2010 Asian Tour

The 2010 Asian Tour was the 16th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$43 million and teenager Noh Seung-yul became the youngest Order of Merit winner with US$822,361.

2010 Asian Tour season
Duration4 February 2010 (2010-02-04) – 19 December 2010 (2010-12-19)
Number of official events22
Most wins3:
Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Order of Merit Noh Seung-yul
Players' Player of the Year Noh Seung-yul
Rookie of the Year Rikard Karlberg
← 2009
2011 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
7 Feb Asian Tour International Thailand 300,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (2) 14 New tournament
14 Feb Avantha Masters India €1,500,000 Andrew Dodt (1) 20 EUR New tournament
7 Mar Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 2,000,000 Noh Seung-yul (2) 24 EUR
2 Apr SAIL Open India 300,000 Rikard Karlberg (1) 14
11 Apr Air Bagan Myanmar Open Myanmar 300,000 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1) 14
25 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,200,000 Marcus Fraser (1) 38 EUR, KOR
20 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand 300,000 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2) 14
1 Aug Brunei Open Brunei 300,000 Siddikur Rahman (1) 14
8 Aug Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters Malaysia RM1,200,000 Angelo Que (3) 14
5 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,000,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 30 EUR
12 Sep Handa Singapore Classic Singapore 400,000 Peter Karmis (1) 14 New tournament
19 Sep Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (12) 14 New tournament
26 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Japan ¥150,000,000 Brendan Jones (1) 22 JPN
3 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 500,000 Pariya Junhasavasdikul (1) 14
17 Oct Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 1,250,000 Pádraig Harrington (n/a) 20
31 Oct CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia Malaysia 6,000,000 Ben Crane (n/a) 38 PGAT New tournament
Limited-field event
Nov 14 Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 6,000,000 Adam Scott (n/a) 48 EUR
21 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,500,000 Ian Poulter (n/a) 38 EUR
28 Nov King's Cup Thailand 300,000 Udorn Duangdecha (1) 14
5 Dec Hero Honda Indian Open India 1,250,000 Rikard Karlberg (2) 14
12 Dec Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open Cambodia 300,000 Thongchai Jaidee (13) 14
19 Dec Black Mountain Masters Thailand 600,000 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3) 20

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Noh Seung-yul822,361
2 Marcus Fraser610,927
3 Rikard Karlberg594,857
4 Andrew Dodt393,042
5 Tetsuji Hiratsuka333,093

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the Year Noh Seung-yul[3]
Rookie of the Year Rikard Karlberg[3]

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. EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.

References
  1. 2010 Schedule Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, asiantour.com
  2. "2010 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Teenager Noh makes Asian Tour history". CNN Sport. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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