OneAsia Tour

The OneAsia Tour was a men's professional golf tour based in the Asia-Pacific region. The tour was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. The Japan Golf Tour was invited to participate in the project in 2012 and had co-sanctioned the Indonesia Open, Indonesia PGA Championship and Thailand Open. The OneAsia Tour was seen as a rival to the longer established Asian Tour, with which it had poor relations. From 2010 to 2017, tournaments on the OneAsia Tour were awarded Official World Golf Ranking points.

OneAsia Tour
SportGolf
Founded2009
FounderPGA Tour of Australasia
China Golf Association
Korean Golf Association
Korean PGA
Inaugural season2009
Ceased2018
CountryBased in Asia[lower-alpha 1]
Most titlesTournament wins:
4: China Liang Wenchong
Related
competitions		ASEAN PGA Tour

Having had a ten tournament schedule in each of its first few seasons, the tour's fortunes began to decline.[1] Being reliant on co-sanctioning arrangements to fill out the calendar; only one event was not co-sanctioned in 2013 and 2014. Tour members were afforded a limited number of places in the tournaments. In 2015, there were just seven tournaments, all co-sanctioned with other tours. In 2016, there were just four, and one fewer in 2017.[2] Early in 2018, having not hosted a sole-sanctioned event for three years, the tour lost its right to offer world ranking points.[3]

Early 2018 saw an extensive restructuring of the organisation with a new management team put in place in an attempt to revive the tour.[4] A Qualifying school was organised,[5] but due to the lack of status of the tour, having lost world ranking points and without any calendar of tournaments, there were less than 20 entrants.[6] To start the new season OneAsia co-sanctioned the Solaire Philippine Open and had plans for a further four tournaments in 2018, but these were not played. One tournament was scheduled for 2019, but ultimately no tournaments were played.[7]

Formation

In January 2009, it was announced that there would be a new series of events across the Asia-Pacific region, to be organised by the PGA of Australia in co-operation with China Golf Association, the Japan Golf Tour, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. The aim of these events would be to raise the profile of professional golf in the region and to compete with the likes of the European Tour. The series would initially comprise six events, three in China, two in Australia and one in South Korea, with plans to expand in later years.[8][9][10]

The introduction of the OneAsia Tour was not welcomed by the Asian Tour.[11] All of the six events announced for 2009 were existing tournaments, including some already sanctioned by the Asian Tour. One of them, the Pine Valley Beijing Open, was called off a few weeks before it was due to be held. The organisers officially attributed this decision to the state of the course and a clash of dates with The Players Championship on the PGA Tour, but some media commentators dismissed these reasons since the tournament had clashed with the Players Championship the previous year as well and instead attributed the cancellation to sponsor discontent with the sanctioning changes.

Following a meeting with the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) at The Open Championship in July 2009, all OneAsia Tour events were awarded OWGR points. In May 2018, the OWGR revoked the Tour's world ranking eligibility.[12]

2018 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[13]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]
3 Mar Solaire Philippine Open Philippines 600,000 Philippines Miguel Tabuena (1) PGTA

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[14]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Philippines Miguel Tabuena108,000
2Thailand Prom Meesawat66,000
3Netherlands Guido van der Valk37,800
4Australia Michael Choi30,000
5Malaysia Nicholas Fung15,900

2017 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[15]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 4]
30 Apr Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 France Alexander Lévy (n/a) 24 EUR
7 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Lee Sang-hee (1) 9 KOR
4 Jun Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Korea Chang Yi-keun (1) 8 KOR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[16]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1South Korea Chang Yi-keun270,303
2South Korea Moon Kyong-jun146,722
3South Korea Kim Gi-whan105,019
4South Korea Choi Jin-ho67,940
5Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai62,994

2016 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[17]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 5]
1 May Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 China Li Haotong (2) 26 EUR
8 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1) 11 KOR
11 Sep Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 8 KOR
20 Nov Emirates Australian Open Australia A$1,250,000 United States Jordan Spieth (n/a) 32 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[18]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1South Korea Choi Jin-ho116,295
2New Zealand Ryan Fox41,469
3South Korea Kang Kyung-nam37,800
4South Korea Kim Bi-o36,124
5South Korea Kim Yeong-su35,244

2015 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[19]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 7]
26 Apr Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 China Wu Ashun (1) 26 EUR
17 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Moon Kyong-jun (1) 7 KOR
24 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Choi Jin-ho (1) 8 KOR
14 Jun Singha Corporation Thailand Open Thailand 1,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (2) 11 JPN
13 Sep Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon (1) 7 KOR
18 Oct Fiji International Fiji A$1,125,000 United States Matt Kuchar (n/a) 11 ANZ
29 Nov Emirates Australian Open Australia A$1,250,000 Australia Matt Jones (n/a) 32 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[20]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1South Korea Moon Kyong-jun224,953
2South Korea Choi Jin-ho217,448
3South Korea Wang Jeung-han200,747
4New Zealand Ryan Fox127,425
5New Zealand Gareth Paddison109,634

2014 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[21]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 7]
23 MarThailand OpenThailand–Cancelled–JPN
30 Mar Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship Indonesia 1,000,000 Japan Michio Matsumura (n/a) 12 JPN
27 Apr Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 France Alexander Lévy (n/a) 32 EUR
11 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Park Jun-won (1) 10 KOR
18 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (1) 10 KOR
17 Aug Fiji International Fiji 1,000,000 Australia Steven Jeffress (1) 12 ANZ
12 Oct Nanshan China Masters China 1,000,000 China Li Haotong (1) 6
26 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,200,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (2) 12 KOR
30 Nov Emirates Australian Open Australia A$1,250,000 United States Jordan Spieth (n/a) 34 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]
14 Dec Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,000,000 Australia Greg Chalmers (n/a) 24 ANZ

