2015 Asian Tour

The 2015 Asian Tour was the 21st season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

2015 Asian Tour season
Duration5 February 2015 (2015-02-05) – 20 December 2015 (2015-12-20)
Number of official events20
Most wins2:
Anirban Lahiri
Order of Merit Anirban Lahiri
Players' Player of the Year Anirban Lahiri
Rookie of the Year Natipong Srithong
← 2014
2016 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
8 FebMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia3,000,000 Anirban Lahiri (6)38EUR
15 FebTrue Thailand ClassicThailand2,000,000 Andrew Dodt (2)28EURNew tournament
22 FebHero Indian OpenIndia1,500,000 Anirban Lahiri (7)19EUR
26 AprCIMB Niaga Indonesian MastersIndonesia750,000 Lee Westwood (n/a)14
10 MayAfrAsia Bank Mauritius OpenMauritius€1,000,000 George Coetzee (n/a)17AFR, EURNew tournament
30 MayBashundhara Bangladesh OpenBangladesh300,000 Mardan Mamat (5)14New tournament
21 JunQueen's CupThailand300,000 Prayad Marksaeng (9)14
26 JulOmega European MastersSwitzerland€2,700,000 Danny Willett (n/a)32EUR
27 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfJapan¥150,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (2)15JPN
4 OctMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan650,000 Danny Chia (2)14
11 OctYeangder Tournament Players ChampionshipTaiwan500,000 Shaun Norris (1)14
18 OctVenetian Macau OpenMacau1,000,000 Scott Hend (7)17
25 OctUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong2,000,000 Justin Rose (n/a)34EUR
1 NovCIMB ClassicMalaysia7,000,000 Justin Thomas (n/a)46 PGATLimited-field event
8 NovPanasonic Open IndiaIndia400,000 Chiragh Kumar (1)14PGTI
15 NovWorld Classic ChampionshipSingapore750,000 Danthai Boonma (1)14
22 NovResorts World Manila MastersPhilippines1,000,000 Natipong Srithong (1)14
6 DecHo Tram OpenVietnam1,500,000 Sergio García (5)14New tournament
13 DecThailand Golf ChampionshipThailand1,000,000 Jamie Donaldson (n/a)34Flagship event
20 DecPhilippine OpenPhilippines300,000 Miguel Tabuena (1)14

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 Anirban Lahiri1,139,085
2 Scott Hend491,632
3 Andrew Dodt434,474
4 Shiv Chawrasia343,273
5 Paul Peterson289,872

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the Year Anirban Lahiri[3]
Rookie of the Year Natipong Srithong[4]

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; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

References
  1. "2015 Schedule". Asian Tour.
  2. "2015 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Lahiri wins Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year award". The Times of India. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. Asian Tour [@asiantourgolf] (29 March 2016). "A bit congratulations to @0810145917 Natipong Srithong for sweeping the 2015 Rookie of the Year Award" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via Twitter.
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