Ladies Asian Golf Tour Explained

Ladies Asian Tour
Formerly:	Ladies Asia Golf Circuit (1983–2004) Ladies Asian Golf Tour (2005–2021)
Sport:	Golf
Founded:	1983
Headquarters:	Hong Kong (former) Japan (former) Seoul, Republic of Korea
Confed:	Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation International Golf Federation
Website:	LAT

The Ladies Asian Tour is a women's professional golf tour established in 2022 and successor to the Ladies Asia Golf Circuit which ran 1983–2004 and the Ladies Asian Golf Tour which ran 2005–2021. The successive tours have been sanctioned by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation since its inception as an official Asian ladies' tour.^[1]

Background

By 2005 there were five established women's professional tours in the world, of which two were in Asia, namely the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour. Japan and South Korea are two of the top three powers in women's professional golf, alongside the United States. The Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) is effectively a tour for the rest of Asia. This is comparable to the position in men's golf, where Japan has its own Japan Golf Tour and the rest of Asia has the Asian Tour. Most of the players on the tour come from Asia, but there are also representatives of various other parts of the world. Like the other major golf tours, LAGT has been a professional member of the International Golf Federation.^[2]

History

Ladies Asia Golf Circuit

Between 1987–2003 the tour was known as the Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit as the main sponsor was the Kosaido Company of Japan, and prize money was in the range of $50,000–70,000. The company terminated its sponsorship due to the passing of its Chairman, Mr. Yoshiaki Sakurai in 2003.^[1]

Ladies Asian Golf Tour

In 2005 the tour was reorganized as the Ladies Asian Golf Tour by Koichi Kato,^[3] and the first event after the restart was the Phuket Thailand Ladies Masters, which was played on 15-17 December 2005 with a $100,000 purse. In 2006 there were five tournaments with combined prize money of US$410,000, and five again in 2007, with total prize money of US$590,000.^[1] Between 2011 and 2014 most of the touräs events were co-sanctioned tournaments organized by the Taiwan LPGA Tour. With the only remaining tournaments of the tour, the Hong Kong Ladies Open and Hero Women's Indian Open, cancelled for several seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour's activity came to a halt.^[4]

Ladies Asian Tour

In 2022, the Asian Golf Leaders Forum (AGLF) established a new Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) Series, which kicked off in June with the 36th Korea Women's Open. The LAT Series, through the Asia Pacific Golf Platform (APGP), organized seven tournaments across the Asia Pacific region in 2023, with plans to expand to 10 events in 2024.^[5]

Schedule and results – Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit (1987–2004)

Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit 1987–2004
Season	Tournament	Location	Winner
1987		Taiwan	Tu Ai-yu
		Indonesia	Fusako Nagata
		Singapore	Liselotte Neumann
		Thailand	Beverley New
		Malaysia	Ikuyo Shiotani
1988		Indonesia	Elizabeth Wilson
		Singapore	Elizabeth Wilson
		Thailand	Karen Lunn
		Malaysia	Beverley New
1989		Thailand	Debbie Dowling
		Indonesia	Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore
		Malaysia	Norimi Terasawa
1990		Singapore	Evelyn Orley
		Taiwan	Tu Ai-yu
		Indonesia	Leigh Ann Mills
		Malaysia	Chieko Nishida
		Thailand	Corinne Dibnah
1991		Indonesia	Li Wen-Lin
		Singapore	Li Wen-Lin
		Malaysia	Chieko Nishida
		Thailand	Mardi Lunn
		Taiwan	Li Wen-Lin
1992		Taiwan	Tu Ai-yu
		Thailand	Hitomi Notsu
		Indonesia	Yuka Irie
		Singapore	Tania Abitbol
		Malaysia	Alison Nicholas
1993		Thailand	Laura Davies
		Indonesia	Kim Lasken
		Singapore	Janet Soulsby
		Malaysia	Sally Prosser
		Taiwan	Fusako Nagata
1994		Taiwan	Karen Weiss
		Indonesia	Tracy Hanson
		Malaysia	Won Jae-sook
		Thailand	Laura Davies
1995		Taiwan	Cheng Mei-Chu
		Indonesia	Lisa Hackney
		Malaysia	Corinne Dibnah
		Thailand	Liz Earley
		Singapore	Estefania Knuth
1996		Taiwan	Shoko Asano
		Indonesia	Corinne Dibnah
		Malaysia	Corinne Dibnah
		Thailand	Shelly Rule
		Singapore	Debbie Dowling
1997		Taiwan	Hung Ching Huei
		Indonesia	Pernilla Sterner
		Malaysia	Petra Rigby Jinglöv
		Thailand	Sophie Gustafson
		Philippines	Pernilla Sterner
1998		Indonesia	Tina Fischer
		Malaysia	Sandrine Mendiburu
		Thailand	Yun-Jye Wei
		Philippines	Kristel Mourgue d'Algue
		Taiwan	Helen Wadsworth
1999		Taiwan	Tu Ai-yu
		Indonesia	Park Hee Jung
		Malaysia	Johanna Head
		Thailand	Yu-Chuan Tai
		Philippines	Chung Il-mi
2000		Taiwan	Yun-Jye Wei
		Indonesia	Kang Soo-yun
		Malaysia	Kang Soo-yun
		Thailand	Kang Soo-yun
2001		Taiwan	Hsiu-Feng Tseng
		Indonesia	Yun-Jye Wei
		Malaysia	Shiho Oyama
		Thailand	Nari Wongluekiet
2002		Taiwan	Huang Yu Chen
		Indonesia	Momoyo Yamazaki
		Malaysia	Yuka Arita
		Thailand	Nicole Jeray
2003		Taiwan	Russamee Gulyanamitta
		Indonesia	Akane Takagi
		Malaysia	Smriti Mehra
		Thailand	Atsuko Ueno
2004		Taiwan	Shin Hyun-ju
		Taiwan	Tu Ai-yu

