2020–21–22 Asian Tour

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2020–21–22 Asian Tour season
Duration9 January 2020 (2020-01-09) – 23 January 2022 (2022-01-23)
Number of official events8[a]
Order of MeritSouth Korea Tom Kim
← 2019
2022 →

The 2020–21–22 Asian Tour was the 26th 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[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21–22 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
12 Jan 2020 Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 1,000,000 Australia Wade Ormsby (3) 20 EUR Rescheduled from 2019[d]
19 Jan 2020 SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,000,000 United States Matt Kuchar (n/a) 26 JPN
1 Mar 2020 New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,400,000 Australia Brad Kennedy (1) 15 ANZ
8 Mar 2020 Bandar Malaysia Open Malaysia 1,000,000 United States Trevor Simsby (1) 14
15 Mar 2020 Royal Cup Thailand – Cancelled[4] –
22 Mar 2020 Hero Indian Open India – Cancelled[5] – EUR
28 Mar 2020 Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open Bangladesh – Cancelled[6] –
19 Apr 2020 Maybank Championship Malaysia – Cancelled[7] – EUR
26 Apr 2020 Volvo China Open China – Removed[e] – EUR
3 May 2020 GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea – Removed[f] – KOR
10 May 2020 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Japan – Cancelled[8] – JPN
28 Jun 2020 Kolon Korea Open South Korea – Cancelled[9] – KOR
13 Sep 2020 Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea – Removed[g] – JPN, KOR
20 Sep 2020 Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan – Removed[h] –
27 Sep 2020 Panasonic Open Golf Championship Japan – Cancelled[12] – JPN
31 Oct 2021 Hero Indian Open India – Cancelled[13] – EUR
28 Nov 2021 Blue Canyon Phuket Championship Thailand 1,000,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (3) 14 New tournament
5 Dec 2021 Laguna Phuket Championship Thailand 1,000,000 Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai (1) 14 New tournament
16 Jan 2022 Singapore International Singapore 1,000,000 South Korea Tom Kim (2) 14 New tournament
23 Jan 2022 SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,250,000 Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana (2) 14 JPN

Order of Merit[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[14][15]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 South Korea Tom Kim 507,553
2 Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana 378,972
3 Australia Wade Ormsby 270,154
4 Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai 264,723
5 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang 231,375

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ A further 12 tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled, postponed or otherwise removed from the schedule.
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
  3. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  4. ^ The opening tournament of the season, the Hong Kong Open, was originally to be played from 28 November – 1 December 2019 as part of the 2019 season and co-sanctioned with the European Tour. However, due to protest violence, the tournament was rescheduled to January 2020 without European Tour co-sanctioning.[2][3]
  5. ^ Originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being rescheduled to December 2020 as a sole-sanctioned China Tour event.
  6. ^ Originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being rescheduled to August 2020 as a sole-sanctioned Korean Tour event.
  7. ^ Proceeded as a sole-sanctioned Korean Tour event.[10]
  8. ^ Originally cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being rescheduled as a sole-sanctioned Taiwan PGA Tour event.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2020 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong Open Postponed due to protest violence". ESPN. Reuters. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Open rescheduled for January 2020". ESPN. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Royal's Cup 2020 to be postponed". Asian Tour. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Hero Indian Open 2020 cancelled". Asian Tour. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open 2020 to be postponed amid COVID-19 concerns". Asian Tour. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Maybank golf meet is off this year". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  8. ^ "ジャパンゴルフツアーの開催状況" [Japan Golf Tour Status] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 June 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  9. ^ Williams, Julie (16 May 2020). "Korea Open canceled for first time in event's 62-year history". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Shinhan Donghae Open to proceed as domestic KPGA event in September". Asian Tour. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Asian Tour: Mercuries Taiwan Masters cancelled". Golf Australia. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled". Asian Tour. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Indian Open golf cancelled due to COVID, once again". Olympics. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  14. ^ "2020 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  15. ^ "Kim king of the Tour". The Sun Daily. Malaysia. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2023. After earning US$108,125 (RM452,665) at Sentosa Golf Club he topped the list with earnings of US$507,553 (RM2.1 million) having played in all eight events on the schedule.

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