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2012 Asian Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2012
tour	Asian Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	26
most_wins	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (3)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	THA Thaworn Wiratchant
honor2	Players' Player of the Year
honoree2	THA Thaworn Wiratchant
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	JPN Masanori Kobayashi
prevseason	[2011](2011-asian-tour)
nextseason	[2013](2013-asian-tour)

The 2012 Asian Tour was the 18th 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 2012 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
5 Feb	Zaykabar Myanmar Open	Myanmar	300,000	AUS Kieran Pratt (1)	14
12 Feb	ICTSI Philippine Open	Philippines	300,000	SGP Mardan Mamat (3)	14
19 Feb	Avantha Masters	India	€1,800,000	ZAF Jbe' Kruger (1)	20	[EUR](2012-european-tour)
25 Feb	SAIL-SBI Open	India	300,000	IND Anirban Lahiri (2)	14	[PGTI](2012-professional-golf-tour-of-india)
17 Mar	Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic	Cambodia	300,000	USA David Lipsky (1)	14		New tournament
1 Apr	Panasonic Open India	India	300,000	IND Digvijay Singh (1)	14	[PGTI](2012-professional-golf-tour-of-india)
8 Apr	ISPS Handa Singapore Classic	Singapore	400,000	AUS Scott Hend (2)	14
15 Apr	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,500,000	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (1)	36	[EUR](2012-european-tour)
22 Apr	CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	750,000	ENG Lee Westwood (n/a)	20
29 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,205,000	AUT Bernd Wiesberger (n/a)	32	[EUR](2012-european-tour), [KOR](2012-korean-tour)
17 Jun	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (13)	14
24 Jun	Volvik Hildesheim Open	South Korea	300,000	KOR Lee In-woo (1)	14	[KOR](2012-korean-tour)	New tournament
2 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,100,000	SCO Richie Ramsay (n/a)	32	[EUR](2012-european-tour)
8 Sep	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	Malaysia	RM1,200,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (14)	14
16 Sep	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	500,000	IND Gaganjeet Bhullar (3)	14
23 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	¥150,000,000	JPN Masanori Kobayashi (1)	20	[JPN](2012-japan-golf-tour)
30 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	600,000	TWN Tsai Chi-huang (2)	14
7 Oct	CJ Invitational	South Korea	750,000	KOR K. J. Choi (6)	14	[KOR](2012-korean-tour)
14 Oct	Venetian Macau Open	Macau	750,000	IND Gaganjeet Bhullar (4)	14
21 Oct	Hero Indian Open	India	1,250,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (15)	14
28 Oct	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	6,100,000	USA Nick Watney (n/a)	36	[PGAT](2012-pga-tour)	Limited-field event
11 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	6,000,000	ITA Matteo Manassero (n/a)	48	[EUR](2012-european-tour)
18 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,750,000	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	32	[EUR](2012-european-tour)
2 Dec	King's Cup	Thailand	500,000	THA Arnond Vongvanij (1)	14
9 Dec	Thailand Golf Championship	Thailand	1,000,000	RSA Charl Schwartzel (n/a)	36		Flagship event
16 Dec	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	2,000,000	ESP Sergio García (2)	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 Thaworn Wiratchant	738,047
2	AUS Marcus Fraser	672,745
3	ZAF Jbe' Kruger	474,989
4	JPN Masanori Kobayashi	471,080
5	IND Gaganjeet Bhullar	451,245

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	THA Thaworn Wiratchant	url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/19/thaworn-sweeps-asian-tour-awards/	title=Thaworn sweeps Asian Tour awards	date=19 December 2012	access-date=8 January 2023	newspaper=Pakistan Today	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630170833/https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/19/thaworn-sweeps-asian-tour-awards/	archive-date=30 June 2022	quote=Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant was the toast at the Asian Tour's Awards Night when he swept the Players' Player of the Year Award and Special Achievement Award... Japan's Masanori Kobayashi, who won the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open on home soil and finished tied fifth in Johor, picked up the Rookie of the Year Award after his memorable season.}}
Rookie of the Year	JPN Masanori Kobayashi

Notes

References

"Tournament schedule 2012 season". Asian Tour.
"2012 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour.
(16 December 2012). "Thaworn crowned Asian Tour's best". The Nation.
(19 December 2012). "Thaworn sweeps Asian Tour awards". Pakistan Today.

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