2011 Asian Tour

The 2011 Asian Tour was the 17th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2011 schedule.[1]

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.

Only 50% of the prize money from major championships and World Golf Championships are counted towards the Order of Merit, but are not shown below.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Prize fund	Winner	OWGR pts[2]	Notes
Feb 17–20	Avantha Masters	India	€1,800,000	Shiv Chawrasia (2)	20	Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Mar 22–25	SAIL Open	India	$300,000	Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1)	14
Apr 6–9	Panasonic Open	India	$300,000	Anirban Lahiri (1)	14
Apr 14–17	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	$2,500,000	Matteo Manassero (n/a)	42	Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Apr 21–24	Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	$750,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	20
Apr 28–May 1	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,205,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	42	Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Korean Tour
May 12–15	ICTSI Philippine Open	Philippines	$300,000	Berry Henson (1)	14
Jun 16–19	Queen's Cup	Thailand	$300,000	Chawalit Plaphol (3)	14
Jul 20–23	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	Malaysia	RM1,200,000	Joonas Granberg (1)	14
Sep 1–4	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	Thomas Bjørn (n/a)	44	Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sep 8–11	ISPS Handa Singapore Classic	Singapore	$400,000	Himmat Rai (1)	14
Sep 15–18	Macau Open	Macau	$750,000	Chan Yih-shin (2)	14
Sep 22–25	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	¥150,000,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (4)	22	Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Oct 6–9	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	$300,000	Lu Wei-chih (2)	14
Oct 13-16	Hero Indian Open	India	$1,250,000	David Gleeson (3)	14
Oct 20–23	CJ Invitational	South Korea	$750,000	K. J. Choi (5)	14	Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Oct 27–30	CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia	Malaysia	$6,100,000	Bo Van Pelt (n/a)	30	Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour
Nov 3–6	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	$600,000	Lu Wei-chih (3)	14
Nov 10–13	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	$6,000,000	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a)	46	Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Nov 17–20	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	$2,000,000	Joost Luiten (n/a)	24	Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Dec 1–4	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	$2,750,000	Rory McIlroy (n/a)	38	Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Dec 8–11	King's Cup	Thailand	$300,000	Postponed[3]
Dec 15–18	Thailand Golf Championship	Thailand	$1,000,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	32	Flagship event

Leading money winners

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings (US$)
1	Juvic Pagunsan	Philippines	788,299
2	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	Japan	456,668
3	Shiv Chawrasia	India	444,529
4	Jbe' Kruger	South Africa	362,234
5	Thaworn Wiratchant	Thailand	340,942
6	David Gleeson	Australia	292,880
7	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	291,968
8	Siddikur Rahman	Bangladesh	291,653
9	Lu Wei-chih	Taiwan	269,230
10	Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	266,246

There is a complete list on the official site here.

References

1. 2011 Schedule Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, asiantour.com
2. "Official World Golf Ranking - Events - 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
3. King's Cup Postponed Due To Flood Situation

External links

• The Asian Tour's official English language site