2008 Asian Tour

The 2008 Asian Tour was the 14th 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.

2008 Asian Tour season

Duration	7 February 2008 (2008-02-07) – 21 December 2008 (2008-12-21)
Number of official events	29[a]
Most wins	Mark Brown (2) Lin Wen-tang (2) Thongchai Jaidee (2)
Order of Merit	Jeev Milkha Singh
Players' Player of the Year	Jeev Milkha Singh
Rookie of the Year	Noh Seung-yul
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
10 Feb	Emaar-MGF Indian Masters	India	2,500,000	Shiv Chawrasia (1)	26	EUR	New tournament
17 Feb	Singapore Masters	Singapore	–	Cancelled[2]	–	EUR
17 Feb	Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open	Indonesia	1,200,000	Felipe Aguilar (n/a)	20	EUR
23 Feb	SAIL Open Golf Championship	India	400,000	Mark Brown (1)	14		New tournament
4 Mar	Johnnie Walker Classic	India	£1,250,000	Mark Brown (2)	38	ANZ, EUR
9 Mar	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,000,000	Arjun Atwal (7)	24	EUR
16 Mar	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,000,000	Graeme McDowell (1)	28	EUR, KOR	New tournament
23 Mar	Asian Tour International	Thailand	300,000	Lin Wen-tang (3)	14		New tournament
6 Apr	Philippine Open	Philippines	300,000	Angelo Que (2)	14
20 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	2,200,000	Damien McGrane (n/a)	20	EUR
27 Apr	BMW Asian Open	China	2,300,000	Darren Clarke (n/a)	32	EUR
4 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩600,000,000	Hwang Inn-choon (1)	14	KOR
11 May	Pine Valley Beijing Open	China	1,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)	16	JPN
8 Jun	Bangkok Airways Open	Thailand	300,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (10)	14
29 Jun	Singha Thailand PGA Championship	Thailand	500,000	Mo Joong-kyung (2)	14		New tournament
9 Aug	Worldwide Selangor Masters	Malaysia	310,000	Ben Leong (1)	14		New tournament
24 Aug	Brunei Open	Brunei	300,000	Rick Kulacz (1)	14
31 Aug	Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational	Indonesia	350,000	Scott Hend (1)	14
21 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	Lu Wen-teh (5)	14
28 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	1,850,000	Hideto Tanihara (n/a)	20	JPN	New tournament
5 Oct	Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open	South Korea	₩1,000,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (2)	18	KOR
12 Oct	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	1,000,000	Liang Wenchong (2)	14
19 Oct	Midea China Classic	China	500,000	Noh Seung-yul (1)	14
26 Oct	Macau Open	Macau	500,000	David Gleeson (2)	14
2 Nov	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	500,000	Retief Goosen (n/a)	14
16 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	5,000,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (6)	38
23 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,250,000	Lin Wen-tang (4)	32	EUR
7 Dec	Hana Bank Vietnam Masters	Vietnam	500,000	Thongchai Jaidee (9)	14
14 Dec	Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open	Cambodia	300,000	Thongchai Jaidee (10)	14
21 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Thailand	750,000	Lam Chih Bing (1)	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[c]	Notes
9 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	5,000,000	Sergio García	52	AFR,[d] ANZ,[e] 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.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jeev Milkha Singh	1,452,702
2	Lin Wen-tang	844,735
3	Mark Brown	778,038
4	Liang Wenchong	521,428
5	David Gleeson	483,121

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Jeev Milkha Singh	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Noh Seung-yul	[5]

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
2. 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.
3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
4. Sunshine Tour unofficial event
5. PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event