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2010 Asian Tour

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2010 Asian Tour season
Duration4 February 2010 (2010-02-04) – 19 December 2010 (2010-12-19)
Number of official events22
Most winsJapan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3)
Order of MeritSouth Korea Noh Seung-yul
Players' Player of the YearSouth Korea Noh Seung-yul
Rookie of the YearSweden Rikard Karlberg
2009
2011

The 2010 Asian Tour was the 16th 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 2010 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
7 Feb Asian Tour International Thailand 300,000 India Gaganjeet Bhullar (2) 14 New tournament
14 Feb Avantha Masters India €1,500,000 Australia Andrew Dodt (1) 20 EUR New tournament
7 Mar Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 2,000,000 South Korea Noh Seung-yul (2) 24 EUR
2 Apr SAIL Open India 300,000 Sweden Rikard Karlberg (1) 14
11 Apr Air Bagan Myanmar Open Myanmar 300,000 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1) 14
25 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,200,000 Australia Marcus Fraser (1) 38 EUR, KOR
20 Jun Queen's Cup Thailand 300,000 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2) 14
1 Aug Brunei Open Brunei 300,000 Bangladesh Siddikur Rahman (1) 14
8 Aug Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters Malaysia RM1,200,000 Philippines Angelo Que (3) 14
5 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,000,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 30 EUR
12 Sep Handa Singapore Classic Singapore 400,000 South Africa Peter Karmis (1) 14 New tournament
19 Sep Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 300,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (12) 14 New tournament
26 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Japan ¥150,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (1) 22 JPN
3 Oct Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 500,000 Thailand Pariya Junhasavasdikul (1) 14
17 Oct Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 1,250,000 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (n/a) 20
31 Oct CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia Malaysia 6,000,000 United States Ben Crane (n/a) 38 PGAT[c] New limited-field event
Nov 14 Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 6,000,000 Australia Adam Scott (n/a) 48 EUR
21 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,500,000 England Ian Poulter (n/a) 38 EUR
28 Nov King's Cup Thailand 300,000 Thailand Udorn Duangdecha (1) 14
5 Dec Hero Honda Indian Open India 1,250,000 Sweden Rikard Karlberg (2) 14
12 Dec Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open Cambodia 300,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (13) 14
19 Dec Black Mountain Masters Thailand 600,000 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3) 20

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 South Korea Noh Seung-yul 822,361
2 Australia Marcus Fraser 610,927
3 Sweden Rikard Karlberg 594,857
4 Australia Andrew Dodt 393,042
5 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka 333,093

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year South Korea Noh Seung-yul [3]
Rookie of the Year Sweden Rikard Karlberg [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. ^ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  3. ^ PGA Tour unofficial event

References

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  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2010 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2010 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Teenager Noh makes Asian Tour history". CNN Sport. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2023. The 19-year-old, who won $822,361 on his way to becoming the Asian Tour's No. 1... As well as claiming the Order of Merit trophy, the South Korean was also named the Players' Player of the Year... Another qualifying school graduate, Rikard Karlberg of Sweden, was named Rookie of the Year after finishing third in the Order of Merit in his debut season.
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