2008 Asian Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 2008 Asian Tour 2008 2 7 y – 2008 12 21 y 29One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled. NZL Mark Brown (2)TWN Lin Wen-tang (2)THA Thongchai Jaidee (2) Order of Merit IND Jeev Milkha Singh Players' Player of the Year IND Jeev Milkha Singh Rookie of the Year KOR 1997 Noh Seung-yul 2007 2009 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.https://asiantour.ocs-asia.com/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=2008~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ Tournament schedule 2008 season Asian Tour 24 June 2023 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 Othertourstours AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour. Notes10 FebEmaar-MGF Indian MastersIndia2,500,000IND Shiv Chawrasia (1)26EURNew tournament17 FebSingapore MastersSingapore–Cancelledhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/golf/arid-30343811.html Singapore Masters cancelled Irish Examiner 10 January 2008 12 September 2023–EUR17 FebEnjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia OpenIndonesia1,200,000CHL Felipe Aguilar (n/a)20EUR23 FebSAIL Open Golf ChampionshipIndia400,000NZL Mark Brown (1)14New tournament4 MarJohnnie Walker ClassicIndia£1,250,000NZL Mark Brown (2)38ANZ, EUR9 MarMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,000,000IND Arjun Atwal (7)24EUR16 MarBallantine's ChampionshipSouth Korea€2,000,000NIR Graeme McDowell (1)28EUR, KORNew tournament23 MarAsian Tour InternationalThailand300,000TWN Lin Wen-tang (3)14New tournament6 AprPhilippine OpenPhilippines300,000PHI Angelo Que (2)1420 AprVolvo China OpenChina2,200,000IRL Damien McGrane (n/a)20EUR27 AprBMW Asian OpenChina2,300,000NIR Darren Clarke (n/a)32EUR4 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenSouth Korea₩600,000,000KOR 1997 Hwang Inn-choon (1)14KOR11 MayPine Valley Beijing OpenChina1,000,000JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)16JPN8 JunBangkok Airways OpenThailand300,000THA Thaworn Wiratchant (10)1429 JunSingha Thailand PGA ChampionshipThailand500,000KOR 1997 Mo Joong-kyung (2)14New tournament9 AugWorldwide Selangor MastersMalaysia310,000MYS Ben Leong (1)14New tournament24 AugBrunei OpenBrunei300,000AUS Rick Kulacz (1)1431 AugPertamina Indonesia President InvitationalIndonesia350,000AUS Scott Hend (1)1421 SepMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan500,000TWN Lu Wen-teh (5)1428 SepAsia-Pacific Panasonic OpenJapan1,850,000JPN Hideto Tanihara (n/a)20JPNNew tournament5 OctKolon-Hana Bank Korea OpenSouth Korea₩1,000,000,000KOR 1997 Bae Sang-moon (2)18KOR12 OctHero Honda Indian OpenIndia1,000,000CHN Liang Wenchong (2)1419 OctMidea China ClassicChina500,000KOR 1997 Noh Seung-yul (1)1426 OctMacau OpenMacau500,000AUS David Gleeson (2)142 NovIskandar Johor OpenMalaysia500,000ZAF Retief Goosen (n/a)1416 NovBarclays Singapore OpenSingapore5,000,000IND Jeev Milkha Singh (6)3823 NovUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong2,250,000TWN Lin Wen-tang (4)32EUR7 DecHana Bank Vietnam MastersVietnam500,000THA Thongchai Jaidee (9)1414 DecJohnnie Walker Cambodian OpenCambodia300,000THA Thongchai Jaidee (10)1421 DecVolvo Masters of AsiaThailand750,000SIN 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. DateTournamentHost countryPurse($)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertourstoursNotes9 NovHSBC ChampionsChina5,000,000ESP Sergio García52AFR,Sunshine Tour unofficial event ANZ,PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event EURLimited-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.https://asiantour.ocs-asia.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=OM~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=2008~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ 2008 UBS Order of Merit Asian Tour 10 February 2023https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-37065920081217 Jeev Milkha Singh to cap year of anguish with Asian glory Reuters N. Ananthanarayanan 17 December 2008 24 June 2023 Singh, whose earnings in Asia top $1.4 million, will receive the order of merit award at the Volvo Masters of Asia in Thailand. Position Player Prize money ($)1 IND Jeev Milkha Singh 1,452,7022 TWN Lin Wen-tang 844,7353 NZL Mark Brown 778,0384 CHN Liang Wenchong 521,4285 AUS David Gleeson 483,121 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) Players' Player of the Year IND Jeev Milkha Singh https://twocircles.net/2008dec22/jeev_grabs_top_honours_asian_tour_awards.html Jeev grabs top honours at Asian Tour Awards 22 December 2008 8 January 2023 Two Circles The 37-year-old Jeev was named the Players' 'Player of the Year'... The Rookie of the Year honour went to teen titan Noh Seung-yul... Rookie of the Year KOR 1997 Noh Seung-yul Notes References External links https://www.asiantour.com/ Category:Asian Tour seasons Asian Tour Asian Tour