2011 Asian Tour Explained

Year:2011
Tour:Asian Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:22
Most Wins: Lu Wei-chih (2)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Juvic Pagunsan
Honor2:Players' Player of the Year
Honoree2: Juvic Pagunsan
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Tjaart van der Walt
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 Asian Tour was the 17th 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 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
20 Feb India €1,800,000 Shiv Chawrasia (2) 20
25 Mar India 300,000 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1) 14
9 Apr India 300,000 Anirban Lahiri (1)14 New tournament
17 Apr Malaysia 2,500,000 Matteo Manassero (n/a) 42
24 Apr Indonesia 750,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 20 New tournament
1 May South Korea €2,205,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 42
15 May Philippines 300,000 Berry Henson (1)14
19 Jun Thailand 300,000 Chawalit Plaphol (3) 14
23 Jul Malaysia RM1,200,000 Joonas Granberg (1) 14
4 Sep Switzerland €2,000,000 Thomas Bjørn (n/a) 44
11 Sep Singapore 400,000 Himmat Rai (1) 14
18 Sep Macau 750,000 Chan Yih-shin (2) 14
25 Sep Japan ¥150,000,000 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (4) 22
9 Oct Taiwan 300,000 Lu Wei-chih (2) 14
16 Oct India 1,250,000 David Gleeson (3) 14
23 Oct South Korea 750,000 K. J. Choi (5) 14 New tournament
30 Oct Malaysia 6,100,000 Bo Van Pelt (n/a) 30 Limited-field event
6 Nov Taiwan 600,000 Lu Wei-chih (3) 14
13 Nov Singapore 6,000,000 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a) 46
20 Nov Malaysia 2,000,000 Joost Luiten (n/a) 24
4 Dec Hong Kong 2,750,000 Rory McIlroy (n/a) 38
11 Dec Thailand Cancelled
18 Dec Thailand 1,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a)32 New tournament
Flagship event

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 ($)
1 788,299
2 456,668
3 444,529
4 362,234
5 340,942

Awards

AwardWinner
[4]
[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament schedule 2011 season . Asian Tour . 24 June 2023.
  2. Web site: 2011 Asian Tour Order of Merit . Asian Tour . 10 February 2023.
  3. News: Pagunsan wins Asian Order of Merit title . Reuters . 4 December 2011 . 24 June 2023 . Pagunsan carded a final round of two-under-par 68 at the Hong Kong Golf Club and added $55,000 to his season's haul of $788,298 to give himself an unassailable lead with just the Thailand Golf Championship left to be played on the tour..
  4. Web site: Pinoy bet Pagunsan receives Asian Tour awards . Adrian . Flores . 23 December 2011 . 8 January 2023 . GMA News . Juvic Pagunsan the Order of Merit (OOM) title and the special Players' Player of the Year Award....
  5. Van der Walt back on the Tjaarts again . Compleat Golfer . 6 June 2016 . 12 September 2023 . In addition to this he even tried his hand on the Asian Tour where he won rookie of the year in 2011..