1996 Asian PGA Tour

The 1996 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 1996 Omega Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Asian PGA Tour, one of the main professional golf tours in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.

1996 Asian PGA Tour season

Duration	14 March 1996 (1996-03-14) – 22 December 1996 (1996-12-22)
Number of official events	22
Most wins	Kang Wook-soon (2) Thammanoon Sriroj (2)
Order of Merit	Kang Wook-soon
Players' Player of the Year	Boonchu Ruangkit
Rookie of the Year	Jeff Wagner
← 1995 1997 →

It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Omega SA, that was announced in September 1995.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.^[2][3]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
17 Mar	Sabah Masters	Malaysia	200,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (1)	n/a		New to Asian PGA Tour
1 Apr	Singha Thai Prasit Bangkok Open	Thailand	175,000	Thammanoon Sriroj (1)	n/a		New tournament
21 Apr	Canlubang Classic	Philippines	175,000	Craig Kamps (1)	n/a
28 Apr	Tournament Players Championship	Malaysia	175,000	Kang Wook-soon (1)	n/a
5 May	Honda Invitational	Thailand	300,000	Steve Elkington (n/a)	n/a		New tournament
12 May	Guam Open	Guam	175,000	Mo Joong-kyung (1)	n/a		New tournament
2 Jun	Volvo China Open	China	400,000	Prayad Marksaeng (1)	n/a		New to Asian PGA Tour
11 Aug	Canon Singapore Open	Singapore	500,000	John Kernohan (1)	n/a		New to Asian PGA Tour
18 Aug	Kuala Lumpur Open	Malaysia	200,000	Kang Wook-soon (2)	n/a		New tournament
25 Aug	Fila Open	South Korea	300,000	Kwon Oh-chul (1)	n/a	KOR	New tournament
1 Sep	Philip Morris Asian Cup	South Korea	300,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (3)	n/a		New tournament
29 Sep	Lexus International	Thailand	200,000	Boonchu Ruangkit (3)	n/a		New tournament
6 Oct	Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship	Singapore	200,000	Yeh Chang-ting (2)	n/a
18 Oct	Dubai Creek Open	UAE	350,000	Paul Friedlander (1)	n/a
27 Oct	Australian Players Championship	Australia	A$500,000	Bradley Hughes (n/a)	16	ANZ	New to Asian PGA Tour
3 Nov	Alfred Dunhill Masters	Hong Kong	500,000	Bernhard Langer (n/a)	26	ANZ	New to Asian PGA Tour
10 Nov	Merlion Masters	Singapore	175,000	Peter Teravainen (1)	n/a
17 Nov	Pakistan Steel Masters	Pakistan	225,000	Eric Rustand (1)	n/a
1 Dec	Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship	Indonesia	250,000	Thammanoon Sriroj (2)	n/a		New to Asian PGA Tour
8 Dec	Royal Thai Classic	Thailand	325,000	Richard Kaplan (1)	n/a		New tournament
15 Dec	Omega PGA Championship	Hong Kong	500,000	Gerry Norquist (2)	n/a
22 Dec	Asian Matchplay Championship	Indonesia	150,000	Zhang Lianwei (2)	n/a		Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[2]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Kang Wook-soon	183,787
2	Gerry Norquist	129,404
3	Thammanoon Sriroj	127,422
4	Craig Kamps	119,512
5	Jeff Wagner	109,570

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Kang Wook-soon	[2]
Rookie of the Year	Jeff Wagner	[2]

See also

• 1995–96 Asia Golf Circuit

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian PGA Tour members.
2. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; KOR − Korean Tour.