championship |  Eugenio Chacarra | 269 | −19 | Playoff | Matt Jones | [25] |
| 8 Oct | International Series Singapore | David Puig | 269 | −19 | 6 strokes | Eom Jae-woong | [26] |
| 5 Nov | Volvo China Open | Sarit Suwannarut | 269 | −19 | 6 strokes |  Chen Guxin  Kho Taichi | [27] |
| 12 Nov | Hong Kong Open |  Ben Campbell | 261 | −19 | 1 stroke | Cameron Smith | [28] |
| 19 Nov | BNI Indonesian Masters | Gaganjeet Bhullar | 260 | −24 | 5 strokes | Karandeep Kochhar | [29] |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the International Series, calculated in U.S. dollars. [30] The leading player on the International Series Order of Merit earned status to play in the 2024 LIV Golf League. [31]
| 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 |
| Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb | International Series Oman |  Carlos Ortiz | 269 | −19 | 4 strokes |  Louis Oosthuizen | [32] |
| 17 Mar | International Series Macau | John Catlin | 257 | −23 | Playoff | David Puig | [33] |
| 7 Jul | International Series Morocco |  | | ||||
| 11 Aug | International Series England | | | ||||
| 3 Nov | Indonesian Masters | | | ||||
| 24 Nov | Hong Kong Open | | | ||||
| 1 Dec | International Series Qatar | | | ||||
| TBC | PIF Saudi International | | |
| Rank | Player | Wins | Tournaments won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Ogletree | 3 | 2022 International Series Egypt, 2023 International Series Qatar, 2023 International Series England |
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