2012 Asian Tour Explained

Year:2012
Tour:Asian Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:26
Most Wins: Thaworn Wiratchant (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Thaworn Wiratchant
Honor2:Players' Player of the Year
Honoree2: Thaworn Wiratchant
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Masanori Kobayashi
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

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 OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
5 Feb Myanmar 300,000 Kieran Pratt (1) 14
12 Feb Philippines 300,000 Mardan Mamat (3) 14
19 Feb India €1,800,000 Jbe' Kruger (1) 20
25 Feb India 300,000 Anirban Lahiri (2)14
17 Mar Cambodia 300,000 David Lipsky (1) 14 New tournament
1 Apr India 300,000 Digvijay Singh (1)14
8 Apr Singapore 400,000 Scott Hend (2) 14
15 Apr Malaysia 2,500,000 Louis Oosthuizen (1) 36
22 Apr Indonesia 750,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 20
29 Apr South Korea €2,205,000 Bernd Wiesberger (n/a) 32
17 Jun Thailand 300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (13) 14
24 Jun South Korea 300,000 Lee In-woo (1) 14 New tournament
2 Sep Switzerland €2,100,000 Richie Ramsay (n/a) 32
8 Sep Malaysia RM1,200,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (14) 14
16 Sep Taiwan 500,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (3) 14
23 Sep Japan ¥150,000,000 Masanori Kobayashi (1) 20
30 Sep Taiwan 600,000 Tsai Chi-huang (2) 14
7 Oct South Korea 750,000 K. J. Choi (6) 14
14 Oct Macau 750,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (4) 14
21 Oct India 1,250,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (15) 14
28 Oct Malaysia 6,100,000 Nick Watney (n/a) 36 Limited-field event
11 Nov Singapore 6,000,000 Matteo Manassero (n/a) 48
18 Nov Hong Kong 2,750,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 32
2 Dec Thailand 500,000 Arnond Vongvanij (1) 14
9 Dec Thailand 1,000,000 Charl Schwartzel (n/a) 36 Flagship event
16 Dec Malaysia 2,000,000 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 ($)
1 738,047
2 672,745
3 474,989
4 471,080
5 451,245

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament schedule 2012 season . Asian Tour . 24 June 2023.
  2. Web site: 2012 Asian Tour Order of Merit . Asian Tour . 10 February 2023.
  3. News: Thaworn crowned Asian Tour's best . The Nation . Thailand . 16 December 2012 . 24 June 2023 . Thaworn, who won the Order of Merit with earnings of US$738,046....
  4. News: Thaworn sweeps Asian Tour awards . 19 December 2012 . 8 January 2023 . Pakistan Today . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630170833/https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/19/thaworn-sweeps-asian-tour-awards/ . 30 June 2022 . 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..