2007 Asian Tour
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The 2007 Asian Tour was the 13th season of the modern Asian Tour
, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$27 million dollars and Liang Wen-Chong
became the first golfer from mainland China to top the Order of Merit.
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The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
Source: http://www.asiantour.com/schedule.htm
There is a complete list on the official site here.
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...
, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$27 million dollars and Liang Wen-Chong
Liang Wen-Chong
Liang Wen-Chong is a Chinese professional golfer. He is the highest ranked golfer from the People's Republic of China and the only Chinese golfer in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has succeeded his mentor Zhang Lian-wei as the top Chinese player.Liang plays on the Asian Tour, ...
became the first golfer from mainland China to top the Order of Merit.
Tournament results
The table below shows the 2007 schedule. It includes one special event which does not count towards the money list (the HSBC ChampionsHSBC Champions
The WGC-HSBC Champions is a men's professional golf 72-hole tournament. It has been contested annually since 2005 in November at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. In April 2009 it was announced that the tournament had been awarded World Golf Championships status,...
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The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
Dates | Tournament | Country | Prize fund (US$) | Winner | OWGR Official World Golf Rankings The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers... pts |
Notes |
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Jan 18-21 | Pakistan Open Pakistan Open The Pakistan Open is a golf tournament organised by the Pakistan Golf Federation that was first played in 1967. In 2006 and 2007 was part of the Asian Tour schedule.... |
Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... |
300,000 | Airil Rizman Airil Rizman Airil Rizman, also known as Airil Rizman Zahari, is a Malaysian professional golfer.Rizman was born in Kuala Lumpur. He was the Malaysian national amateur champion in 1998, 1999 and 2001 and a team gold medalist at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games. He was won several titles on the Malaysian PGA... (1) |
14 | |
Jan 25-28 | Qatar Masters Qatar Masters The Commercialbank Qatar Masters is a golf tournament held at the Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was established in 1998, and is one of four European Tour golf tournaments which are staged in the countries of the Persian Gulf, the others being the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, the... |
Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its... |
2,200,000 | Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... (N/A) |
48 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Feb 1-4 | Philippine Open Philippine Open (golf) The Philippine Open is one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament and Asia's oldest national golf open... |
Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
300,000 | Frankie Miñoza Frankie Miñoza Frankie Miñoza is a Filipino professional golfer.Miñoza has won a number of events in Asia and Japan, but has spent most of his prime, and had his most notable success, on the Japan Golf Tour... (1) |
14 | |
Feb 8-11 | Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 1,290,000 | Peter Hedblom Peter Hedblom Peter Mikael Hedblom is a Swedish professional golfer.-Amateur career:Hedblom was born in Gävle, Sweden. He won the 1986 Swedish Boys Championship when he was 16. The following year he won the Doral Junior Classic in the United States and the Scandinavian Amateur Open... (N/A) |
26 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Feb 15-18 | Indonesia Open | Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
1,000,000 | Mikko Ilonen Mikko Ilonen Mikko Ilonen is a Finnish professional golfer.Ilonen was born in Lahti, Finland. He won the 2000 Amateur Championship, and turned pro in 2001. He plays mainly on the European Tour, where he has won two events... (N/A) |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Mar 1-4 | Johnnie Walker Classic Johnnie Walker Classic The Johnnie Walker Classic was a European Tour golf tournament which is played in the Asia Pacific region. Johnnie Walker is a brand name and the owners have a long history of tournament sponsorship. They also sponsor the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles which is a European Tour event... |
Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
2,440,000 | Anton Haig Anton Haig Anton Jason Haig is a South African professional golfer.Haig was born in Nelspruit. He turned professional on 1 September 2004 and plays on the Sunshine Tour and the Asian Tour. He has won four times worldwide with his biggest win to date occurring at the multi-tour sanctioned Johnnie Walker... (2) |
40 | Co-sanctioned by the European and Australasian tours |
Mar 8-11 | Singapore Masters Singapore Masters The Singapore Masters is an annual men's professional golf tournament which has been played in Singapore since 2001. It is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, and is one of many European Tour events established in East Asia since the early 1990s.There have been two important... |
Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
1,100,000 | Liang Wen-Chong Liang Wen-Chong Liang Wen-Chong is a Chinese professional golfer. He is the highest ranked golfer from the People's Republic of China and the only Chinese golfer in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has succeeded his mentor Zhang Lian-wei as the top Chinese player.Liang plays on the Asian Tour, ... (1) |
30 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Mar 15-18 | TCL Classic TCL Classic The TCL Classic was a men's professional golf tournament which was played on a course designed by American Robert Trent Jones, Jr. at Yalong Bay Golf Club in Sanya on Hainan Island, People's Republic of China four times between 2002 and 2007.... |
China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
1,000,000 | Chapchai Nirat Chapchai Nirat Chapchai Nirat is a Thai professional golfer.Chapchai is the son of a Thai national team golfer, and turned professional in 1998 as a fifteen year old. He won for the first time as a pro at the 2004 Genting Masters in Malaysia. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005, and had a second place finish in his... (1) |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Mar 22-25 | Motorola International Bintan Motorola International Bintan The Motorola International Bintan was an Asian Tour men's professional golf tournament that was played from 22-25 March 2007. It was one of three tournaments in Indonesia on the 2007 Asian Tour schedule, two of which are new. It took place at the Gary Player designed Ria Bintan Golf Club on the... |
Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
350,000 | Jason Knutzon Jason Knutzon Jason Knutzon is an American professional golfer.Knutzon is currently a member of the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He is one of few Americans who mainly play on the Asian Tour. Knutzon has been to PGA Tour Qualifying School once. He entered in 2000 but failed to earn a tour card... (2) |
14 | New tournament |
Apr 12-15 | Volvo China Open Volvo China Open The Volvo China Open is a men's golf tournament that has been held annually in China since 1995. The event is organised by the China Golf Association and has been co-sanctioned by the European Tour since 2003.... |
China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
2,000,000 | Markus Brier Markus Brier Markus Brier is one of relatively few Austrian touring professional golfers, and as of 2008 is his country's highest ranked player.... (N/A) |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Apr 19-22 | BMW Asian Open BMW Asian Open The BMW Asian Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. The event was founded in 2001, as part of the European Tour's drive to expand into Asia, and China in particular.... |
China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
2,300,000 | Raphaël Jacquelin Raphaël Jacquelin Raphaël Jacquelin is a French professional golfer.Jacquelin was born in Lyon. He turned professional in 1995, after winning the French Amateur Championship.Jacquelin began his professional career on the Challenge Tour... (N/A) |
32 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Apr 26-29 | Pine Valley Beijing Open | China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
500,000 | Gaurav Ghei Gaurav Ghei Gaurav Ghei is an Indian professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He turned professional in 1991. His wins include three Asian Tour titles: the 1995 Gadgil Western Masters, the 2006 Taiwan Masters, and the 2007 Beijing Open... (3) |
14 | New tournament |
May 3-6 | Maekyung Open Maekyung Open The GS Caltex Maekyung Open, as it is known for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament that takes place in South Korea. It was established in 1982... |
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... |
600,000 | Kim Kyung-tae Kim Kyung-tae Kim Kyung-tae is a South Korean golfer. He won several amateur tournaments, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship. He turned professional in late 2006 and he won the 2007 Maekyung Open in his second start on the Asian Tour... (1) |
14 | |
May 17-20 | Macau Open Macau Open The Macau Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the Asian Tour which took place in Macau. It was founded in 1998. The venue was the Macau Golf & Country Club at Coloane. The best known golfer who won the tournament is eight-time European Tour Order of Merit champion Colin Montgomerie... |
Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China... |
300,000 | Lu Wen-teh Lu Wen-teh Lu Wen-teh is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Lu turned professional in 1992 and plays on the Asian Tour where he has five wins.-Asian Tour wins :*1998 Ericsson Classic *2005 Bangkok Airways Open... (3) |
14 | |
May 24-27 | SK Telecom Open SK Telecom Open The SK Telecom Open is an annual professional golf tournament hosted in South Korea and sponsored by the Korean cell phone company SK Telecom. The tournament was inaugurated in June 1997 as "SK Telecom Classic", and renamed in 2001. It is part of the Korean Tour for men, and was co-sanctioned by... |
