2011 Asian Tour season
Duration17 February 2011 (2011-02-17) – 18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)
Number of official events22
Most winsTaiwan Lu Wei-chih (2)[lower-alpha 1]
Order of MeritPhilippines Juvic Pagunsan
Players' Player of the YearPhilippines Juvic Pagunsan
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Tjaart van der Walt
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The 2011 Asian Tour was the 17th 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 2011 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		Notes
20 FebAvantha MastersIndia€1,800,000India Shiv Chawrasia (2)20EUR
25 MarSAIL OpenIndia300,000Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1)14
9 AprPanasonic Open (India)India300,000India Anirban Lahiri (1)14PGTINew tournament
17 AprMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,500,000Italy Matteo Manassero (n/a)42EUR
24 AprIndonesian MastersIndonesia750,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)20New tournament
1 MayBallantine's ChampionshipSouth Korea€2,205,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)42EUR, KOR
15 MayICTSI Philippine OpenPhilippines300,000United States Berry Henson (1)14
19 JunQueen's CupThailand300,000Thailand Chawalit Plaphol (3)14
23 JulWorldwide Holdings Selangor MastersMalaysiaRM1,200,000Finland Joonas Granberg (1)14
4 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland€2,000,000Denmark Thomas Bjørn (n/a)44EUR
11 SepISPS Handa Singapore ClassicSingapore400,000India Himmat Rai (1)14
18 SepMacau OpenMacau750,000Taiwan Chan Yih-shin (2)14
25 SepAsia-Pacific Panasonic OpenJapan¥150,000,000Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (4)22JPN
9 OctYeangder Tournament Players ChampionshipTaiwan300,000Taiwan Lu Wei-chih (2)14
16 OctHero Indian OpenIndia1,250,000Australia David Gleeson (3)14
23 OctCJ InvitationalSouth Korea750,000South Korea K. J. Choi (5)14KORNew tournament
30 OctCIMB Asia Pacific Classic MalaysiaMalaysia6,100,000United States Bo Van Pelt (n/a)30PGATLimited-field event
6 NovMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan600,000Taiwan Lu Wei-chih (3)14
13 NovBarclays Singapore OpenSingapore6,000,000Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a)46EUR
20 NovIskandar Johor OpenMalaysia2,000,000Netherlands Joost Luiten (n/a)24EUR
4 DecUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong2,750,000Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (n/a)38EUR
11 DecKing's CupThailand–Cancelled[lower-alpha 4]–
18 DecThailand Golf ChampionshipThailand1,000,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)32New tournament
Flagship event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][4]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Philippines Juvic Pagunsan788,299
2Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka456,668
3India Shiv Chawrasia444,529
4South Africa Jbe' Kruger362,234
5Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant340,942

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearPhilippines Juvic Pagunsan[5]
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Tjaart van der Walt[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Lee Westwood won 3 events, but was not an Asian Tour member.
  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. ↑ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  4. ↑ Cancelled due to flooding.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament schedule 2011 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "King's Cup Postponed Due To Flood Situation". Asian Tour. 27 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "2011 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Pagunsan wins Asian Order of Merit title". Reuters. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Pagunsan carded a final round of two-under-par 68 at the Hong Kong Golf Club and added $55,000 to his season's haul of $788,298 to give himself an unassailable lead with just the Thailand Golf Championship left to be played on the tour.
  5. ↑ Flores, Adrian (23 December 2011). "Pinoy bet Pagunsan receives Asian Tour awards". GMA News. Retrieved 8 January 2023. Juvic Pagunsan the Order of Merit (OOM) title and the special Players' Player of the Year Award...
  6. ↑ "Van der Walt back on the Tjaarts again". Compleat Golfer. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2023. In addition to this he even tried his hand on the Asian Tour where he won rookie of the year in 2011.
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