2017 Asian Tour

The 2017 Asian Tour is the 23rd 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.

2017 Asian Tour season

Duration	19 January 2017 (2017-01-19) – 17 December 2017 (2017-12-17)
Number of official events	27[a]
Most wins	Shiv Kapur (2)
Order of Merit	Gavin Green
Players' Player of the Year	Gavin Green
Rookie of the Year	Micah Lauren Shin
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
22 Jan	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	1,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (10)	26	JPN
29 Jan	Leopalace21 Myanmar Open	Myanmar	750,000	Todd Sinnott (1)	19	JPN
4 Feb	Bashundhara Bangladesh Open	Bangladesh	300,000	Jazz Janewattananond (1)	14
12 Feb	Maybank Championship	Malaysia	3,000,000	Fabrizio Zanotti (n/a)	36	EUR
19 Feb	ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth	Australia	A$1,750,000	Brett Rumford (n/a)	23	ANZ, EUR
12 Mar	Hero Indian Open	India	1,750,000	Shiv Chawrasia (6)	21	EUR
16 Apr	Ho Tram Players Championship	Vietnam	–	Postponed[2]	–
23 Apr	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Japan	¥150,000,000	Kenichi Kuboya (n/a)	15
30 Apr	Yeangder Heritage	Taiwan	300,000	Shiv Kapur (2)	14		New tournament
21 May	Thailand Open	Thailand	300,000	Rattanon Wannasrichan (1)	14
18 Jun	Queen's Cup	Thailand	500,000	Nicholas Fung (1)	14
6 Aug	TAKE Solutions Masters	India	300,000	Poom Saksansin (2)	14	PGTI	New to Asian Tour
20 Aug	Fiji International	Fiji	A$1,500,000	Jason Norris (1)	15	ANZ, EUR	New to Asian Tour
10 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,700,000	Matt Fitzpatrick (n/a)	32	EUR
17 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,200,000,000	Richard T. Lee (2)	12	KOR
24 Sep	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Japan	¥150,000,000	Daisuke Kataoka (1)	15	JPN
1 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	800,000	Gavin Green (1)	14
8 Oct	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	500,000	Ajeetesh Sandhu (1)	14
15 Oct	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	7,000,000	Pat Perez (n/a)	48	PGAT	Limited-field event
22 Oct	Macao Open	Macau	500,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (8)	14
29 Oct	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	300,000	Panuphol Pittayarat (1)	14
5 Nov	Panasonic Open India	India	400,000	Shiv Kapur (3)	14	PGTI
12 Nov	Resorts World Manila Masters	Philippines	1,000,000	Micah Lauren Shin (1)	14
26 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,000,000	Wade Ormsby (2)	34	EUR
3 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	Dylan Frittelli (n/a)	17	AFR, EUR
3 Dec	KG S&H City Asian Golf Championship	China	350,000	Xiao Bowen (1)	14	CHN	New tournament
11 Dec	Joburg Open	South Africa	R16,500,000	Shubhankar Sharma (1)	17	AFR, EUR	New to Asian Tour
17 Dec	Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	750,000	Justin Rose (n/a)	24		Flagship event

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	Notes
31 Dec	Royal Cup	Thailand	500,000	Shiv Kapur	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.^[3][4] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)	Status earned
1	Gavin Green	585,814	Promoted to European Tour
2	David Lipsky	461,179	Already exempt[d]
3	Phachara Khongwatmai	447,299	Already exempt[e]
4	Scott Hend	443,205	Already exempt[d]
5	Shiv Chawrasia	440,748	Already exempt[f]

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Gavin Green	[8]
Rookie of the Year	Micah Lauren Shin	[8]

See also

• 2017 Asian Development Tour

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was postponed.
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; CHN − China Tour; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
4. Lipsky and Hend were already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 101 of the 2017 Race to Dubai.^[6]
5. Khongwatmai was already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 10 of the 2017 European Tour Access List.
6. Chawrasia was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2017 European Tour.^[7]