2012 Asian Tour

The 2012 Asian Tour was the 18th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

2012 Asian Tour season
Duration2 February 2012 (2012-02-02) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events26
Most wins3:
Thaworn Wiratchant
Order of Merit Thaworn Wiratchant
Players' Player of the Year Thaworn Wiratchant
Rookie of the Year Masanori Kobayashi
← 2011
2013 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
5 FebZaykabar Myanmar OpenMyanmar300,000 Kieran Pratt (1)14
12 FebICTSI Philippine OpenPhilippines300,000 Mardan Mamat (3)14
19 FebAvantha MastersIndia€1,800,000 Jbe' Kruger (1)20EUR
25 FebSAIL-SBI OpenIndia300,000 Anirban Lahiri (2)14PGTI
17 MarHanda Faldo Cambodian ClassicCambodia300,000 David Lipsky (1)14New tournament
1 AprPanasonic Open IndiaIndia300,000 Digvijay Singh (1)14PGTI
8 AprISPS Handa Singapore ClassicSingapore400,000 Scott Hend (2)14
15 AprMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,500,000 Louis Oosthuizen (1)36EUR
22 AprCIMB Niaga Indonesian MastersIndonesia750,000 Lee Westwood (n/a)20
29 AprBallantine's ChampionshipSouth Korea€2,205,000 Bernd Wiesberger (n/a)32EUR, KOR
17 JunQueen's CupThailand300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (13)14
24 JunVolvik Hildesheim OpenSouth Korea300,000 Lee In-woo (1)14KORNew tournament
2 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland€2,100,000 Richie Ramsay (n/a)32EUR
8 SepWorldwide Holdings Selangor MastersMalaysiaRM1,200,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (14)14
16 SepYeangder Tournament Players ChampionshipTaiwan500,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (3)14
23 SepAsia-Pacific Panasonic OpenJapan¥150,000,000 Masanori Kobayashi (1)20JPN
30 SepMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan600,000 Tsai Chi-huang (2)14
7 OctCJ InvitationalSouth Korea750,000 K. J. Choi (6)14KOR
14 OctVenetian Macau OpenMacau750,000 Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)14
21 OctHero Indian OpenIndia1,250,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (15)14
28 OctCIMB ClassicMalaysia6,100,000 Nick Watney (n/a)36PGATLimited-field event
11 NovBarclays Singapore OpenSingapore6,000,000 Matteo Manassero (n/a)48EUR
18 NovUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong2,750,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)32EUR
2 DecKing's CupThailand500,000 Arnond Vongvanij (1)14
9 DecThailand Golf ChampionshipThailand1,000,000 Charl Schwartzel (n/a)36Flagship event
16 DecIskandar Johor OpenMalaysia2,000,000 Sergio García (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 Thaworn Wiratchant738,047
2 Marcus Fraser672,745
3 Jbe' Kruger474,989
4 Masanori Kobayashi471,080
5 Gaganjeet Bhullar451,245

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the Year Thaworn Wiratchant[3]
Rookie of the Year Masanori Kobayashi[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; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

References
  1. 2012 Schedule Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, asiantour.com
  2. "2012 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Thaworn sweeps Asian Tour awards". Pakistan Today. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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