2010 Asian Tour

The 2010 Asian Tour was the 16th 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.

2010 Asian Tour season

Duration	4 February 2010 (2010-02-04) – 19 December 2010 (2010-12-19)
Number of official events	22
Most wins	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3)
Order of Merit	Noh Seung-yul
Players' Player of the Year	Noh Seung-yul
Rookie of the Year	Rikard Karlberg
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
7 Feb	Asian Tour International	Thailand	300,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (2)	14		New tournament
14 Feb	Avantha Masters	India	€1,500,000	Andrew Dodt (1)	20	EUR	New tournament
7 Mar	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	2,000,000	Noh Seung-yul (2)	24	EUR
2 Apr	SAIL Open	India	300,000	Rikard Karlberg (1)	14
11 Apr	Air Bagan Myanmar Open	Myanmar	300,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1)	14
25 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,200,000	Marcus Fraser (1)	38	EUR, KOR
20 Jun	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2)	14
1 Aug	Brunei Open	Brunei	300,000	Siddikur Rahman (1)	14
8 Aug	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	Malaysia	RM1,200,000	Angelo Que (3)	14
5 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a)	30	EUR
12 Sep	Handa Singapore Classic	Singapore	400,000	Peter Karmis (1)	14		New tournament
19 Sep	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	300,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (12)	14		New tournament
26 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Japan	¥150,000,000	Brendan Jones (1)	22	JPN
3 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	500,000	Pariya Junhasavasdikul (1)	14
17 Oct	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	1,250,000	Pádraig Harrington (n/a)	20
31 Oct	CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia	Malaysia	6,000,000	Ben Crane (n/a)	38	PGAT[c]	New limited-field event
Nov 14	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	6,000,000	Adam Scott (n/a)	48	EUR
21 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,500,000	Ian Poulter (n/a)	38	EUR
28 Nov	King's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Udorn Duangdecha (1)	14
5 Dec	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	1,250,000	Rikard Karlberg (2)	14
12 Dec	Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open	Cambodia	300,000	Thongchai Jaidee (13)	14
19 Dec	Black Mountain Masters	Thailand	600,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3)	20

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Noh Seung-yul	822,361
2	Marcus Fraser	610,927
3	Rikard Karlberg	594,857
4	Andrew Dodt	393,042
5	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	333,093

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Noh Seung-yul	[3]
Rookie of the Year	Rikard Karlberg	[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. EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
3. PGA Tour unofficial event