1998 Asian PGA Tour season
Duration5 March 1998 (1998-03-05) – 13 December 1998 (1998-12-13)
Number of official events19
Most winsSouth Korea Kang Wook-soon (2)
South Africa Chris Williams (2)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Kang Wook-soon
Players' Player of the YearSouth Africa Chris Williams
Rookie of the YearEngland Ed Fryatt
1997
1999

The 1998 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 1998 Omega Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth season of the Asian PGA Tour, one of the main professional golf tours in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.

It was the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Omega SA, that was announced in September 1995.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[2][3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
8 MarLondon Myanmar OpenMyanmar200,000Pakistan Taimur Hussain (1)
15 MarClassic Indian OpenIndia300,000India Firoz Ali (1)New to Asian PGA Tour
5 AprChina Orient MastersChina200,000Thailand Chawalit Plaphol (1)New tournament
19 AprVolvo China OpenChina400,000England Ed Fryatt (1)
3 MayMacau OpenMacau200,000Japan Satoshi Oide (1)New tournament
17 MayGuam OpenGuam200,000United States Jerry Smith (1)
24 MayFila OpenSouth Korea150,000United States Robert Huxtable (1)KOR
9 AugSabah MastersMalaysia150,000Scotland Simon Yates (1)
16 AugVolvo Masters of MalaysiaMalaysia200,000South Africa Chris Williams (1)
23 AugEricsson Singapore OpenSingapore500,000United States Shaun Micheel (1)
20 SepKolon Sports Korea OpenSouth Korea₩350,000,000South Korea Kim Dae-sub (a) (1)KORNew to Asian PGA Tour
18 OctKuala Lumpur OpenMalaysia200,000South Africa Nico van Rensburg (2)
25 OctFedEx PGA ChampionshipSingapore150,000South Africa Chris Williams (2)New tournament
1 NovEricsson ClassicTaiwan200,000Taiwan Lu Wen-teh (1)New tournament
8 NovHero Honda MastersIndia200,000India Jyoti Randhawa (1)
15 NovThailand OpenThailand200,000South Africa James Kingston (1)New to Asian PGA Tour
29 NovPerrier Hong Kong OpenHong Kong300,000South Korea Kang Wook-soon (3)
6 DecOmega PGA ChampionshipHong Kong500,000South Korea Kang Wook-soon (4)
13 DecVolvo Asian MatchplayChina200,000United States Gerry Norquist (4)Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1South Korea Kang Wook-soon150,772
2England Ed Fryatt139,448
3United States Shaun Micheel124,503
4South Africa Chris Williams124,044
5South Africa Nico van Rensburg89,368

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearSouth Africa Chris Williams[5]
Rookie of the YearEngland Ed Fryatt[5]

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian PGA Tour members.
  2. KOR − Korean Tour.

References

  1. Robinson, Spencer (15 January 1996). "Asian PGA looks back on a year of achievements". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 November 2023. In September, though, Swiss watchmakers Omega came on board, signing a deal, reputed to be worth more than US$6 million, which ties them to the circuit for an initial three-year period.
  2. "Tournament schedule 1998 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. "Tour on track despite economic slowdown". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 5 March 1998. p. 15 (28 in paper). Retrieved 22 March 2020 via Google News Archive.
  4. "1998 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Robinson, Spencer (8 December 1998). "Role model Boonchu honoured by APGA". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 November 2023. Roll of Honour: Omega Order of Merit champion: Kang Wook-soon (South Korea). Wilson Player's Player of the Year: Chris Williams (England). Jaguar Rookie of the Year: Ed Fryatt (England)
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