| Year: | 1996 |
| Tour: | Asian PGA Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 22 |
| Most Wins: |  Kang Wook-soon (2) Thammanoon Sriroj (2) |
| Honor1: | Order of Merit |
| Honoree1: | Kang Wook-soon |
| Honor2: | Players' Player of the Year |
| Honoree2: | Boonchu Ruangkit |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: |  Jeff Wagner |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
The 1996 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 1996 Omega Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Asian PGA Tour, one of the main professional golf tours in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.
It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Omega SA, that was announced in September 1995.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[2] [3]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar | Malaysia | 200,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant (1) | n/a | New to Asian PGA Tour | |||
| 1 Apr | Thailand | 175,000 | Thammanoon Sriroj (1) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 21 Apr | Philippines | 175,000 |  Craig Kamps (1) | n/a | ||||
| 28 Apr | Malaysia | 175,000 | Kang Wook-soon (1) | n/a | ||||
| 5 May | Thailand | 300,000 | Steve Elkington (n/a) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 12 May | Guam | 175,000 | Mo Joong-kyung (1) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 2 Jun | China | 400,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (1) | n/a | New to Asian PGA Tour | |||
| 11 Aug | Singapore | 500,000 |  John Kernohan (1) | n/a | New to Asian PGA Tour | |||
| 18 Aug | Malaysia | 200,000 | Kang Wook-soon (2) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 25 Aug | South Korea | 300,000 | Kwon Oh-chul (1) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 1 Sep | South Korea | 300,000 |  Jeev Milkha Singh (3) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 29 Sep | Thailand | 200,000 | Boonchu Ruangkit (3) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 6 Oct | Singapore | 200,000 |  Yeh Chang-ting (2) | n/a | ||||
| 18 Oct | UAE | 350,000 |  Paul Friedlander (1) | n/a | ||||
| 27 Oct | Australia | A$500,000 | Bradley Hughes (n/a) | 16 | New to Asian PGA Tour | |||
| 3 Nov | Hong Kong | 500,000 |  Bernhard Langer (n/a) | 26 | New to Asian PGA Tour | |||
| 10 Nov | Singapore | 175,000 | Peter Teravainen (1) | n/a | ||||
| 17 Nov | Pakistan | 225,000 | Eric Rustand (1) | n/a | ||||
| 1 Dec | Indonesia | 250,000 | Thammanoon Sriroj (2) | n/a | New to Asian PGA Tour | |||
| 8 Dec | Thailand | 325,000 | Richard Kaplan (1) | n/a | New tournament | |||
| 15 Dec | Hong Kong | 500,000 | Gerry Norquist (2) | n/a | ||||
| 22 Dec | Indonesia | 150,000 |  Zhang Lianwei (2) | n/a | Limited-field event |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 183,787 | ||
| 2 | 129,404 | ||
| 3 | 127,422 | ||
| 4 | 119,512 | ||
| 5 | 109,570 |
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