2004 Asian Tour

The 2004 Asian Tour was the inaugural season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2004 Asian Tour schedule. The season began in December 2003 with the Okinawa Open.

Dates	Tournament	Country	Prize fund (US$)	Winner	OWGR Pts	Notes
18-21 Dec	Asia-Japan Okinawa Open	Japan	910,000	Hideto Tanihara (n/a)	12	Co-sanctioned with Japan Golf Tour
22-25 Jan	Thailand Open	Thailand	300,000	Boonchu Ruangkit (5)	6
29 Jan-1 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	1,600,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	38	Co-sanctioned with European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia
12-15 Feb	London Myanmar Open	Myanmar	200,000	Thongchai Jaidee (5)	6
19-22 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	1,210,000	Thongchai Jaidee (6)	16	Co-sanctioned with European Tour
26-29 Feb	DHL Philippine Open	Philippine	175,000	Edward Michaels (1)	6
18-21 Mar	Caltex Singapore Masters	Singapore	900,000	Colin Montgomerie (n/a)	16	Co-sanctioned with European Tour
25-28 Mar	Royal Challenge Indian Open	India	300,000	Mardan Mamat (1)	6
29 Apr-2 May	Volkswagen Masters-China	China	300,000	Rahil Gangjee (1)	6
6-9 May	Macau Open	Macau	275,000	Jason Knutzon (1)	10
13-16 May	BMW Asian Open	China	1,500,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	18	Co-sanctioned with European Tour
20-23 May	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	400,000	Simon Yates (2)	10	Co-sanctioned with Korean Tour
19-22 Aug	Tianjin TEDA Open	China	200,000	Thammanoon Sriroj (5)	6
9-12 Sep	Kolon Korean Open	South Korea	400,000	Edward Loar (2)	14	Co-sanctioned with Korean Tour
16-19 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	390,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (4)	6
23-26 Sep	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	Charlie Wi (6)	6
21-24 Oct	Crowne Plaza Open	China	200,000	Terry Pilkadaris (1)	6
28-31 Oct	Sanya Open	China	250,000	Terry Pilkadaris (2)	6
4-7 Nov	Carlsberg Masters Vietnam	Vietnam	200,000	Angelo Que (1)	6
25-28 Nov	Volvo China Open	China	1,000,000	Stephen Dodd (n/a)	16	Co-sanctioned with European Tour
2-5 Dec	Omega Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	800,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	24	Co-sanctioned with European Tour
9-12 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Malaysia	550,000	Jyoti Randhawa (5)	20

Order of Merit

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings (US$)
1	Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	381,929
2	Jyoti Randhawa	India	351,709
3	Simon Yates	Scotland	310,988
4	Thaworn Wiratchant	Thailand	260,637
5	Terry Pilkadaris	Australia	252,857
6	Prayad Marksaeng	Thailand	231,695
7	Boonchu Ruangkit	Thailand	220,293
8	Simon Dyson	England	181,718
9	Charlie Wi	South Korea	173,183
10	Greg Hanrahan	United States	171,743

There is a complete list on the official site here.

External links

• The Asian Tour's official English language site