2005 Asian Tour
Year2005
TourAsian Tour
Regular season16 December 2004 – 11 December 2005
No of events27
Most winsThaworn Wiratchant (4)
Honor 1Order of Merit
Honoree 1Thaworn Wiratchant
Honor 2Players' Player of the Year
Honoree 2Thaworn Wiratchant
Honor 3Rookie of the Year
Honoree 3Shiv Kapur
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The 2005 Asian Tour was the 11th 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 2005 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[a]OWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
19 DecAsia Japan Okinawa OpenJapan¥100,000,000Kiyoshi Miyazato (n/a)24JPN
30 JanCaltex MastersSingapore1,000,000Nick Dougherty (n/a)30EUR
20 FebCarlsberg Malaysian OpenMalaysia1,210,000Thongchai Jaidee (7)26EUR
27 FebMyanmar OpenMyanmar200,000Scott Strange (1)8
6 MarThai Airways International Thailand OpenThailand500,000Richard Lee (1)6
13 MarQatar MastersQatar1,500,000Ernie Els (n/a)26EURNew to Asian Tour
20 MarTCL ClassicChina1,000,000Paul Casey (1)20EUR
27 MarEnjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia OpenIndonesia1,000,000Thaworn Wiratchant (5)16EUR
24 AprJohnnie Walker ClassicChina£1,250,000Adam Scott (n/a)46ANZ, EUR
1 MayBMW Asian OpenChina1,500,000Ernie Els (n/a)38EUR
8 MaySK Telecom OpenSouth Korea₩500,000,000K. J. Choi (3)14KOR
15 MayMacau OpenMacau275,000Wang Ter-chang (3)10
22 MayPhilippine OpenPhilippines200,000Adam Le Vesconte (1)6
29 MayKT&G Maekyung OpenSouth Korea₩500,000,000Choi Sang-ho (1)6KOR
26 JunBrunei OpenBrunei300,000Terry Pilkadaris (3)6New tournament
4 SepVolkswagen Masters-ChinaChina300,000Retief Goosen (n/a)20
11 SepSingapore OpenSingapore2,000,000Adam Scott (n/a)22
18 SepTaiwan OpenTaiwan300,000Thaworn Wiratchant (6)6
25 SepMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan400,000Lu Wei-chih (1)6
2 OctCrowne Plaza OpenChina200,000Prayad Marksaeng (5)6
16 OctBangkok Airways OpenThailand200,000Lu Wen-teh (2)6New tournament
30 OctHero Honda Indian OpenIndia300,000Thaworn Wiratchant (7)8
6 NovDouble A International OpenThailand300,000Chinnarat Phadungsil (a) (1)6New tournament
20 NovCarlsberg Masters VietnamVietnam200,000Thaworn Wiratchant (8)6
27 NovVolvo China OpenChina1,300,000Paul Casey (2)18EUR
4 DecUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong1,200,000Colin Montgomerie (n/a)28EUR
11 DecVolvo Masters of AsiaThailand600,000Shiv Kapur (1)20

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
($)		WinnerOWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
13 NovHSBC ChampionsChina5,000,000David Howell48AFR,[c] ANZ,[d] EURNew limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the UBS Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Thaworn Wiratchant510,123
2Thongchai Jaidee454,335
3Jyoti Randhawa329,835
4Shiv Kapur242,101
5Terry Pilkadaris234,970

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearThaworn Wiratchant[4]
Rookie of the YearShiv Kapur[4]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
  2. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  3. ^ Sunshine Tour unofficial event
  4. ^ PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2005 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2005 UBS Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Terrific Thaworn crowned Asia's Number One". Asian Tour. 28 December 2005. Archived 28 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Thaworn sealed his position as Asia's best player when he walked away with US$7,857 for his tied 14th place finish in Bangkok which added to his record earnings of US$510,122.
  4. ^ "Thaworn's the toast of Asian Tour awards night". Asian Tour. 12 December 2005. Archived 28 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 January 2023. Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant grabbed four main awards at the Asian Tour's Awards Night 2005 on Sunday, including the prestigious Players' Player of the Year... India's Shiv Kapur, who lifted the season-ending Volvo Masters of Asia title with a tournament record of 20-under-par 268, claimed the Rookie of the Year honours...