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... |
600,000 | Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon Bae Sang-moon is a South Korean professional golfer.Bae turned professional in 2004. He won the 2006 Emerson Pacific Group Open on the Korean Tour, and in 2007 he won the SK Telecom Open, an Asian Tour and Korean Tour co-sanctioned event held in his home country. In 2008, he won his home country's... (1) |
14 | |
June 7-10 | Bangkok Airways Open Bangkok Airways Open The Bangkok Airways Open was an Asian Tour golf tournament played in Thailand from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 the prize fund was US$300,000, which is one of the smaller purses on the tour.-Winners:-External links:*... |
Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
300,000 | Lee Sung Lee Sung Lee Sung , also known as Lee Sung-man, is a South Korean professional golfer.Lee played on the Nationwide Tour in the United States in 2001 and 2003. After losing his card on that tour in 2003, he was successful at the Asian Tour's qualifying school in January 2004, and he has played mainly in Asia... (1) |
14 | New tournament |
Aug 23-26 | Iskandar Johor Open Iskandar Johor Open The Iskandar Johor Open is a golf tournament held in Malaysia and part of the Asian Tour and European Tour. It was first held in 2007 when it was played at the Royal Johor Country Club in Johor Bahru.... |
Malaysia | 300,000 | Artemio Murakami (1) | 14 | New tournament |
Aug 30 - Sep 2 | Brunei Open Brunei Open The Brunei Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament. The 2005 staging was Brunei's first ever professional golf tournament, and it was won by Terry Pilkadaris of Australia. The event is held at the Jack Nicklaus designed course at the Empire Hotel and Country Club. In 2010 the prize fund was... |
Brunei Brunei Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia... |
500,000 | Lin Wen-tang Lin Wen-tang Lin Wen-tang is a Taiwanese golfer. He comes from a golfing family, with his father and uncle both being professionals and two brothers who play with him on the Asian Tour.... (2) |
14 | |
Sep 13-16 | Midea China Classic Midea China Classic The Midea China Classic is a professional golf tournament held in China. It was first played in 2007 at the Royal Orchid International Golf Club in Guangzhou. The tournament was originally part of the Asian Tour schedule, but became part of the rival OneAsia Tour for its inaugural season in... |
China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
400,000 | Thaworn Wiratchant Thaworn Wiratchant Thaworn Wiratchant is a Thai professional golfer. He is one of only two golfers to have won 10 or more events on the Asian Tour.... (9) |
14 | New tournament |
Sep 20-23 | Mercuries Taiwan Masters Mercuries Taiwan Masters The Mercuries Taiwan Masters is an annual golf tournament on the Asian Tour. It was founded in 1987 and has been and Asian Tour event since 2000.-Winners:*2011 Lu Wei-chih - *2010 Pariya Junhasavasdikul - *2009 Lin Wen-tang - *2008 Lu Wen-teh -... |
Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
500,000 | Lu Wen-teh Lu Wen-teh Lu Wen-teh is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Lu turned professional in 1992 and plays on the Asian Tour where he has five wins.-Asian Tour wins :*1998 Ericsson Classic *2005 Bangkok Airways Open... (4) |
14 | |
Oct 4-7 | Korea Open Korea Open The Kolon Korea Open, as it is currently known for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional golf tournament that has been held annually in South Korea since 1958.... |
South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... |
1,000,000 | Vijay Singh Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008... (N/A) |
14 | |
Oct 11-14 | Hero Honda Indian Open Hero Honda Indian Open The Hero Indian Open is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour that has been held for several years at the Delhi Golf Club.The inaugural event was held in 1964 and won by Peter Thomson of Australia, who was the inspiration behind the event... |
India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
500,000 | Jyoti Randhawa Jyoti Randhawa Jyoti Singh Randhawa is an Indian professional golfer who was ranked in the top 100 of the world and is the third-highest Indian in the world rankings.-Career:... (7) |
14 | |
Oct 25-28 | Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational | Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
500,000 | Juvic Pagunsan Juvic Pagunsan Juvic Pagunsan is a professional golfer from the Philippines who currently plays on the Asian Tour, where he has one victory.... (1) |
14 | New tournament |
Nov 1-4 | Singapore Open Singapore Open (golf) The Singapore Open is a golf tournament in Singapore that has been sanctioned by the Asian Tour from that tour's inception in 1995 and by the European Tour since 2009. It was founded in 1961 and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. It was then cancelled for lack of... |
Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
4,000,000 | Ángel Cabrera Angel Cabrera Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either... (N/A) |
40 | Richest sole-sanctioned event |
