2005 Asian Tour

The 2005 Asian Tour was the 11th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Thaworn Wiratchant won the Order of Merit, becoming the first player to pass $500,000 earnings in a season.

2005 Asian Tour season
Duration16 December 2004 (2004-12-16) – 11 December 2005 (2005-12-11)
Number of official events28
Most wins4:
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Order of MeritThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Players' Player of the YearThailand Thaworn Wiratchant
Rookie of the YearIndia Shiv Kapur
← 2004
2006 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
19 DecAsia Japan Okinawa OpenJapan¥100,000,000Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato (n/a)24JPN
30 JanCaltex MastersSingapore1,000,000England Nick Dougherty (n/a)30EUR
20 FebCarlsberg Malaysian OpenMalaysia1,210,000Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (7)26EUR
27 FebMyanmar OpenMyanmar200,000Australia Scott Strange (1)8
6 MarThai Airways International Thailand OpenThailand500,000New Zealand Richard Lee (1)6
13 MarQatar MastersQatar1,500,000South Africa Ernie Els (n/a)26EURNew to Asian Tour
20 MarTCL ClassicChina1,000,000England Paul Casey (1)20EUR
27 MarEnjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia OpenIndonesia1,000,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (5)16EUR
24 AprJohnnie Walker ClassicChina£1,250,000Australia Adam Scott (n/a)46ANZ, EUR
1 MayBMW Asian OpenChina1,500,000South Africa Ernie Els (n/a)38EUR
8 MaySK Telecom OpenSouth Korea500,000South Korea K. J. Choi (3)14KOR
15 MayMacau OpenMacau275,000Taiwan Wang Ter-chang (3)10
22 MayPhilippine OpenPhilippines200,000Australia Adam Le Vesconte (1)6
29 MayKT&G Maekyung OpenSouth Korea500,000South Korea Choi Sang-ho (1)6KOR
26 JunBrunei OpenBrunei300,000Australia Terry Pilkadaris (3)6New tournament
4 SepVolkswagen Masters-ChinaChina300,000South Africa Retief Goosen (n/a)20
11 SepSingapore OpenSingapore2,000,000Australia Adam Scott (n/a)22
18 SepTaiwan OpenTaiwan300,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (6)6
25 SepMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan400,000Taiwan Lu Wei-chih (1)6
2 OctCrowne Plaza OpenChina200,000Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (5)6
16 OctBangkok Airways OpenThailand200,000Taiwan Lu Wen-teh (2)6New tournament
30 OctHero Honda Indian OpenIndia300,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (7)8
6 NovDouble A International OpenThailand300,000Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil (a) (1)6New tournament
13 NovHSBC ChampionsChina5,000,000England David Howell (n/a)48AFR, ANZ, EURNew tournament
20 NovCarlsberg Masters VietnamVietnam200,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (8)6
27 NovVolvo China OpenChina1,300,000England Paul Casey (2)18EUR
4 DecUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong1,200,000Scotland Colin Montgomerie (n/a)28EUR
11 DecVolvo Masters of AsiaThailand600,000India Shiv Kapur (1)20

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.[1]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant510,123
2Thailand Thongchai Jaidee454,335
3India Jyoti Randhawa329,835
4India Shiv Kapur242,101
5Australia Terry Pilkadaris234,970

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearThailand Thaworn Wiratchant[2]
Rookie of the YearIndia Shiv Kapur[2]

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

References
  1. "2005 UBS Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. "Thaworn's the toast of Asian Tour awards night". Asian Tour. 12 December 2005. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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