2008 Asian Tour


The 2008 Asian Tour was the 14th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$43 million and Jeev Milkha Singh topped the Order of Merit for the second time with a record US$1,452,702.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2008 schedule.
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.
Only 50% of the prize money from major championships and World Golf Championships are counted towards the Order of Merit, but are not shown below.
DatesTournamentCountryPrize
fund
WinnerOWGR
pts
Notes
Feb 7-10Emaar-MGF Indian MastersIndia2,500,000 Shiv Chowrasia 26New tournament, co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Feb 14-17Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia OpenIndonesia1,200,000 Felipe Aguilar 20Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Feb 20-23SAIL Open Golf Championship at Jaypee GreensIndia400,000 Mark Brown 14New tournament
Feb 28- Mar 4Johnnie Walker ClassicIndia2,500,000 Mark Brown 38Co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian tours
Mar 6-9Maybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,000,000 Arjun Atwal 24Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Mar 13-16Ballantine's ChampionshipSouth Korea2,900,000 Graeme McDowell 28New tournament, co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Mar 20-23Asian Tour InternationalThailand300,000 Lin Wen-tang 14New tournament
Apr 3-6Philippine OpenThe Philippines300,000 Angelo Que 14
Apr 17-20Volvo China OpenChina2,000,000 Damien McGrane 20Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Apr 24-27BMW Asian OpenChina2,300,000 Darren Clarke 32Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
May 1-4GS Caltex Maekyung OpenSouth Korea600,000 Hwang Inn-choon 14
May 8-11Pine Valley Beijing OpenChina1,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita 16Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
June 5-8Bangkok Airways OpenThailand300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant 14
June 26-29Singha Thailand PGA ChampionshipThailand500,000 Mo Joong-kyung 14New tournament
Aug 6-9Worldwide Selangor MastersMalaysia310,000 Ben Leong 14New tournament
Aug 21-24Brunei OpenBrunei300,000 Rick Kulacz 14
Aug 28-31Pertamina Indonesia President InvitationalIndonesia350,000 Scott Hend 14
Sep 18-21Mercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan500,000 Lu Wen-teh 14
Sep 25-28Asia-Pacific Panasonic OpenJapan1,850,000 Hideto Tanihara 20New tournament, co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Oct 2-5Kolon-Hana Bank Korea OpenSouth Korea1,000,000 Bae Sang-moon 18
Oct 9-12Hero Honda Indian OpenIndia1,000,000 Liang Wen-chong 14
Oct 16-19Midea China ClassicChina500,000 Noh Seung-yul 14
Oct 23-26Macau OpenMacau500,000 David Gleeson 14
Oct 30-Nov 2Iskandar Johor OpenMalaysia500,000 Retief Goosen 14
Nov 6-9HSBC ChampionsChina5,000,000 Sergio García 52Co-sanctioned by the European, Australasian and Sunshine tours.
50% of prize money counts towards Order of Merit.
Nov 13-16Barclays Singapore OpenSingapore5,000,000 Jeev Milkha Singh 38Richest sole-sanctioned event
Nov 20-23UBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong, China2,250,000 Lin Wen-tang 32Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Dec 4-7Hana Bank Vietnam MastersVietnam500,000 Thongchai Jaidee 14
Dec 11-14Johnnie Walker Cambodian OpenCambodia300,000 Thongchai Jaidee 14
Dec 18-21Volvo Masters of AsiaThailand750,000 Lam Chih Bing 20Limited to top 65 on the Order of Merit

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Leading money winners

There is a complete list on the official site .