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2006 Asian Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2006
tour	Asian Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	27
most_wins	KOR Yang Yong-eun (2)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	IND Jeev Milkha Singh
honor2	Players' Player of the Year
honoree2	IND Jeev Milkha Singh
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	PHI Juvic Pagunsan
prevseason	[2005](2005-asian-tour)
nextseason	[2007](2007-asian-tour)

The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
18 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Japan	¥100,000,000	JPN Tadahiro Takayama (n/a)	14	[JPN](2006-japan-golf-tour)
22 Jan	Pakistan Open	Pakistan	200,000	ENG Chris Rodgers (1)	14		New to Asian Tour
29 Jan	Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	2,000,000	SWE Henrik Stenson (n/a)	44	[EUR](2006-european-tour)
12 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Australia	£1,250,000	USA Kevin Stadler (n/a)	44	[ANZ](2006-pga-tour-of-australasia), [EUR](2006-european-tour)
19 Feb	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	1,250,000	KOR Charlie Wi (7)	20	[EUR](2006-european-tour)
5 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open	Indonesia	1,000,000	ENG Simon Dyson (4)	20	[EUR](2006-european-tour)
12 Mar	OSIM Singapore Masters	Singapore	1,000,000	SGP Mardan Mamat (2)	20	[EUR](2006-european-tour)
19 Mar	TCL Classic	China	1,000,000	SWE Johan Edfors (n/a)	24	[EUR](2006-european-tour)
16 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	1,800,000	IND Jeev Milkha Singh (5)	24	[EUR](2006-european-tour)
23 Apr	BMW Asian Open	China	1,800,000	ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a)	30	[EUR](2006-european-tour)
30 Apr	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	KOR Suk Jong-yul (1)	14	[KOR](2006-korean-tour)
7 May	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	THA Prom Meesawat (1)	14	[KOR](2006-korean-tour)
14 May	Aamby Valley Asian Masters	India	400,000	ZAF Hendrik Buhrmann (1)	14		New tournament
21 May	Macau Open	Macau	300,000	AUS Kane Webber (1)	14
28 May	Philippine Open	Philippines	200,000	AUS Scott Strange (2)	14
4 Jun	Bangkok Airways Open	Thailand	300,000	THA Chawalit Plaphol (2)	14
20 Aug	Crowne Plaza Open	China	200,000	THA Chinnarat Phadungsil (2)	14
27 Aug	Brunei Open	Brunei	500,000	TWN Wang Ter-chang (4)	12
3 Sep	Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters	Malaysia	300,000	ZAF Anton Haig (1)	14		New tournament
10 Sep	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	3,000,000	AUS Adam Scott (n/a)	36
24 Sep	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open	South Korea	₩700,000,000	KOR Yang Yong-eun (1)	16	[KOR](2006-korean-tour)
1 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	IND Gaurav Ghei (2)	14
8 Oct	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	TWN Lin Wen-tang (1)	14
15 Oct	Volkswagen Masters-China	China	350,000	ZAF Retief Goosen (n/a)	18
22 Oct	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	300,000	IND Jyoti Randhawa (6)	14
19 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,000,000	ESP José Manuel Lara (n/a)	32	[EUR](2007-european-tour)
10 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Thailand	700,000	THA Thongchai Jaidee (8)	20

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
($)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
12 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	5,000,000	KOR Yang Yong-eun	52	[AFR](2006-07-sunshine-tour), [ANZ](2006-pga-tour-of-australasia), [EUR](2007-european-tour)	Limited-field event

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	IND Jeev Milkha Singh	591,884
2	THA Thongchai Jaidee	444,736
3	THA Prom Meesawat	392,672
4	KOR Charlie Wi	369,881
5	AUS Andrew Buckle	348,296

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	IND Jeev Milkha Singh	url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/dec/18jeev.htm	title=Jeev sweeps top Asian golf awards	date=18 December 2006	access-date=8 January 2023	work=Rediff News	quote=...the tenacious Indian made it a night to remember when he was feted by his peers at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok after being voted the Players' Player of the Year... The Rookie of the Year honour went to exciting Filipino talent Juvic Pagunsan...}}
Rookie of the Year	PHI Juvic Pagunsan

Notes

References

"Tournament schedule 2006 season". Asian Tour.
"2006 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour.
(20 January 2007). "Golf-Singh wraps up Asian order of merit title in Hong Kong". Reuters.
(18 December 2006). "Jeev sweeps top Asian golf awards". Rediff News.

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