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2016 Asian Tour
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Golf tour season
September 2023
2016 Asian Tour 2016 1 29 y – 2016 12 11 y 23 TWN Chan Shih-chang (2)IND Shiv Chawrasia (2)AUS Scott Hend (2) Order of Merit AUS Scott Hend Players' Player of the Year AUS Scott Hend Rookie of the Year ZIM Scott Vincent 2015 2017
The 2016 Asian Tour was the 22nd 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.
European Tour strategic alliance
In July, it was announced that the European Tour had entered into a strategic alliance with the Asian Tour.European Tour and Asian Tour form 'strategic alliance' https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/10505039/european-tour-and-asian-tour-form-strategic-alliance 18 July 2016 22 February 2023 Sky Sports Reuters
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.https://asiantour.ocs-asia.com/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=2016~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ Tournament schedule 2016 season Asian Tour 24 June 2023http://www.asiantour.com/2015/11/20/early-16-asian-tour-and-adt-schedules-announced/ Early '16 Asian Tour and ADT Schedules announced Asian Tour 2015-11-20 2015-11-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20151121060431/http://www.asiantour.com/2015/11/20/early-16-asian-tour-and-adt-schedules-announced/ 2015-11-21
Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winnertotals 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. OWGRpoints OthertoursAFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India; TWN − Taiwan PGA Tour. Notes 1 Feb SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 1,000,000 KOR Song Young-han (1) 28 JPN 7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar 750,000 ZAF Shaun Norris (2) 15 JPN 14 Feb Bashundhara Bangladesh Open Bangladesh 300,000 THA Thitiphun Chuayprakong (1) 14 21 Feb Maybank Championship Malaysia Malaysia 3,000,000 AUS Marcus Fraser (2) 38 EUR New tournament 28 Feb ISPS Handa Perth International Australia A$1,750,000 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (2) 23 ANZ, EUR New to Asian Tour 13 Mar True Thailand Classic Thailand 1,750,000 AUS Scott Hend (8) 24 EUR 20 Mar Hero Indian Open India 1,660,000 IND Shiv Chawrasia (4) 19 EUR 24 Apr Panasonic Open Golf Championship Japan ¥150,000,000 JPN Yuta Ikeda (n/a) 16 JPN 15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 KOR Wang Jeung-hun (1) 17 AFR, EUR 19 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand 300,000 AUS Scott Hend (9) 14 3 Jul Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 500,000 ESP Carlos Pigem (1) 14 TWN 31 Jul King's Cup Thailand 750,000 TWN Chan Shih-chang (1) 14 EUR 4 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,700,000 SWE Alex Norén (n/a) 30 EUR 25 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Japan ¥150,000,000 TWN Chan Shih-chang (2) 15 JPN 2 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 800,000 TWN Lu Wei-chih (4) 14 TWN 2 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 IND Gaganjeet Bhullar (6) 18 KOR 9 Oct BNI Indonesian Masters Indonesia 750,000 THA Poom Saksansin (1) 14 16 Oct Venetian Macao Open Macau 1,100,000 THA Pavit Tangkamolprasert (1)16 23 Oct CIMB Classic Malaysia 7,000,000 USA Justin Thomas (n/a) 50 PGAT Limited-field event 13 Nov Resorts World Manila Masters Philippines 1,000,000 IND Shiv Chawrasia (5) 14 20 Nov Bank BRI-JCB Indonesia Open Indonesia 300,000 IND Gaganjeet Bhullar (7) 14 4 Dec Panasonic Open India India 400,000 IND Mukesh Kumar (1) 14 PGTI 11 Dec UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,000,000 AUS Sam Brazel (1) 32 EUR
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.https://asiantour.ocs-asia.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=OM~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=2016~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit Asian Tour 10 February 2023https://nationalgolf.com.au/cms/2016/12/hend-to-win-asian-order-of-merit/ Hend wins Asian Order of Merit The National Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia 10 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170326125928/https://nationalgolf.com.au/cms/2016/12/hend-to-win-asian-order-of-merit/ 26 March 2017 24 June 2023
Position Player Prize money ($)1 AUS Scott Hend 1,004,7932 AUS Marcus Fraser 730,0233 KOR Wang Jeung-hun 546,1934 TWN Chan Shih-chang 542,8215 PHI Miguel Tabuena 525,926
Awards
AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Players' Player of the Year AUS Scott Hend http://www.phtnews.com/2016/12/23/hend-wins-asian-tour-players-player-of-the-year-2016-award/ Hend wins Asian Tour Players' Player of the Year 2016 Award 23 December 2016 3 January 2023 PHT News Zimbabwean Scott Vincent was named Rookie of the Year... Rookie of the Year ZIM Scott Vincent
See also
2016 Asian Development Tour
Notes
References
External links
https://www.asiantour.com/
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