2020–21–22 Asian Tour

The 2020–21–22 Asian Tour was the 26th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.

2020–21–22 Asian Tour season

Duration	9 January 2020 (2020-01-09) – 23 January 2022 (2022-01-23)
Number of official events	8^[a]
Order of Merit	Kim Joo-hyung
← 2019 2022 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21–22 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[b]	OWGR points	Other tours^[c]	Notes
12 Jan 2020	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	1,000,000	Wade Ormsby (3)	20	EUR	Rescheduled from 2019^[d]
19 Jan 2020	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	1,000,000	Matt Kuchar (n/a)	26	JPN
1 Mar 2020	New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,400,000	Brad Kennedy (1)	15	ANZ
8 Mar 2020	Bandar Malaysia Open	Malaysia	1,000,000	Trevor Simsby (1)	14
15 Mar 2020	Royal Cup	Thailand	–	Cancelled^[4]	–
22 Mar 2020	Hero Indian Open	India	–	Cancelled^[5]	–	EUR
28 Mar 2020	Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open	Bangladesh	–	Cancelled^[6]	–
19 Apr 2020	Maybank Championship	Malaysia	–	Cancelled^[7]	–	EUR
26 Apr 2020	Volvo China Open	China	–	Postponed^[e]	–	EUR
3 May 2020	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	–	Removed^[f]	–	KOR
10 May 2020	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Japan	–	Cancelled^[9]	–	JPN
28 Jun 2020	Kolon Korea Open	South Korea	–	Cancelled^[10]	–	KOR
13 Sep 2020	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	–	Removed^[g]	–	JPN, KOR
20 Sep 2020	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	–	Cancelled^[12]	–
27 Sep 2020	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Japan	–	Cancelled^[13]	–	JPN
31 Oct 2021	Hero Indian Open	India	–	Cancelled^[14]	–	EUR
28 Nov 2021	Blue Canyon Phuket Championship	Thailand	1,000,000	Chan Shih-chang (3)	14		New tournament
5 Dec 2021	Laguna Phuket Championship	Thailand	1,000,000	Phachara Khongwatmai (1)	14		New tournament
16 Jan 2022	Singapore International	Singapore	1,000,000	Kim Joo-hyung (2)	14		New tournament
23 Jan 2022	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	1,250,000	Sadom Kaewkanjana (2)	14	JPN

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[15]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Kim Joo-hyung	507,553
2	Sadom Kaewkanjana	378,972
3	Wade Ormsby	270,154
4	Phachara Khongwatmai	264,723
5	Chan Shih-chang	231,375

Notes

1. A further 12 tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled, postponed or otherwise removed from the schedule.
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. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
4. The opening tournament of the season, the Hong Kong Open, was originally to be played from 28 November – 1 December 2019 as part of the 2019 season and co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Due to protest violence, the tournament was rescheduled to January 2020 without European Tour co-sanctioning.^[2][3]
5. Originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; rescheduled to December 2020 as a China Tour event.^[8]
6. Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic; rescheduled to August without Asian Tour co-sanctioning.
7. Event proceeded as a solely-sanctioned Korean Tour event.^[11]

References

1. "Schedule 2020". Asian Tour. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
2. "Hong Kong Open Postponed due to protest violence". ESPN. Reuters. 20 November 2019.
3. "Hong Kong Open rescheduled for January 2020". ESPN. 6 December 2019.
4. "Royal's Cup 2020 to be postponed". Asian Tour. 5 March 2020.
5. "Hero Indian Open 2020 cancelled". Asian Tour. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
6. "Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open 2020 to be postponed amid COVID-19 concerns". Asian Tour. 9 March 2020.
7. "Maybank golf meet is off this year". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
8. "Volvo China Open". China Tour. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
9. "Japan Golf Tour Status (Latest April 6)" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
10. Williams, Julie (16 May 2020). "Korea Open canceled for first time in event's 62-year history". Golfweek.
11. "Shinhan Donghae Open to proceed as domestic KPGA event in September". Asian Tour. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
12. "Asian Tour: Mercuries Taiwan Masters cancelled". Golf Australia. 15 July 2020.
13. "Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled". Asian Tour. 31 July 2020.
14. "Indian Open golf cancelled due to COVID, once again". Olympics. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
15. "Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour.

External links

• The Asian Tour's official site