Asian Development Tour
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Asian Development Tour | |
| Sport | Golf |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Asian Tour |
| First season | 2010 |
| CEO | Cho Minn Thant |
| Countries | Based in Asia |
| Most titles | Tournament wins: Pavit Tangkamolprasert (7) |
| Related competitions | Asian Tour |
| Official website | https://asiantour.com/adt |
The Asian Development Tour, founded in 2010, is a professional golf tour. It is the development tour for the Asian Tour. Players who fail to earn Asian Tour cards through qualifying school may play on the tour. Currently, the top ten players on the Order of Merit (money list) at the end of the year earn an Asian Tour card for the following season.[1]
Beginning in 2013, tournaments were awarded Official World Golf Ranking points, with a minimum of six points to the winner and points to the top six plus ties.[2][3][4] Most of the tournaments are played in Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia, with tournaments in these being co-sanctioned with the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour, the All Thailand Golf Tour, the Taiwan PGA Tour and the PGA Tour of Indonesia respectively.
For the 2014 season, the ADT changed its policy to award Asian Tour cards to the top five players on the Order of Merit, an increase from three in previous seasons. This was increased to seven for the 2018 season.[5] For the 2020–22 season, the top ten were awarded Asian Tour cards for the following season.[6]
Order of Merit winners
| Season | Winner | Prize money (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Denwit Boriboonsub |
54,705 |
| 2020–22 | Suteepat Prateeptienchai |
86,449 |
| 2019 |  Naoki Sekito |
50,942 |
| 2018 |  Miguel Ángel Carballo |
43,379 |
| 2017 | Pannakorn Uthaipas |
55,860 |
| 2016 |  Johannes Veerman |
58,662 |
| 2015 | Casey O'Toole |
55,287 |
| 2014 | Pavit Tangkamolprasert |
68,975 |
| 2013 |  Nicholas Fung |
43,998 |
| 2012 |  Jay Bayron |
34,310 |
| 2011 | Jonathan Moore |
29,580 |
| 2010 | S. Siva Chandhran |
27,969 |
References
- ^ "About Us – Asian Development Tour". Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "World Ranking status for Asian Development Tour from 2013". Golf Industry Central. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "How The System Works". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "World Ranking Status For Asian Development Tour From 2013". Asian Tour. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Order of Merit boost for 2018 Asian Development Tour season". Asian Tour. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
The Asian Development Tour (ADT) is set to enter an exciting development in the second half of the 2018 season as it will now reward the top seven players on the final Order of Merit with playing rights on the Asian Tour in 2019.
- ^ "Asian Development Tour to conclude 2022 season with USD200,000 Taifong Open". Golf Matters. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
The leading 10 players, not otherwise exempted, on the final 2022 ADT Order of Merit following the conclusion of the Taifong Open will earn their Asian Tour cards for the 2023 season.