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2008 Asian Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2008
tour	Asian Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	29
most_wins	NZL Mark Brown (2)
TWN Lin Wen-tang (2)
THA Thongchai Jaidee (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	KOR Noh Seung-yul
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

TWN Lin Wen-tang (2) THA Thongchai Jaidee (2) The 2008 Asian Tour was the 14th 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 2008 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
10 Feb	Emaar-MGF Indian Masters	India	2,500,000	IND Shiv Chawrasia (1)	26	EUR	New tournament
17 Feb	Singapore Masters	Singapore	–	Cancelled	–	EUR
17 Feb	Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open	Indonesia	1,200,000	CHL Felipe Aguilar (n/a)	20	EUR
23 Feb	SAIL Open Golf Championship	India	400,000	NZL Mark Brown (1)	14		New tournament
4 Mar	Johnnie Walker Classic	India	£1,250,000	NZL Mark Brown (2)	38	ANZ, EUR
9 Mar	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,000,000	IND Arjun Atwal (7)	24	EUR
16 Mar	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,000,000	NIR Graeme McDowell (1)	28	EUR, KOR	New tournament
23 Mar	Asian Tour International	Thailand	300,000	TWN Lin Wen-tang (3)	14		New tournament
6 Apr	Philippine Open	Philippines	300,000	PHI Angelo Que (2)	14
20 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	2,200,000	IRL Damien McGrane (n/a)	20	EUR
27 Apr	BMW Asian Open	China	2,300,000	NIR Darren Clarke (n/a)	32	EUR
4 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	KOR Hwang Inn-choon (1)	14	KOR
11 May	Pine Valley Beijing Open	China	1,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)	16	JPN
8 Jun	Bangkok Airways Open	Thailand	300,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (10)	14
29 Jun	Singha Thailand PGA Championship	Thailand	500,000	KOR Mo Joong-kyung (2)	14		New tournament
9 Aug	Worldwide Selangor Masters	Malaysia	310,000	MYS Ben Leong (1)	14		New tournament
24 Aug	Brunei Open	Brunei	300,000	AUS Rick Kulacz (1)	14
31 Aug	Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational	Indonesia	350,000	AUS Scott Hend (1)	14
21 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	TWN Lu Wen-teh (5)	14
28 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	1,850,000	JPN Hideto Tanihara (n/a)	20	JPN	New tournament
5 Oct	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open	South Korea	₩1,000,000,000	KOR Bae Sang-moon (2)	18	KOR
12 Oct	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	1,000,000	CHN Liang Wenchong (2)	14
19 Oct	Midea China Classic	China	500,000	KOR Noh Seung-yul (1)	14
26 Oct	Macau Open	Macau	500,000	AUS David Gleeson (2)	14
2 Nov	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	500,000	ZAF Retief Goosen (n/a)	14
16 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	5,000,000	IND Jeev Milkha Singh (6)	38
23 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,250,000	TWN Lin Wen-tang (4)	32	EUR
7 Dec	Hana Bank Vietnam Masters	Vietnam	500,000	THA Thongchai Jaidee (9)	14
14 Dec	Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open	Cambodia	300,000	THA Thongchai Jaidee (10)	14
21 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Thailand	750,000	SIN Lam Chih Bing (1)	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
9 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	5,000,000	ESP Sergio García	52	AFR, ANZ, EUR	Limited-field event

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	IND Jeev Milkha Singh	1,452,702
2	TWN Lin Wen-tang	844,735
3	NZL Mark Brown	778,038
4	CHN Liang Wenchong	521,428
5	AUS David Gleeson	483,121

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	IND Jeev Milkha Singh	url=https://twocircles.net/2008dec22/jeev_grabs_top_honours_asian_tour_awards.html	title=Jeev grabs top honours at Asian Tour Awards	date=22 December 2008	access-date=8 January 2023	work=Two Circles	quote=The 37-year-old Jeev was named the Players' 'Player of the Year'... The Rookie of the Year honour went to teen titan Noh Seung-yul...}}
Rookie of the Year	KOR Noh Seung-yul

Notes

References

"Tournament schedule 2008 season". Asian Tour.
(10 January 2008). "Singapore Masters cancelled". Irish Examiner.
"2008 UBS Order of Merit". Asian Tour.
Ananthanarayanan, N.. (17 December 2008). "Jeev Milkha Singh to cap year of anguish with Asian glory". Reuters.
(22 December 2008). "Jeev grabs top honours at Asian Tour Awards". Two Circles.

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