2019 Asian Tour

The 2019 Asian Tour was the 25th 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.

2019 Asian Tour season

Duration	17 January 2019 (2019-01-17) – 22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)
Number of official events	23[a]
Most wins	Jazz Janewattananond (4)
Order of Merit	Jazz Janewattananond
Players' Player of the Year	Jazz Janewattananond
Rookie of the Year	Sadom Kaewkanjana
← 2018 2020–21–22 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
20 Jan	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	1,000,000	Jazz Janewattananond (3)	24	JPN
17 Feb	ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth	Australia	A$1,600,000	Ryan Fox (n/a)	20	ANZ, EUR
3 Mar	New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,250,000	Zach Murray (1)	15	ANZ
24 Mar	Maybank Championship	Malaysia	3,000,000	Scott Hend (10)	24	EUR
31 Mar	Hero Indian Open	India	1,750,000	Stephen Gallacher (n/a)	19	EUR
6 Apr	Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open	Bangladesh	350,000	Sadom Kaewkanjana (1)	14
5 May	Volvo China Open	China	CN¥20,000,000	Mikko Korhonen (n/a)	24	EUR
5 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩1,200,000,000	Lee Tae-hee (1)	12	KOR
12 May	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Japan	¥150,000,000	Yosuke Asaji (n/a)	15	JPN
23 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Korea	₩1,200,000,000	Jazz Janewattananond (4)	13	KOR
18 Aug	Sarawak Championship	Malaysia	300,000	Andrew Dodt (3)	14
1 Sep	Bank BRI Indonesia Open	Indonesia	500,000	Miguel Ángel Carballo (1)	14
8 Sep	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	500,000	Chang Yi-keun (1)	14
15 Sep	Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship	India	300,000	Rory Hie (1)	10	PGTI	New tournament
22 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,200,000,000	Jbe' Kruger (2)	14	JPN, KOR
29 Sep	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Japan	¥150,000,000	Toshinori Muto (n/a)	15	JPN
6 Oct	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	900,000	Suradit Yongcharoenchai (1)	14
10 Nov	Thailand Open	Thailand	300,000	John Catlin (4)	14
17 Nov	Panasonic Open India	India	400,000	Tom Kim (1)	10	PGTI
24 Nov	Sabah Masters	Malaysia	300,000	Pavit Tangkamolprasert (2)	14		New tournament
1 Dec	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	–	Postponed[d]	–	EUR
8 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	Rasmus Højgaard (n/a)	17	AFR, EUR
15 Dec	BNI Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	750,000	Jazz Janewattananond (5)	20		Flagship event
22 Dec	Thailand Masters	Thailand	500,000	Jazz Janewattananond (6)	14

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Habitat for Humanity Standings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[4][5] The leading player on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.^[6]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)	Status earned
1	Jazz Janewattananond	1,058,525	Already exempt[e]
2	Scott Hend	545,419	Already exempt[f]
3	Lee Tae-hee	298,125	Promoted to European Tour
4	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	277,461
5	Masahiro Kawamura	260,101	Already exempt[e]

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Jazz Janewattananond	[9]
Rookie of the Year	Sadom Kaewkanjana	[9]

See also

• 2019 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; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
4. Postponed and resceduled to January 2020 due to protest violence.^[2][3]
5. Janewattananond and Kawamura were already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 115 of the 2019 Race to Dubai.^[7]
6. Hend was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2019 European Tour.^[8]