2011 Asian Tour

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2011 Asian Tour season
Duration17 February 2011 (2011-02-17) – 18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)
Number of official events22
Most winsTaiwan Lu Wei-chih (2)[a]
Order of MeritPhilippines Juvic Pagunsan
Players' Player of the YearPhilippines Juvic Pagunsan
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Tjaart van der Walt
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The 2011 Asian Tour was the 17th 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 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
20 Feb Avantha Masters India €1,800,000 India Shiv Chawrasia (2) 20 EUR
25 Mar SAIL Open India 300,000 Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1) 14
9 Apr Panasonic Open (India) India 300,000 India Anirban Lahiri (1) 14 PGTI New tournament
17 Apr Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 2,500,000 Italy Matteo Manassero (n/a) 42 EUR
24 Apr Indonesian Masters Indonesia 750,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 20 New tournament
1 May Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,205,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 42 EUR, KOR
15 May ICTSI Philippine Open Philippines 300,000 United States Berry Henson (1) 14
19 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand 300,000 Thailand Chawalit Plaphol (3) 14
23 Jul Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters Malaysia RM1,200,000 Finland Joonas Granberg (1) 14
4 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,000,000 Denmark Thomas Bjørn (n/a) 44 EUR
11 Sep ISPS Handa Singapore Classic Singapore 400,000 India Himmat Rai (1) 14
18 Sep Macau Open Macau 750,000 Taiwan Chan Yih-shin (2) 14
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Japan ¥150,000,000 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (4) 22 JPN
9 Oct Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 300,000 Taiwan Lu Wei-chih (2) 14
16 Oct Hero Indian Open India 1,250,000 Australia David Gleeson (3) 14
23 Oct CJ Invitational South Korea 750,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (5) 14 KOR New tournament
30 Oct CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia Malaysia 6,100,000 United States Bo Van Pelt (n/a) 30 PGAT[d] Limited-field event
6 Nov Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 600,000 Taiwan Lu Wei-chih (3) 14
13 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 6,000,000 Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a) 46 EUR
20 Nov Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 2,000,000 Netherlands Joost Luiten (n/a) 24 EUR
4 Dec UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,750,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (n/a) 38 EUR
11 Dec King's Cup Thailand – Cancelled[e] –
18 Dec Thailand Golf Championship Thailand 1,000,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 32 New flagship 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.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Philippines Juvic Pagunsan 788,299
2 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka 456,668
3 India Shiv Chawrasia 444,529
4 South Africa Jbe' Kruger 362,234
5 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 340,942

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year Philippines Juvic Pagunsan [5]
Rookie of the Year South Africa Tjaart van der Walt [6]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lee Westwood won three 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; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  4. ^ PGA Tour unofficial event
  5. ^ Cancelled due to flooding.[2]

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