Source:^[1]

Schedule and results – Ladies Asian Golf Tour (2005–2021)

Ladies Asian Golf Tour 2005–2021
Season	Dates	Tournament	Location	Winner	Main tour(s)
2005	Feb 3–5				KLPGA, LET^[6]
	Dec 15–17
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2006	Feb 8–10
	Feb 22–24
	Mar 2–4
	Mar 15–17
	Mar 22–24
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2007	Jan 24–26
	Jan 31 – Feb 2
	Mar 7–9
	Mar 14–16
	Mar 21–23			Na Da-ye	KLPGA
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2008	Feb 20–22
	Mar 26–28
	Sep 11–13				KLPGA
	Oct 31 – Nov 2				LET
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2009	Feb 18–20
	Feb 25–27
	Oct 30 – Nov 1				LET
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2010	Feb 24–26
	Mar 19–21
	Oct 22–24				LET
	Oct 29–31				LET
	Nov 11–13				LET
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2011	Jan 6–8				TLPGA
	Jan 14–16				TLPGA
	Jan 21–23				TLPGA
	Feb 9–11
	Feb 24–26
	Sep 21–23				TLPGA
	Oct 21–23				LET
	Oct 28–30				LET
	Nov 9–11				LET
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2012	Dec 30 – Jan 1				TLPGA
	Jan 6–8				TLPGA
	Feb 8–10
	Feb 23–24
	Mar 23–25
	Aug 8–10				TLPGA
	Oct 5–7				TLPGA
	Oct 10–12				TLPGA
	Oct 18–20
	Oct 25–28				LET
	Nov 2–4				LET
	Nov 8–10				TLPGA
	Nov 30 – Dec 2				LET
	Dec 14–16				TLPGA
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2013	Jan 11–13	TLPGA & Royal Open	Hsinchu	Titiya Pluckataporn	TLPGA
	Jan 18–20	Hitachi Ladies Classic	Linkou	Pornanong Phatlum	TLPGA
	Jan 24–26	Yeangder TLPGA Open	Linkou	Yao Hsuan-yu	TLPGA
	Apr 11–13	Yumeya Dream Cup	Nagoya	Yumika Adachi
	May 31–Jun 2	Technology Cup	Hsinchu	Huei-Ju Shih	TLPGA
	Jul 19–21	Chung Cheng Ladies Open	Linkou	Ssu-Chia Cheng	TLPGA
	Jul 24–26	Kenda Tires TLPGA Open	Linkou	Ainil Abu Bakar	TLPGA
	Sep 19–21	CTBC Ladies Open	Taoyuan	Kim Do‐yeon	TLPGA
	Sep 27–29	Fubon Ladies Open	Linkou	Ssu-Chia Cheng	TLPGA
	Oct 25–27	Sanya Ladies Open	Hainan	Lee-Anne Pace	LET
	Nov 1–3	Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open	Jiangsu	Gwladys Nocera	LET
	Nov 7–9	PTT Global Chemical Thailand Ladies Open	Bangkok	Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (a)
	Nov 13–15	TLPGA South Taiwan Open	Kaohsiung	Ya‐Huei Lu	TLPGA
	Nov 28–30	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Thidapa Suwannapura	LET
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2014	Jan 10–12	Hitachi Ladies Classic	Taoyuan	Pornanong Phatlum	TLPGA
	Jan 17–19	TLPGA & Royal Open	Hsinchu	Nontaya Srisawang	TLPGA
	Jan 24–26	Taifong Ladies Open	Changhua	Yani Tseng	TLPGA
	May 21–23	Yeangder TLPGA Open	New Taipei	Tamie Durdin	TLPGA
	May 28–30	Kenda Tires TLPGA Open	Taoyuan	Babe Liu	TLPGA
	Aug 6–8	Jing-Du Construction Charity Ladies Open	Linkou	Ssu-Chia Cheng	TLPGA
	Sep 23–25	Party Golfers Open	Taichung	Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul	TLPGA
	Nov 14–16	Sanya Ladies Open	Hainan	Lin Xiyu	LET
	Dec 4–6	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Gwladys Nocera	LET
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2015	Jun 5–7	Hong Kong Ladies Open	Hong Kong	Lee Jeong-hwa
	Oct 23–25	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Emily Kristine Pedersen	LET
	Nov 6–8	Sanya Ladies Open	Hainan	Lin Xiyu	LET
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2016	Jun 10–12	Hong Kong Ladies Open	Hong Kong	Tiffany Chan (a)
	Oct 27–29	Sanya Ladies Open	Hainan	Supamas Sangchan	LET
	Nov 11–13	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Aditi Ashok	LET
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2017	Jun 9–11	EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open	Hong Kong	Supamas Sangchan
	Nov 10–12	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Camille Chevalier	LET, WGAI
	Nov 17–19	Sanya Ladies Open	Hainan	Céline Boutier	LET
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2018	May 11–13	EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open	Hong Kong	Saranporn Langkulgasettrin
	Nov 18–21	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Becky Morgan	LET, WGAI
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2019	May 10–12	EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open	Hong Kong	Liu Yan
	Oct 3–6	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Christine Wolf	LET, WGAI
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2020	May 8–10	EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open	Hong Kong	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	Oct 1–4	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	LET, WGAI
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2021		EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open	Hong Kong	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	Sep 30 – Oct 3	Hero Women's Indian Open	New Delhi	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	LET, WGAI