Nov 8-11 | HSBC Champions HSBC Champions The WGC-HSBC Champions is a men's professional golf 72-hole tournament. It has been contested annually since 2005 in November at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. In April 2009 it was announced that the tournament had been awarded World Golf Championships status,... |
China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
5,000,000 | Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed... (N/A) |
52 | Co-sanctioned by the European, Australasian and Sunshine Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal... tours |
Nov 15-18 | Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Open (golf) The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 2001... |
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
2,000,000 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez Miguel Angel Jiménez Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:... (N/A) |
36 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
Nov 22-25 | Hana Bank Vietnam Masters | Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –... |
500,000 | Chapchai Nirat Chapchai Nirat Chapchai Nirat is a Thai professional golfer.Chapchai is the son of a Thai national team golfer, and turned professional in 1998 as a fifteen year old. He won for the first time as a pro at the 2004 Genting Masters in Malaysia. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005, and had a second place finish in his... (2) |
14 | New tournament |
Nov 29 - 2 Dec | Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open | Cambodia Cambodia Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia... |
300,000 | Bryan Saltus (1) | 14 | New tournament |
Dec 6-9 | Volvo Masters of Asia Volvo Masters of Asia The Volvo Masters of Asia was the final event of the season on golf's Asian Tour until 2008.It was first played in 2002 and the field was originally restricted to the top 60 players on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit, increasing to 65 in the final year.... |
Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
750,000 | Prayad Marksaeng Prayad Marksaeng Prayad Marksaeng is a Thai professional golfer.Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won six events on the tour, becoming one... (6) |
20 | Limited to top 60 on the Order of Merit |
Source: http://www.asiantour.com/schedule.htm
Leading money winners
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (US$) |
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1 | Liang Wen-chong Liang Wen-Chong Liang Wen-Chong is a Chinese professional golfer. He is the highest ranked golfer from the People's Republic of China and the only Chinese golfer in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has succeeded his mentor Zhang Lian-wei as the top Chinese player.Liang plays on the Asian Tour, ... |
532,590 | |
2 | Chapchai Nirat Chapchai Nirat Chapchai Nirat is a Thai professional golfer.Chapchai is the son of a Thai national team golfer, and turned professional in 1998 as a fifteen year old. He won for the first time as a pro at the 2004 Genting Masters in Malaysia. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005, and had a second place finish in his... |
442,325 | |
3 | Anton Haig Anton Haig Anton Jason Haig is a South African professional golfer.Haig was born in Nelspruit. He turned professional on 1 September 2004 and plays on the Sunshine Tour and the Asian Tour. He has won four times worldwide with his biggest win to date occurring at the multi-tour sanctioned Johnnie Walker... |
427,685 | |
4 | Scott Hend Scott Hend Scott Robert Hend is an Australian professional golfer, renowned as a long hitter.Hend turned professional in 1997 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia. He has since played on most of the major golf tours around the world. He has won three times in Australia, and was the inaugural winner of the... |
363,109 | |
5 | Prayad Marksaeng Prayad Marksaeng Prayad Marksaeng is a Thai professional golfer.Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won six events on the tour, becoming one... |
348,623 | |
6 | Simon Yates Simon Yates (golfer) Simon Yates is a Scottish golfer. Turning professional in 1989, Yates relocated to Thailand after holidaying in Asia and deciding to base himself in the region. He has played on the Asian Tour since its first official season in 1995... |
330,808 | |
7 | Prom Meesawat Prom Meesawat Prom Meesawat is a Thai professional golfer. He won his age group at the World Junior Golf Championships in 1997 and 2002 and was Asia Pacific Junior Champion several times. He won the Thailand Open Amateur Championship in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and was victorious in a professional tournament as a... |
311,308 | |
8 | Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories and most career earnings on the Asian Tour.... |
278,896 | |
9 | Lu Wen-teh Lu Wen-teh Lu Wen-teh is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Lu turned professional in 1992 and plays on the Asian Tour where he has five wins.-Asian Tour wins :*1998 Ericsson Classic *2005 Bangkok Airways Open... |
265,909 | |
10 | Gaurav Ghei Gaurav Ghei Gaurav Ghei is an Indian professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He turned professional in 1991. His wins include three Asian Tour titles: the 1995 Gadgil Western Masters, the 2006 Taiwan Masters, and the 2007 Beijing Open... |
261,057 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.