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[22]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk501,990
2China Li Haotong219,983
3South Korea Park Jun-won205,073
4Australia Steven Jeffress186,521
5South Korea Park Sang-hyun161,695

2013 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[23]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 7]
17 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 1,000,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (n/a) 18 JPN
31 Mar Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship Indonesia 1,000,000 South Korea Choi Ho-sung (1) 12 JPN
5 May Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 Australia Brett Rumford (1) 28 EUR
12 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo (1) 8 KOR
19 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 Australia Matthew Griffin (2) 6 KOR
13 Oct Nanshan China Masters China 1,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (n/a) 12
20 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Kang Sung-hoon (n/a) 14 KOR
10 Nov Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,250,000 Australia Adam Scott (n/a) 22 ANZ
1 Dec Emirates Australian Open Australia A$1,250,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (n/a) 32 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]
8 Dec OneAsia Championship China – Cancelled[24] –

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[25][26]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Australia Matthew Griffin257,480
2South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo207,991
3South Korea Choi Ho-sung198,616
4Australia Scott Strange189,232
5China Liang Wenchong130,610

2012 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[27]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 5]
25 Mar Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,000,000 Australia Nick Cullen (n/a) 12
22 Apr Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 South Africa Branden Grace (n/a) 32 EUR
13 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Bi-o (2) 10 KOR
20 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩900,000,000 South Korea Kim Bi-o (3) 10 KOR
12 Aug Thailand Open Thailand 1,000,000 England Chris Wood (n/a) 6
9 Sep Charity High 1 Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 Australia Matthew Griffin (1) 6 KOR
14 Oct Nanshan China Masters China 1,000,000 China Liang Wenchong (4) 12
21 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (1) 12 KOR
9 Dec Emirates Australian Open Australia A$1,250,000 Australia Peter Senior (n/a) 32 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]
16 Dec Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Daniel Popovic (1) 18 ANZ

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[28]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1South Korea Kim Bi-o380,746
2Australia Daniel Popovic239,462
3Australia Matthew Griffin230,857
4South Korea Park Sang-hyun216,492
5Australia Nick Cullen208,639

2011 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[29]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 5]
27 Mar Indonesian PGA Championship Indonesia 1,000,000 Australia Andre Stolz (1) 10
24 Apr Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (n/a) 28 EUR
8 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (1) 10 KOR
22 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩900,000,000 Australia Kurt Barnes (1) 14 KOR
5 Jun Nanshan China Masters China 1,000,000 South Korea Kim Bi-o (1) 6
10 Jul Charity High 1 Resort Open South Korea – Cancelled[30] – KOR
17 Jul Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,000,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (1) 6
14 Aug Thailand Open Thailand 1,000,000 Australia Andre Stolz (2) 8
9 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 United States Rickie Fowler (n/a) 26 KOR
13 Nov Emirates Australian Open Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Greg Chalmers (n/a) 42 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]
27 Nov Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Greg Chalmers (n/a) 34 ANZ

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[31][32]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Australia Andre Stolz464,812
2South Korea Kim Kyung-tae327,178
3Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant235,813
4Australia Kurt Barnes210,830
5South Korea Choi Jin-ho169,790

2010 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[33][34]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 5]
4 Apr Luxehills Chengdu Open China 1,000,000 China Liang Wenchong (2) 10
18 Apr Volvo China Open China 2,500,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (1) 28 EUR
9 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩800,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-hyun (1) 6 KOR
23 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩900,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (2) 12 KOR
4 July Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,000,000 New Zealand Michael Hendry (1) 8
29 Aug Thailand Open Thailand 1,000,000 China Liang Wenchong (3) 10
10 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (2) 12 KOR
17 Oct Midea China Classic China 1,000,000 Australia Kim Felton (1) 8
24 Oct Shandong Gold Cup Championship China – Cancelled[35] –
5 Dec Australian Open Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Geoff Ogilvy (n/a) 32 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]
12 Dec Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Peter Senior (n/a) 22 ANZ

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[36][37]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1China Liang Wenchong560,737
2South Korea Kim Dae-hyun272,154
3New Zealand Michael Hendry247,093
4South Korea Bae Sang-moon220,344
5Scotland Simon Yates208,760

2009 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[38]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 5]
19 Apr Volvo China Open China 2,200,000 Australia Scott Strange (1) 18 EUR
10 May Pine Valley Beijing Open China – Cancelled –
13 Sep Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (1) 14 KOR
18 Oct Midea China Classic China 500,000 China Liang Wenchong (1) 6
6 Dec Australian Open Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Adam Scott (n/a) 32 ANZ[lower-alpha 6]
13 Dec Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Robert Allenby (n/a) 26 ANZ

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[39]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Australia Scott Strange505,784
2Australia Adam Scott274,579
3Australia Robert Allenby247,222
4Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño244,440
5South Korea Bae Sang-moon244,299

Order of Merit winners
YearWinnerPrize money (US$)
2018Philippines Miguel Tabuena108,000
2017South Korea Chang Yi-keun270,303
2016South Korea Choi Jin-ho116,295
2015South Korea Moon Kyong-jun224,953
2014South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk501,990
2013Australia Matthew Griffin257,480
2012South Korea Kim Bi-o380,746
2011Australia Andre Stolz464,812
2010China Liang Wenchong560,737
2009Australia Scott Strange505,784

Notes
  1. Schedules also included events in Australia and Fiji.
  2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of OneAsia Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for OneAsia Tour members.
  3. PGTA − PGT Asia.
  4. EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  5. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  6. PGA Tour of Australasia flagship event
  7. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

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