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Wikipedia / 2008 Asian Tour

The 2008 Asian Tour was the 14th 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 2008 season.

Date

Tournament

Host country

Purse(US$)

Winner

OWGRpoints

Othertours

Notes

10 Feb

Emaar-MGF Indian Masters

India

2,500,000

Shiv Chawrasia (1)

26

EUR

New tournament

17 Feb

Singapore Masters

Singapore

–

Cancelled

–

EUR

17 Feb

Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open

Indonesia

1,200,000

Felipe Aguilar (n/a)

20

EUR

23 Feb

SAIL Open Golf Championship

India

400,000

Mark Brown (1)

14

New tournament

4 Mar

Johnnie Walker Classic

India

£1,250,000

Mark Brown (2)

38

ANZ, EUR

9 Mar

Maybank Malaysian Open

Malaysia

2,000,000

Arjun Atwal (7)

24

EUR

16 Mar

Ballantine's Championship

South Korea

€2,000,000

Graeme McDowell (1)

28

EUR, KOR

New tournament

23 Mar

Asian Tour International

Thailand

300,000

Lin Wen-tang (3)

14

New tournament

6 Apr

Philippine Open

Philippines

300,000

Angelo Que (2)

14

20 Apr

Volvo China Open

China

2,200,000

Damien McGrane (n/a)

20

EUR

27 Apr

BMW Asian Open

China

2,300,000

Darren Clarke (n/a)

32

EUR

4 May

GS Caltex Maekyung Open

South Korea

₩600,000,000

Hwang Inn-choon (1)

14

KOR

11 May

Pine Valley Beijing Open

China

1,000,000

Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)

16

JPN

8 Jun

Bangkok Airways Open

Thailand

300,000

Thaworn Wiratchant (10)

14

29 Jun

Singha Thailand PGA Championship

Thailand

500,000

Mo Joong-kyung (2)

14

New tournament

9 Aug

Worldwide Selangor Masters

Malaysia

310,000

Ben Leong (1)

14

New tournament

24 Aug

Brunei Open

Brunei

300,000

Rick Kulacz (1)

14

31 Aug

Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational

Indonesia

350,000

Scott Hend (1)

14

21 Sep

Mercuries Taiwan Masters

Taiwan

500,000

Lu Wen-teh (5)

14

28 Sep

Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open

Japan

1,850,000

Hideto Tanihara (n/a)

20

JPN

New tournament

5 Oct

Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open

South Korea

₩1,000,000,000

Bae Sang-moon (2)

18

KOR

12 Oct

Hero Honda Indian Open

India

1,000,000

Liang Wenchong (2)

14

19 Oct

Midea China Classic

China

500,000

Noh Seung-yul (1)

14

26 Oct

Macau Open

Macau

500,000

David Gleeson (2)

14

2 Nov

Iskandar Johor Open

Malaysia

500,000

Retief Goosen (n/a)

14

16 Nov

Barclays Singapore Open

Singapore

5,000,000

Jeev Milkha Singh (6)

38

23 Nov

UBS Hong Kong Open

Hong Kong

2,250,000

Lin Wen-tang (4)

32

EUR

7 Dec

Hana Bank Vietnam Masters

Vietnam

500,000

Thongchai Jaidee (9)

14

14 Dec

Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open

Cambodia

300,000

Thongchai Jaidee (10)

14

21 Dec

Volvo Masters of Asia

Thailand

750,000

Lam Chih Bing (1)

20

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date

Tournament

Host country

Purse($)

Winner

OWGRpoints

Othertours

Notes

9 Nov

HSBC Champions

China

5,000,000

Sergio García

52

AFR, ANZ, EUR

Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the UBS Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position

Player

Prize money ($)

1

Jeev Milkha Singh

1,452,702

2

Lin Wen-tang

844,735

3

Mark Brown

778,038

4

Liang Wenchong

521,428

5

David Gleeson

483,121

Awards

Award

Winner

Players' Player of the Year

Jeev Milkha Singh

Rookie of the Year

Noh Seung-yul

Notes

References