2016 Asian Tour

The 2016 Asian Tour was the 22nd 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.

2016 Asian Tour season

Duration	29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) – 11 December 2016 (2016-12-11)
Number of official events	23
Most wins	Chan Shih-chang (2) Shiv Chawrasia (2) Scott Hend (2)
Order of Merit	Scott Hend
Players' Player of the Year	Scott Hend
Rookie of the Year	Scott Vincent
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European Tour strategic alliance

In July, it was announced that the European Tour had entered into a strategic alliance with the Asian Tour.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.^[2][3]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
1 Feb	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	1,000,000	Song Young-han (1)	28	JPN
7 Feb	Leopalace21 Myanmar Open	Myanmar	750,000	Shaun Norris (2)	15	JPN
14 Feb	Bashundhara Bangladesh Open	Bangladesh	300,000	Thitiphun Chuayprakong (1)	14
21 Feb	Maybank Championship Malaysia	Malaysia	3,000,000	Marcus Fraser (2)	38	EUR	New tournament
28 Feb	ISPS Handa Perth International	Australia	A$1,750,000	Louis Oosthuizen (2)	23	ANZ, EUR	New to Asian Tour
13 Mar	True Thailand Classic	Thailand	1,750,000	Scott Hend (8)	24	EUR
20 Mar	Hero Indian Open	India	1,660,000	Shiv Chawrasia (4)	19	EUR
24 Apr	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Japan	¥150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (n/a)	16	JPN
15 May	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	Wang Jeung-hun (1)	17	AFR, EUR
19 Jun	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Scott Hend (9)	14
3 Jul	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	500,000	Carlos Pigem (1)	14
31 Jul	King's Cup	Thailand	750,000	Chan Shih-chang (1)	14	EUR
4 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,700,000	Alex Norén (n/a)	30	EUR
25 Sep	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Japan	¥150,000,000	Chan Shih-chang (2)	15	JPN
2 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	800,000	Lu Wei-chih (4)	14
2 Oct	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,200,000,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (6)	18	KOR
9 Oct	BNI Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	750,000	Poom Saksansin (1)	14
16 Oct	Venetian Macao Open	Macau	1,100,000	Pavit Tangkamolprasert (1)	16
23 Oct	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	7,000,000	Justin Thomas (n/a)	50	PGAT	Limited-field event
13 Nov	Resorts World Manila Masters	Philippines	1,000,000	Shiv Chawrasia (5)	14
20 Nov	Bank BRI-JCB Indonesia Open	Indonesia	300,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (7)	14
4 Dec	Panasonic Open India	India	400,000	Mukesh Kumar (1)	14	PGTI
11 Dec	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,000,000	Sam Brazel (1)	32	EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[4][5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Scott Hend	1,004,793
2	Marcus Fraser	730,023
3	Wang Jeung-hun	546,193
4	Chan Shih-chang	542,821
5	Miguel Tabuena	525,926

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Scott Hend	[6]
Rookie of the Year	Scott Vincent	[6]

See also

• 2016 Asian Development Tour

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; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.