2006 Asian Tour Explained

Year:2006
Tour:Asian Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:27
Most Wins: Yang Yong-eun (2)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Jeev Milkha Singh
Honor2:Players' Player of the Year
Honoree2: Jeev Milkha Singh
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Juvic Pagunsan
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th 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 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
18 Dec Japan ¥100,000,000 Tadahiro Takayama (n/a)14
22 Jan Pakistan 200,000 Chris Rodgers (1)14New to Asian Tour
29 Jan Qatar 2,000,000 Henrik Stenson (n/a)44
12 Feb Australia £1,250,000 Kevin Stadler (n/a)44
19 Feb Malaysia 1,250,000 Charlie Wi (7)20
5 Mar Indonesia 1,000,000 Simon Dyson (4)20
12 Mar Singapore 1,000,000 Mardan Mamat (2)20
19 Mar China 1,000,000 Johan Edfors (n/a)24
16 Apr China 1,800,000 Jeev Milkha Singh (5)24
23 Apr China 1,800,000 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a)30
30 Apr South Korea ₩600,000,000 Suk Jong-yul (1)14
7 May South Korea ₩600,000,000 Prom Meesawat (1)14
14 May India 400,000 Hendrik Buhrmann (1)14New tournament
21 May Macau 300,000 Kane Webber (1)14
28 May Philippines 200,000 Scott Strange (2)14
4 Jun Thailand 300,000 Chawalit Plaphol (2)14
20 Aug China 200,000 Chinnarat Phadungsil (2)14
27 Aug Brunei 500,000 Wang Ter-chang (4)12
3 Sep Malaysia 300,000 Anton Haig (1)14New tournament
10 Sep Singapore 3,000,000 Adam Scott (n/a)36
24 Sep South Korea ₩700,000,000 Yang Yong-eun (1)16
1 Oct Taiwan 500,000 Gaurav Ghei (2)14
8 Oct Taiwan 300,000 Lin Wen-tang (1)14
15 Oct China 350,000 Retief Goosen (n/a)18
22 Oct India 300,000 Jyoti Randhawa (6)14
19 Nov Hong Kong 2,000,000 José Manuel Lara (n/a)32
10 Dec Thailand 700,000 Thongchai Jaidee (8)20

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

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 ($)
1 591,884
2 444,736
3 392,672
4 369,881
5 348,296

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament schedule 2006 season . Asian Tour . 24 June 2023.
  2. Web site: 2006 Asian Tour Order of Merit . Asian Tour . 10 February 2023.
  3. News: Golf-Singh wraps up Asian order of merit title in Hong Kong . Reuters . 20 January 2007 . 24 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Jeev sweeps top Asian golf awards . 18 December 2006 . 8 January 2023 . Rediff News . ...the tenacious Indian made it a night to remember when he was feted by his peers at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok after being voted the Players' Player of the Year... The Rookie of the Year honour went to exciting Filipino talent Juvic Pagunsan....