2005 Asian Tour


The 2005 Asian Tour was the 11th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Thaworn Wiratchant won the Order of Merit, becoming the first player to pass $500,000 earnings in a season.

Tournament results

The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
DatesTournamentPrize
fund
WinnerOWGR
pts
Notes
Dec 16-19Asia Japan Okinawa Open830,000 Kiyoshi Miyazato 24Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Jan 27-30Caltex Masters1,000,000 Nick Dougherty 30Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Feb 17-20Carlsberg Malaysian Open1,210,000 Thongchai Jaidee 26Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Feb 24-27Myanmar Open200,000 Scott Strange 8
Mar 3-6Thai Airways International Thailand Open500,000 Richard Lee 6
Mar 10-13Qatar Masters1,500,000 Ernie Els 26Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Mar 17-20TCL Classic1,000,000 Paul Casey 20Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Mar 24-27Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open1,000,000 Thaworn Wiratchant 16Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Apr 15-17Visa Dynasty Cupn/aAsian/aTeam event
Apr 21-24Johnnie Walker Classic2,300,000 Adam Scott 46Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
and PGA Tour of Australasia
Apr 28 - May 1BMW Asian Open1,500,000 Ernie Els 38Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
May 5–8SK Telecom Open500,000 Choi Kyung-Ju 14
May 12–15Macau Open275,000 Wang Ter-chang 10
May 19–22Philippine Open200,000 Adam Le Vesconte 6
May 26–29KT&G Maekyung Open500,000 Choi Sang-ho 6Oldest winner in tour history
June 23–26Brunei Open300,000 Terry Pilkadaris 6
Sep 1-4Volkswagen Masters-China300,000 Retief Goosen 20
Sep 8-11Singapore Open2,000,000 Adam Scott 22Richest sole-sanctioned event
Sep 15-18Taiwan Open300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant 6
Sep 22-25Mercuries Taiwan Masters400,000 Lu Wei-chih 6
Sep 29 - Oct 2Crowne Plaza Open200,000 Prayad Marksaeng 6
Oct 13-16Bangkok Airways Open200,000 Lu Wen-teh 6
Oct 27-30Hero Honda Indian Open300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant 8
Nov 3-6Double A International Open300,000 Chinnarat Phadungsil 6
Nov 10-13HSBC Champions Tournament5,000,000 David Howell 48Co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Sunshine Tour
and PGA Tour of Australasia
Nov 17-20Carlsberg Masters Vietnam200,000 Thaworn Wiratchant 6
Nov 24-27Volvo China Open Paul Casey 18Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Dec 1-4UBS Hong Kong Open1,200,000 Colin Montgomerie 28Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Dec 8-11Volvo Masters of Asia600,000 Shiv Kapur 20Limited to top 60 on Order of Merit

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Leading money winners

There is a complete list on the official site .