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.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.
Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes10 FebEmaar-MGF Indian MastersIndia2,500,000 Shiv Chawrasia (1)26EURNew tournament17 FebSingapore MastersSingapore–Cancelled–EUR17 FebEnjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia OpenIndonesia1,200,000 Felipe Aguilar (n/a)20EUR23 FebSAIL Open Golf ChampionshipIndia400,000 Mark Brown (1)14New tournament4 MarJohnnie Walker ClassicIndia£1,250,000 Mark Brown (2)38ANZ, EUR9 MarMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,000,000 Arjun Atwal (7)24EUR16 MarBallantine's ChampionshipSouth Korea€2,000,000 Graeme McDowell (1)28EUR, KORNew tournament23 MarAsian Tour InternationalThailand300,000 Lin Wen-tang (3)14New tournament6 AprPhilippine OpenPhilippines300,000 Angelo Que (2)1420 AprVolvo China OpenChina2,200,000 Damien McGrane (n/a)20EUR27 AprBMW Asian OpenChina2,300,000 Darren Clarke (n/a)32EUR4 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenSouth Korea₩600,000,000 Hwang Inn-choon (1)14KOR11 MayPine Valley Beijing OpenChina1,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)16JPN8 JunBangkok Airways OpenThailand300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (10)1429 JunSingha Thailand PGA ChampionshipThailand500,000 Mo Joong-kyung (2)14New tournament9 AugWorldwide Selangor MastersMalaysia310,000 Ben Leong (1)14New tournament24 AugBrunei OpenBrunei300,000 Rick Kulacz (1)1431 AugPertamina Indonesia President InvitationalIndonesia350,000 Scott Hend (1)1421 SepMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan500,000 Lu Wen-teh (5)1428 SepAsia-Pacific Panasonic OpenJapan1,850,000 Hideto Tanihara (n/a)20JPNNew tournament5 OctKolon-Hana Bank Korea OpenSouth Korea₩1,000,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (2)18KOR12 OctHero Honda Indian OpenIndia1,000,000 Liang Wenchong (2)1419 OctMidea China ClassicChina500,000 Noh Seung-yul (1)1426 OctMacau OpenMacau500,000 David Gleeson (2)142 NovIskandar Johor OpenMalaysia500,000 Retief Goosen (n/a)1416 NovBarclays Singapore OpenSingapore5,000,000 Jeev Milkha Singh (6)3823 NovUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong2,250,000 Lin Wen-tang (4)32EUR7 DecHana Bank Vietnam MastersVietnam500,000 Thongchai Jaidee (9)1414 DecJohnnie Walker Cambodian OpenCambodia300,000 Thongchai Jaidee (10)1421 DecVolvo Masters of AsiaThailand750,000 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.
DateTournamentHost countryPurse($)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes9 NovHSBC ChampionsChina5,000,000 Sergio García52AFR, ANZ, EURLimited-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.
Position Player Prize money ($)1 Jeev Milkha Singh 1,452,7022 Lin Wen-tang 844,7353 Mark Brown 778,0384 Liang Wenchong 521,4285 David Gleeson 483,121
Awards AwardWinner Players' Player of the Year Jeev Milkha Singh Rookie of the Year Noh Seung-yul
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