2014 Asian Tour

The 2014 Asian Tour was the 20th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

2014 Asian Tour season
Duration26 February 2014 (2014-02-26) – 21 December 2014 (2014-12-21)
Number of official events22
Most winsIndia Rashid Khan (2)[lower-alpha 1]
India Anirban Lahiri (2)
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (2)
Order of MeritUnited States David Lipsky
Players' Player of the YearIndia Anirban Lahiri
Rookie of the YearAustralia Cameron Smith
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		Notes
1 MarSAIL-SBI OpenIndia300,000India Rashid Khan (1)14PGTI
16 MarSolaire OpenPhilippines300,000Canada Richard T. Lee (1)14
20 AprMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,750,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)32EUR
27 AprCIMB Niaga Indonesian MastersIndonesia750,000India Anirban Lahiri (4)20
4 MayThe Championship at Laguna NationalSingapore1,500,000Chile Felipe Aguilar (n/a)22EUR
18 MayICTSI Philippine OpenPhilippines300,000Australia Marcus Both (3)14
8 JunQueen's CupThailand300,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (17)14
7 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland€2,300,000United States David Lipsky (2)30EUR
14 SepYeangder Tournament Players ChampionshipTaiwan500,000Thailand Prom Meesawat (2)14
21 SepWorldwide Holdings Selangor MastersMalaysiaRM1,300,000Thailand Chapchai Nirat (4)14
28 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfJapan¥150,000,000Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)15JPNNew to Asian Tour
5 OctMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan650,000England Steve Lewton (1)14
19 OctHong Kong OpenHong Kong1,300,000Australia Scott Hend (6)19EUR
26 OctVenetian Macau OpenMacau900,000India Anirban Lahiri (5)17
2 NovCIMB ClassicMalaysia7,000,000United States Ryan Moore (n/a)42PGATLimited-field event
9 NovPanasonic Open IndiaIndia300,000India Shiv Chawrasia (3)14PGTI
16 NovChiangmai Golf ClassicThailand750,000India Rashid Khan (2)16
23 NovResorts World Manila MastersPhilippines1,000,000Singapore Mardan Mamat (4)14
30 NovKing's CupThailand500,000Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (18)14
7 DecBank BRI Indonesia OpenIndonesia750,000Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (n/a)14
14 DecThailand Golf ChampionshipThailand1,000,000England Lee Westwood (n/a)34Flagship event
21 DecDubai OpenUAE500,000India Arjun Atwal (8)14New tournament

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States David Lipsky713,902
2India Anirban Lahiri602,834
3Thailand Prom Meesawat532,471
4Australia Scott Hend428,820
5Australia Cameron Smith427,476

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearIndia Anirban Lahiri[4]
Rookie of the YearAustralia Cameron Smith[4]

Notes
  1. Lee Westwood also won 2 events, but was not an Asian Tour member.
  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. EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

References
  1. "Tournament schedule 2014 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. "2014 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Korean-American David Lipsky captures Asian Tour Order of Merit". The National News. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2023. It gave Lipsky, 26, an unassailable $713,901 purse for the year with Lahiri second on $602,833, followed by Thailand's Prom Meesawat with $527,921.
  4. Datla, Anand (13 January 2015). "Anirban Lahiri is Player of the Year". golfingindian.com. Retrieved 12 September 2023. Australia's Cameron Smith was also named the Rookie of the Year for a commendable season on the Asian Tour.
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