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2006 Asian Tour

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2006 Asian Tour season
Duration15 December 2005 (2005-12-15) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10)
Number of official events27
Most winsSouth Korea Yang Yong-eun (2)
Order of MeritIndia Jeev Milkha Singh
Players' Player of the YearIndia Jeev Milkha Singh
Rookie of the YearPhilippines Juvic Pagunsan
2005
2007

The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th 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

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The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
18 Dec Asia Japan Okinawa Open Japan ¥100,000,000 Japan Tadahiro Takayama (n/a) 14 JPN
22 Jan Pakistan Open Pakistan 200,000 England Chris Rodgers (1) 14 New to Asian Tour
29 Jan Commercialbank Qatar Masters Qatar 2,000,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (n/a) 44 EUR
12 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Australia £1,250,000 United States Kevin Stadler (n/a) 44 ANZ, EUR
19 Feb Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 1,250,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (7) 20 EUR
5 Mar Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,000,000 England Simon Dyson (4) 20 EUR
12 Mar OSIM Singapore Masters Singapore 1,000,000 Singapore Mardan Mamat (2) 20 EUR
19 Mar TCL Classic China 1,000,000 Sweden Johan Edfors (n/a) 24 EUR
16 Apr Volvo China Open China 1,800,000 India Jeev Milkha Singh (5) 24 EUR
23 Apr BMW Asian Open China 1,800,000 Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a) 30 EUR
30 Apr GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩600,000,000 South Korea Suk Jong-yul (1) 14 KOR
7 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩600,000,000 Thailand Prom Meesawat (1) 14 KOR
14 May Aamby Valley Asian Masters India 400,000 South Africa Hendrik Buhrmann (1) 14 New tournament
21 May Macau Open Macau 300,000 Australia Kane Webber (1) 14
28 May Philippine Open Philippines 200,000 Australia Scott Strange (2) 14
4 Jun Bangkok Airways Open Thailand 300,000 Thailand Chawalit Plaphol (2) 14
20 Aug Crowne Plaza Open China 200,000 Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil (2) 14
27 Aug Brunei Open Brunei 500,000 Taiwan Wang Ter-chang (4) 12
3 Sep Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters Malaysia 300,000 South Africa Anton Haig (1) 14 New tournament
10 Sep Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 3,000,000 Australia Adam Scott (n/a) 36
24 Sep Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open South Korea ₩700,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (1) 16 KOR
1 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 500,000 India Gaurav Ghei (2) 14
8 Oct Taiwan Open Taiwan 300,000 Taiwan Lin Wen-tang (1) 14
15 Oct Volkswagen Masters-China China 350,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (n/a) 18
22 Oct Hero Honda Indian Open India 300,000 India Jyoti Randhawa (6) 14
19 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,000,000 Spain José Manuel Lara (n/a) 32 EUR
10 Dec Volvo Masters of Asia Thailand 700,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (8) 20

Unofficial events

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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
Other
tours[b]
Notes
12 Nov HSBC Champions China 5,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun 52 AFR,[c] ANZ,[d] EUR Limited-field event

Order of Merit

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

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 India Jeev Milkha Singh 591,884
2 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 444,736
3 Thailand Prom Meesawat 392,672
4 South Korea Charlie Wi 369,881
5 Australia Andrew Buckle 348,296

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year India Jeev Milkha Singh [4]
Rookie of the Year Philippines Juvic Pagunsan [4]

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  3. ^ Sunshine Tour unofficial event
  4. ^ PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event

References

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  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2006 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2006 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Golf-Singh wraps up Asian order of merit title in Hong Kong". Reuters. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Jeev sweeps top Asian golf awards". Rediff News. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2023. ...the tenacious Indian made it a night to remember when he was feted by his peers at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok after being voted the Players' Player of the Year... The Rookie of the Year honour went to exciting Filipino talent Juvic Pagunsan...
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