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2010 Asian Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2010
tour	Asian Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	22
most_wins	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	KOR Noh Seung-yul
honor2	Players' Player of the Year
honoree2	KOR Noh Seung-yul
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	SWE Rikard Karlberg
prevseason	[2009](2009-asian-tour)
nextseason	[2011](2011-asian-tour)

The 2010 Asian Tour was the 16th 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 2010 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
7 Feb	Asian Tour International	Thailand	300,000	IND Gaganjeet Bhullar (2)	14		New tournament
14 Feb	Avantha Masters	India	€1,500,000	AUS Andrew Dodt (1)	20	[EUR](2010-european-tour)	New tournament
7 Mar	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,000,000	KOR Noh Seung-yul (2)	24	[EUR](2010-european-tour)
2 Apr	SAIL Open	India	300,000	SWE Rikard Karlberg (1)	14
11 Apr	Air Bagan Myanmar Open	Myanmar	300,000	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1)	14
25 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,200,000	AUS Marcus Fraser (1)	38	[EUR](2010-european-tour), [KOR](2010-korean-tour)
20 Jun	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2)	14
1 Aug	Brunei Open	Brunei	300,000	BGD Siddikur Rahman (1)	14
8 Aug	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	Malaysia	RM1,200,000	PHL Angelo Que (3)	14
5 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	30	[EUR](2010-european-tour)
12 Sep	Handa Singapore Classic	Singapore	400,000	ZAF Peter Karmis (1)	14		New tournament
19 Sep	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	300,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (12)	14		New tournament
26 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	¥150,000,000	AUS Brendan Jones (1)	22	[JPN](2010-japan-golf-tour)
3 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	THA Pariya Junhasavasdikul (1)	14
17 Oct	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	1,250,000	IRL Pádraig Harrington (n/a)	20
31 Oct	CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia	Malaysia	6,000,000	USA Ben Crane (n/a)	38	[PGAT](2010-pga-tour)	New limited-field event
14 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	6,000,000	AUS Adam Scott (n/a)	48	[EUR](2010-european-tour)
21 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,500,000	ENG Ian Poulter (n/a)	38	[EUR](2010-european-tour)
28 Nov	King's Cup	Thailand	300,000	THA Udorn Duangdecha (1)	14
5 Dec	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	1,250,000	SWE Rikard Karlberg (2)	14
12 Dec	Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open	Cambodia	300,000	THA Thongchai Jaidee (13)	14
19 Dec	Black Mountain Masters	Thailand	600,000	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3)	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	KOR Noh Seung-yul	822,361
2	AUS Marcus Fraser	610,927
3	SWE Rikard Karlberg	594,857
4	AUS Andrew Dodt	393,042
5	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka	333,093

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	KOR Noh Seung-yul	url=https://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/golf/12/20/golf.asia.korea.noh/index.html	title=Teenager Noh makes Asian Tour history	date=20 December 2010	access-date=8 January 2023	website=CNN Sport	quote=The 19-year-old, who won $822,361 on his way to becoming the Asian Tour's No. 1... As well as claiming the Order of Merit trophy, the South Korean was also named the Players' Player of the Year... Another qualifying school graduate, Rikard Karlberg of Sweden, was named Rookie of the Year after finishing third in the Order of Merit in his debut season.}}
Rookie of the Year	SWE Rikard Karlberg

Notes

References

"Tournament schedule 2010 season". Asian Tour.
"2010 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour.
(20 December 2010). "Teenager Noh makes Asian Tour history".

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