2008 Asian Tour season
Duration 7 February 2008(2008-02-07) – 21 December 2008(2008-12-21)
Number of official events 29
Players' Player of the Year India Jeev Milkha Singh ← 2007 2009 →
The 2008 Asian Tour was the 14th 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 The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.
Date Tournament Host country Purse (US$ ) Winner OWGR pointsOther tours Notes 10 Feb Emaar-MGF Indian Masters India 2,500,000 India Shiv Chawrasia (1)26 EUR New tournament 17 Feb Singapore Masters Singapore – Cancelled – EUR 17 Feb Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open Indonesia 1,200,000 Chile Felipe Aguilar (n/a)20 EUR 23 Feb SAIL Open Golf Championship India 400,000 New Zealand Mark Brown (1)14 New tournament 4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic India £1,250,000 New Zealand Mark Brown (2)38 ANZ , EUR 9 Mar Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia 2,000,000 India Arjun Atwal (7)24 EUR 16 Mar Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,000,000 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (1)28 EUR , KOR New tournament 23 Mar Asian Tour International Thailand 300,000 Taiwan Lin Wen-tang (3)14 New tournament 6 Apr Philippine Open Philippines 300,000 Philippines Angelo Que (2)14 20 Apr Volvo China Open China 2,200,000 Republic of Ireland Damien McGrane (n/a)20 EUR 27 Apr BMW Asian Open China 2,300,000 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (n/a)32 EUR 4 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩600,000,000 South Korea Hwang Inn-choon (1)14 KOR 11 May Pine Valley Beijing Open China 1,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)16 JPN 8 Jun Bangkok Airways Open Thailand 300,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (10)14 29 Jun Singha Thailand PGA Championship Thailand 500,000 South Korea Mo Joong-kyung (2)14 New tournament 9 Aug Worldwide Selangor Masters Malaysia 310,000 Malaysia Ben Leong (1)14 New tournament 24 Aug Brunei Open Brunei 300,000 Australia Rick Kulacz (1)14 31 Aug Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational Indonesia 350,000 Australia Scott Hend (1)14 21 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 500,000 Taiwan Lu Wen-teh (5)14 28 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Japan 1,850,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (n/a)20 JPN New tournament 5 Oct Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open South Korea ₩1,000,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (2)18 KOR 12 Oct Hero Honda Indian Open India 1,000,000 China Liang Wenchong (2)14 19 Oct Midea China Classic China 500,000 South Korea Noh Seung-yul (1)14 26 Oct Macau Open Macau 500,000 Australia David Gleeson (2)14 2 Nov Iskandar Johor Open Malaysia 500,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (n/a)14 16 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore 5,000,000 India Jeev Milkha Singh (6)38 23 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,250,000 Taiwan Lin Wen-tang (4)32 EUR 7 Dec Hana Bank Vietnam Masters Vietnam 500,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (9)14 14 Dec Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open Cambodia 300,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (10)14 21 Dec Volvo Masters of Asia Thailand 750,000 Singapore Lam Chih Bing (1)20
Unofficial events 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 pointsOther tours Notes 9 Nov HSBC Champions China 5,000,000 Spain Sergio García 52 AFR , ANZ , EUR Limited-field event
Order of Merit 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.
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