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The 2016 Asian Tour will be the 22nd season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

Tournament results

The table below shows the initial 2016 schedule.[1]

The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.

Fifty percent of the prize money from two major championships (the U.S. Open and The Open Championship) and one of the World Golf Championships counts towards the Order of Merit, but these tournaments are not shown below.

Date Tournament Host country Prize fund Winner OWGR
points
Notes
17 Jan EurAsia Cup Malaysia n/a Team Europe n/a Team event
1 Feb[nb 1] SMBC Singapore Open Singapore $1,000,000 South Korea Song Young-han (1) 28 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar $750,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (2) 15 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
14 Feb Bashundhara Bangladesh Open Bangladesh $300,000 Thailand Thitiphun Chuayprakong (1) 14
21 Feb Maybank Championship Malaysia Malaysia $3,000,000 Australia Marcus Fraser (2) 38 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
28 Feb ISPS Handa Perth International Australia A$1,750,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) 23 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and PGA Tour of Australasia
13 Mar True Thailand Classic Thailand $1,750,000 Australia Scott Hend (8) 24 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
20 Mar Hero Indian Open India $1,660,000 India Shiv Chawrasia (4) 19 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
24 Apr Panasonic Open Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (n/a) 16 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius 1,000,000 South Korea Wang Jeung-hun (1) 17 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and Sunshine Tour
19 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand $300,000 Australia Scott Hend (9) 14
3 Jul Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan $500,000 Spain Carlos Pigem (1) 14
31 Jul King's Cup Thailand $750,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (1) 14 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
4 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland 2,700,000 Sweden Alexander Norén (n/a) 30 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Open Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Japan ¥150,000,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (2) 15 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
2 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan $800,000 Taiwan Lu Wei-chih (4) 14
2 Oct Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea 1.2 billion India Gaganjeet Bhullar (6) 18 Co-sanctioned with the Korean Tour
9 Oct BNI Indonesian Masters Indonesia $750,000 Thailand Poom Saksansin (1) 14
16 Oct Venetian Macao Open Macau $1,100,000 Thailand Pavit Tangkamolprasert (1) 16
23 Oct CIMB Classic Malaysia $7,000,000 United States Justin Thomas (n/a) 50 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour
13 Nov Resorts World Manila Masters Philippines $1,000,000 India Shiv Chawrasia (5) 14
20 Nov Bank BRI-JCB Indonesia Open Indonesia $300,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (7) 14
4 Dec Panasonic Open India India $400,000 India Mukesh Kumar (n/a) 14
11 Dec UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Footnotes

  1. ^ Final round delayed to Monday due to bad weather and lightning

References

  1. ^ "Early '16 Asian Tour and ADT Schedules announced". Asian Tour. 2015-11-20.