2009 Asian Tour


The 2009 Asian Tour was the 15th 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$39 million and Thongchai Jaidee topped the Order of Merit for the third time with US$981,932.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2009 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
Jan 9-11Royal TrophyThailandn/aAsian/aTeam event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Japan Golf Tour
Feb 5-8Emaar-MGF Indian MastersIndia2,500,000n/an/aTournament cancelled.
Feb 5-8Asian Tour InternationalThailand300,000 James Kamte 14Rescheduled following cancellation of Indian Masters
Feb 12-15Maybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,000,000 Anthony Kang 30Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Feb 19-22Johnnie Walker ClassicAustralia2,500,000 Danny Lee 32Co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian tours
Feb 26 - Mar 1Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia OpenIndonesia1,250,000 Thongchai Jaidee 20Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Mar 5-8Singha Thailand OpenThailand500,000 Jyoti Randhawa 14New tournament
Mar 19-22SAIL OpenIndia400,000 Chapchai Nirat 14Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Mar 26-29Black Mountain MastersThailand500,000 Johan Edfors 14New tournament
Apr 23-26Ballantine's ChampionshipSouth Korea2,900,000 Thongchai Jaidee 32Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
May 14-17GS Caltex Maekyung OpenSouth Korea600,000 Bae Sang-moon 14Co-sanctioned by Korean Tour
Jul 23-26Indonesia President InvitationalIndonesia400,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar 14
Jul 30 - Aug 2Brunei OpenBrunei300,000 Darren Beck 14
Aug 5-8Worldwide Holdings Selangor MastersMalaysia300,000 Rick Kulacz 14
Aug 13-16Queen's CupThailand300,000 Chinnarat Phadungsil 14New tournament
Sep 3-6Omega European MastersSwitzerland2,500,000 Alexander Norén 32New event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sep 10-13Macau OpenMacau500,000 Thaworn Wiratchant 14
Sep 24-27Asia-Pacific Panasonic OpenJapan1,500,000 Daisuke Maruyama 20Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Oct 1-4Mercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan500,000 Lin Wen-tang 14
Oct 8-11Hero Honda Indian OpenIndia1,250,000 Chinnaswamy Muniyappa 14Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Oct 22-25Iskandar Johor OpenMalaysia1,000,000 K. J. Choi 14Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain
Oct 29 - Nov 1Barclays Singapore OpenSingapore5,000,000 Ian Poulter Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Nov 5-8WGC-HSBC ChampionsChina7,000,000 Phil Mickelson 66World Golf Championships event.
50% of prize money counts towards Order of Merit.
Nov 12-15UBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong, China2,500,000 Grégory Bourdy 44Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Nov 19-22Johnnie Walker Cambodian OpenCambodia300,000 Marcus Both 14
Dec 3-6King's CupThailand300,000 Chan Yih-shin 14New tournament
Dec 10-13Volvo Masters of AsiaThailand750,000n/an/aTournament cancelled.

Leading money winners

There is a complete list on the official site .