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2004 Asian Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2004
tour	Asian Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	22
most_wins	THA Thongchai Jaidee (2)
AUS Terry Pilkadaris (2)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	THA Thongchai Jaidee
honor2	Players' Player of the Year
honoree2	THA Thongchai Jaidee
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	AUS Adam Groom
prevseason	[2003](2003-asian-pga-tour)
nextseason	[2005](2005-asian-tour)

AUS Terry Pilkadaris (2) The 2004 Asian Tour was the 10th season of the modern Asian Tour (formerly the Asian PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

Changes for 2004

The season marked the first year in which the Asian Tour had separated from the Asian PGA. The tour was now to be run by an organisation established by the players.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
21 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Japan	¥100,000,000	JPN Hideto Tanihara (n/a)	12	[JPN](2004-japan-golf-tour)
25 Jan	Thailand Open	Thailand	300,000	THA Boonchu Ruangkit (5)	6
1 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£1,000,000	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	38	[ANZ](2004-pga-tour-of-australasia), [EUR](2004-european-tour)
15 Feb	London Myanmar Open	Myanmar	200,000	THA Thongchai Jaidee (5)	6
22 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	1,210,000	THA Thongchai Jaidee (6)	16	[EUR](2004-european-tour)
29 Feb	DHL Philippine Open	Philippine	175,000	USA Edward Michaels (1)	6
21 Mar	Caltex Masters	Singapore	900,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (n/a)	16	[EUR](2004-european-tour)
28 Mar	Royal Challenge Indian Open	India	300,000	SIN Mardan Mamat (1)	6
2 May	Volkswagen Masters-China	China	300,000	IND Rahil Gangjee (1)	6		New tournament
9 May	Macau Open	Macau	275,000	USA Jason Knutzon (1)	10
16 May	BMW Asian Open	China	1,500,000	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	18	[EUR](2004-european-tour)
23 May	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	₩500,000,000	SCO Simon Yates (2)	10	[KOR](2004-korean-tour)
22 Aug	Tianjin TEDA Open	China	200,000	THA Thammanoon Sriroj (5)	6
12 Sep	Kolon Korea Open	South Korea	₩500,000,000	USA Edward Loar (2)	14	[KOR](2004-korean-tour)
19 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	390,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (4)	6
26 Sep	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	KOR Charlie Wi (6)	6
24 Oct	Crowne Plaza Open	China	200,000	AUS Terry Pilkadaris (1)	6		New tournament
31 Oct	Sanya Open	China	250,000	AUS Terry Pilkadaris (2)	6
7 Nov	Carlsberg Masters Vietnam	Vietnam	200,000	PHI Angelo Que (1)	6		New tournament
28 Nov	Volvo China Open	China	1,000,000	WAL Stephen Dodd (n/a)	16	[EUR](2005-european-tour)
5 Dec	Omega Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	800,000	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	24	[EUR](2005-european-tour)
12 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Malaysia	550,000	IND Jyoti Randhawa (5)	20

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	THA Thongchai Jaidee	381,930
2	IND Jyoti Randhawa	351,710
3	SCO Simon Yates	310,988
4	THA Thaworn Wiratchant	260,637
5	AUS Terry Pilkadaris	252,858

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	THA Thongchai Jaidee
Rookie of the Year	AUS Adam Groom	url=http://pgatour.com.au/default.asp?s=newsdisplay&aid=4130	title=Groom grabs rookie honour	access-date=8 January 2023	date=22 February 2005	publisher=PGA Tour of Australasia	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907072908/http://pgatour.com.au/default.asp?s=newsdisplay&aid=4130	archive-date=7 September 2006}}

Notes

References

"Tournament schedule 2004 season". Asian Tour.
"2004 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour.
(12 December 2004). "Thongchai crowned Order of Merit champion". Asian Tour.
"Thongchai's the toast of Asian Tour awards night". Asian Tour.
(23 February 2005). "Jaidee sweeps Asian awards as golfer of the year". Taipei Times.
(22 February 2005). "Groom grabs rookie honour". PGA Tour of Australasia.

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