2012 Asian Tour season
Duration2 February 2012 (2012-02-02) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events26
Most winsThailand Thaworn Wiratchant (3)
Order of MeritThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Players' Player of the YearThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Rookie of the YearJapan Masanori Kobayashi
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The 2012 Asian Tour was the 18th 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 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
5 Feb Zaykabar Myanmar Open Myanmar 300,000 Australia Kieran Pratt (1) 14
12 Feb ICTSI Philippine Open Philippines 300,000 Singapore Mardan Mamat (3) 14
19 Feb Avantha Masters India €1,800,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (1) 20 EUR
25 Feb SAIL-SBI Open India 300,000 India Anirban Lahiri (2) 14 PGTI
17 Mar Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic Cambodia 300,000 United States David Lipsky (1) 14 New tournament
1 Apr Panasonic Open India India 300,000 India Digvijay Singh (1) 14 PGTI
8 Apr ISPS Handa Singapore Classic Singapore 400,000 Australia Scott Hend (2) 14
15 Apr Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 2,500,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (1) 36 EUR
22 Apr CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters Indonesia 750,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 20
29 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,205,000 Austria Bernd Wiesberger (n/a) 32 EUR, KOR
17 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand 300,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (13) 14
24 Jun Volvik Hildesheim Open South Korea 300,000 South Korea Lee In-woo (1) 14 KOR New tournament
2 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,100,000 Scotland Richie Ramsay (n/a) 32 EUR
8 Sep Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters Malaysia RM1,200,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (14) 14
16 Sep Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 500,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (3) 14
23 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Masanori Kobayashi (1) 20 JPN
30 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 600,000 Taiwan Tsai Chi-huang (2) 14
7 Oct CJ Invitational South Korea 750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (6) 14 KOR
14 Oct Venetian Macau Open Macau 750,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (4) 14
21 Oct Hero Indian Open India 1,250,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (15) 14
28 Oct CIMB Classic Malaysia 6,100,000 United States Nick Watney (n/a) 36 PGAT Limited-field event
11 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 6,000,000 Italy Matteo Manassero (n/a) 48 EUR
18 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,750,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 32 EUR
2 Dec King's Cup Thailand 500,000 Thailand Arnond Vongvanij (1) 14
9 Dec Thailand Golf Championship Thailand 1,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (n/a) 36 Flagship event
16 Dec Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 2,000,000 Spain Sergio García (2) 20

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 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 738,047
2 Australia Marcus Fraser 672,745
3 South Africa Jbe' Kruger 474,989
4 Japan Masanori Kobayashi 471,080
5 India Gaganjeet Bhullar 451,245

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant [4]
Rookie of the Year Japan Masanori Kobayashi [4]

See also

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. ^ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2012 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2012 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Thaworn crowned Asian Tour's best". The Nation. Thailand. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Thaworn, who won the Order of Merit with earnings of US$738,046...
  4. ^ a b "Thaworn sweeps Asian Tour awards". Pakistan Today. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023. Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant was the toast at the Asian Tour's Awards Night when he swept the Players' Player of the Year Award and Special Achievement Award... Japan's Masanori Kobayashi, who won the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open on home soil and finished tied fifth in Johor, picked up the Rookie of the Year Award after his memorable season.

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