2007 Asian Tour

The 2007 Asian Tour was the 13th 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.

2007 Asian Tour season

Duration	18 January 2007 (2007-01-18) – 9 December 2007 (2007-12-09)
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Lu Wen-teh (2) Chapchai Nirat (2)
Order of Merit	Liang Wenchong
Players' Player of the Year	Liang Wenchong
Rookie of the Year	Scott Hend
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
21 Jan	Pakistan Open	Pakistan	300,000	Airil Rizman (1)	14
28 Jan	Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	2,200,000	Retief Goosen (n/a)	48	EUR
4 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	300,000	Frankie Miñoza (1)	14
11 Feb	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	1,290,000	Peter Hedblom (n/a)	26	EUR
18 Feb	Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open	Indonesia	1,000,000	Mikko Ilonen (n/a)	20	EUR
4 Mar	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£1,250,000	Anton Haig (2)	40	ANZ, EUR
11 Mar	Clariden Leu Singapore Masters	Singapore	1,100,000	Liang Wenchong (1)	30	EUR
18 Mar	TCL Classic	China	1,000,000	Chapchai Nirat (1)	20	EUR
25 Mar	Motorola International Bintan	Indonesia	350,000	Jason Knutzon (2)	14		New tournament
15 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	2,000,000	Markus Brier (n/a)	20	EUR
22 Apr	BMW Asian Open	China	2,300,000	Raphaël Jacquelin (n/a)	32	EUR
19 Apr	Pine Valley Beijing Open	China	500,000	Gaurav Ghei (3)	14		New tournament
6 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (1)	14	KOR
20 May	Macau Open	Macau	300,000	Lu Wen-teh (3)	14
27 May	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (1)	14	KOR
10 Jun	Bangkok Airways Open	Thailand	300,000	Lee Sung (1)	14		New tournament
26 Aug	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	300,000	Artemio Murakami (1)	14		New tournament
2 Sep	Brunei Open	Brunei	500,000	Lin Wen-tang (2)	14
16 Sep	Midea China Classic	China	400,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (9)	14		New tournament
23 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	Lu Wen-teh (4)	14
7 Oct	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open	South Korea	₩1,000,000,000	Vijay Singh (n/a)	14	KOR
14 Oct	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	500,000	Jyoti Randhawa (7)	14
28 Oct	Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational	Indonesia	500,000	Juvic Pagunsan (1)	14		New tournament
4 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	4,000,000	Ángel Cabrera (n/a)	40
18 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,250,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	36	EUR
25 Nov	Hana Bank Vietnam Masters	Vietnam	500,000	Chapchai Nirat (2)	14		New tournament
2 Dec	Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open	Cambodia	300,000	Bryan Saltus (1)	14		New tournament
9 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Thailand	750,000	Prayad Marksaeng (6)	20

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse ($)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
11 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	5,000,000	Phil Mickelson	52	AFR,[c] ANZ,[d] EUR	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]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Liang Wenchong	532,591
2	Chapchai Nirat	442,326
3	Anton Haig	427,685
4	Scott Hend	363,109
5	Prayad Marksaeng	348,623

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Liang Wenchong	[3]
Rookie of the Year	Scott Hend	[3]

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; KOR − Korean Tour.
3. Sunshine Tour unofficial event
4. PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event