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2007 Asian Tour

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2007 Asian Tour season
Duration18 January 2007 (2007-01-18) – 9 December 2007 (2007-12-09)
Number of official events28
Most winsTaiwan Lu Wen-teh (2)
Thailand Chapchai Nirat (2)
Order of MeritChina Liang Wenchong
Players' Player of the YearChina Liang Wenchong
Rookie of the YearAustralia Scott Hend
2006
2008

The 2007 Asian Tour was the 13th 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 2007 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
21 Jan Pakistan Open Pakistan 300,000 Malaysia Airil Rizman (1) 14
28 Jan Commercialbank Qatar Masters Qatar 2,200,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (n/a) 48 EUR
4 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 300,000 Philippines Frankie Miñoza (1) 14
11 Feb Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 1,290,000 Sweden Peter Hedblom (n/a) 26 EUR
18 Feb Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,000,000 Finland Mikko Ilonen (n/a) 20 EUR
4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand £1,250,000 South Africa Anton Haig (2) 40 ANZ, EUR
11 Mar Clariden Leu Singapore Masters Singapore 1,100,000 China Liang Wenchong (1) 30 EUR
18 Mar TCL Classic China 1,000,000 Thailand Chapchai Nirat (1) 20 EUR
25 Mar Motorola International Bintan Indonesia 350,000 United States Jason Knutzon (2) 14 New tournament
15 Apr Volvo China Open China 2,000,000 Austria Markus Brier (n/a) 20 EUR
22 Apr BMW Asian Open China 2,300,000 France Raphaël Jacquelin (n/a) 32 EUR
19 Apr Pine Valley Beijing Open China 500,000 India Gaurav Ghei (3) 14 New tournament
6 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩600,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (1) 14 KOR
20 May Macau Open Macau 300,000 Taiwan Lu Wen-teh (3) 14
27 May SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩600,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (1) 14 KOR
10 Jun Bangkok Airways Open Thailand 300,000 South Korea Lee Sung (1) 14 New tournament
26 Aug Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 300,000 Philippines Artemio Murakami (1) 14 New tournament
2 Sep Brunei Open Brunei 500,000 Taiwan Lin Wen-tang (2) 14
16 Sep Midea China Classic China 400,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (9) 14 New tournament
23 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 500,000 Taiwan Lu Wen-teh (4) 14
7 Oct Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a) 14 KOR
14 Oct Hero Honda Indian Open India 500,000 India Jyoti Randhawa (7) 14
28 Oct Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational Indonesia 500,000 Philippines Juvic Pagunsan (1) 14 New tournament
4 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 4,000,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (n/a) 40
18 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,250,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 36 EUR
25 Nov Hana Bank Vietnam Masters Vietnam 500,000 Thailand Chapchai Nirat (2) 14 New tournament
2 Dec Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open Cambodia 300,000 United States Bryan Saltus (1) 14 New tournament
9 Dec Volvo Masters of Asia Thailand 750,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (6) 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
11 Nov HSBC Champions China 5,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson 52 AFR,[c] ANZ,[d] EUR Limited-field event

Order of Merit

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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.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 China Liang Wenchong 532,591
2 Thailand Chapchai Nirat 442,326
3 South Africa Anton Haig 427,685
4 Australia Scott Hend 363,109
5 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 348,623

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year China Liang Wenchong [3]
Rookie of the Year Australia Scott Hend [3]

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; KOR − Korean Tour.
  3. ^ Sunshine Tour unofficial event
  4. ^ PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event

References

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  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2007 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2007 UBS Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "China's Wenchong caps year with three Asian Tour awards". The Star. Malaysia. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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