Source:^[1]

Schedule and results – Ladies Asian Tour (2022–)

2022 season

Dates	Tournament	Location	Winner(s)	Prize fund	WWGR	Main tour	Ref
		South Korea			26
	Simone Asia Pacific Cup – Individual	Indonesia			–		^[7]
	Simone Asia Pacific Cup – Team				–		^[8]
		South Korea			20.5
		Singapore			19.5		^[9]

2023 season

Dates	Tournament	Location	Winner(s)	Prize fund	WWGR	Main tour	Ref
		South Korea			26
		South Korea			20.5
	Simone Asia Pacific Cup – Individual	Indonesia			–
	Simone Asia Pacific Cup – Team				–

2024 season

Dates	Tournament	Location	Winner(s)	Prize fund	WWGR	Main tour	Ref
		Singapore			18.5		^[10]
		South Korea			26
		China
		South Korea
		Philippines
	Simone Asia Pacific Cup – Individual	Indonesia			–
	Simone Asia Pacific Cup – Team				–

Order of Merit winners

Ladies Asian Golf Tour

Year	Player	Country	Events	Earnings (US$)
2017			1	13,216
2016			2	7,581
2015			3	25,777
2014			1	82,500
2013			3	116,295
2012			10	87,966
2011			1	62,550
2010			3	88,330
2009			2	48,500
2008			1	45,000
2007			2	44,500
2006			3	28,845

Source:^[11]

See also

• Asian Tour

External links

• – LAT
• – LAGT

Notes and References

1. Web site: History . Ladies Asian Golf Tour . 28 May 2020.
2. Web site: Ladies Asian Golf Tour . International Golf Federation . 31 May 2020.
3. Web site: Koichi Kato . LAGT . 28 May 2020.
4. Web site: Postponement . Ladies Asian Golf Tour . 26 May 2020.
5. Web site: Lydia Ko talks engagement, future plans ahead of inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup in Indonesia . 16 August 2022 . Golfweek . 14 October 2023.
6. Web site: Blomqvist One Back Monnet-Melocco Wins Car . Golfchannel . 19 September 2020.
7. Web site: Simone Asia Pacific Cup returns to Indonesia for second edition in December . 7 February 2023 . Golf Matters . 14 October 2023.
8. Web site: Simone Asia Pacific Cup: Philippines' Princess Mary Superal in breakout win . 20 August 2022 . South China Morning Post . 14 October 2023.
9. Web site: Ji Young Park wins after 36 holes in weather-shortened event . Singapore Golf Association . 14 October 2023.
10. Web site: Kim Jae-hee wins KLPGA Hana Financial Group Open in Singapore . 10 March 2024 . Korea JoongAng Daily . 10 March 2024.
11. Web site: Ladies Asian Golf Tour: Order of Merit . May 2, 2013.