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2007 Asian Tour
Golf tour season
Golf tour season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2007 |
| tour | Asian Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 28 |
| most_wins | TWN Lu Wen-teh (2) |
| THA Chapchai Nirat (2) | |
| honor1 | Order of Merit |
| honoree1 | CHN Liang Wenchong |
| honor2 | Players' Player of the Year |
| honoree2 | CHN Liang Wenchong |
| honor3 | Rookie of the Year |
| honoree3 | AUS Scott Hend |
| prevseason | 2006 |
| nextseason | 2008 |
THA Chapchai Nirat (2) The 2007 Asian Tour was the 13th 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 2007 season.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$) | Winner | OWGR | ||||||
| points | Other | |||||||
| tours | Notes | |||||||
| 21 Jan | Pakistan Open | Pakistan | 300,000 | Malaysia Airil Rizman (1) | 14 | |||
| 28 Jan | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | 2,200,000 | ZAF Retief Goosen (n/a) | 48 | EUR | ||
| 4 Feb | Philippine Open | Philippines | 300,000 | PHL Frankie Miñoza (1) | 14 | |||
| 11 Feb | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 1,290,000 | SWE Peter Hedblom (n/a) | 26 | EUR | ||
| 18 Feb | Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 1,000,000 | FIN Mikko Ilonen (n/a) | 20 | EUR | ||
| 4 Mar | Johnnie Walker Classic | Thailand | £1,250,000 | ZAF Anton Haig (2) | 40 | ANZ, EUR | ||
| 11 Mar | Clariden Leu Singapore Masters | Singapore | 1,100,000 | CHN Liang Wenchong (1) | 30 | EUR | ||
| 18 Mar | TCL Classic | China | 1,000,000 | THA Chapchai Nirat (1) | 20 | EUR | ||
| 25 Mar | Motorola International Bintan | Indonesia | 350,000 | USA Jason Knutzon (2) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 15 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | 2,000,000 | AUT Markus Brier (n/a) | 20 | EUR | ||
| 22 Apr | BMW Asian Open | China | 2,300,000 | FRA Raphaël Jacquelin (n/a) | 32 | EUR | ||
| 19 Apr | Pine Valley Beijing Open | China | 500,000 | IND Gaurav Ghei (3) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 6 May | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | South Korea | ₩600,000,000 | KOR Kim Kyung-tae (1) | 14 | KOR | ||
| 20 May | Macau Open | Macau | 300,000 | TWN Lu Wen-teh (3) | 14 | |||
| 27 May | SK Telecom Open | South Korea | ₩600,000,000 | KOR Bae Sang-moon (1) | 14 | KOR | ||
| 10 Jun | Bangkok Airways Open | Thailand | 300,000 | KOR Lee Sung (1) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 26 Aug | Iskandar Johor Open | Malaysia | 300,000 | PHL Artemio Murakami (1) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 2 Sep | Brunei Open | Brunei | 500,000 | TWN Lin Wen-tang (2) | 14 | |||
| 16 Sep | Midea China Classic | China | 400,000 | THA Thaworn Wiratchant (9) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 23 Sep | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 500,000 | TWN Lu Wen-teh (4) | 14 | |||
| 7 Oct | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open | South Korea | ₩1,000,000,000 | FJI Vijay Singh (n/a) | 14 | KOR | ||
| 14 Oct | Hero Honda Indian Open | India | 500,000 | IND Jyoti Randhawa (7) | 14 | |||
| 28 Oct | Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational | Indonesia | 500,000 | PHI Juvic Pagunsan (1) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 4 Nov | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | 4,000,000 | ARG Ángel Cabrera (n/a) | 40 | |||
| 18 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 2,250,000 | ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) | 36 | EUR | ||
| 25 Nov | Hana Bank Vietnam Masters | Vietnam | 500,000 | THA Chapchai Nirat (2) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 2 Dec | Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open | Cambodia | 300,000 | USA Bryan Saltus (1) | 14 | New tournament | ||
| 9 Dec | Volvo Masters of Asia | Thailand | 750,000 | THA Prayad Marksaeng (6) | 20 |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was titled as the UBS Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN Liang Wenchong | 532,591 |
| 2 | THA Chapchai Nirat | 442,326 |
| 3 | ZAF Anton Haig | 427,685 |
| 4 | AUS Scott Hend | 363,109 |
| 5 | THA Prayad Marksaeng | 348,623 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players' Player of the Year | CHN Liang Wenchong | url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/other-sport/2007/12/11/chinas-wenchong-caps-year-with-three-asian-tour-awards | title=China’s Wenchong caps year with three Asian Tour awards | date=11 December 2007 | access-date=8 January 2023 | newspaper=The Star | location=Malaysia}} |
| Rookie of the Year | AUS Scott Hend |
Notes
References
References
- "Tournament schedule 2007 season". Asian Tour.
- "2007 UBS Order of Merit". Asian Tour.
- (11 December 2007). "China’s Wenchong caps year with three Asian Tour awards". The Star.
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