Asian Tour events Asian Tour events The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has a separate tour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asian Tour"
The BMW Asian Open is a men's professional golf tournament. The tournament began in 2002 and was played in Taiwan for its first two years before moving to the People's Republic of China. It is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour and is part of the European Tour's drive to expand into Asia in general and China in particular. In 2005 the prize fund was $1.5 million. The 2006 tournament will be played on April 20-23 at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club in Shanghai. ...more on Wikipedia about "BMW Asian Open"
The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 2001. The Hong Kong Golf Association, Hong Kong PGA, and Chinese PGA also receive a limited number of exemptions into the tournament for their members. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong Open (golf)"
The HSBC Champions tournament is a men's professional golf tournament which was played for the first time in Shanghai, China on 10-13 November 2005. It had a prize fund of $5 million, which was much higher than for any event previously held in Asia. The event is sanctioned by the European Tour, the Asian Tour, the Southern African Sunshine Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia. The prize money counts towards the European Tour Order of Merit, but is not official money event on the Asian Tour; the first prize of $833,300 will probably be more than the total amount won by the 2005 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner, so it could distort the results if it were included. This event marked an acceleration of the European's Tour's push into East Asia, and especially into China, which is probably the most significant aspect of the Tour's evolution in recent years. ...more on Wikipedia about "HSBC Champions"
The Johnnie Walker Classic is a PGA European Tour golf tournament which is played in the Asia Pacific region. The Johnnie Walker brand has a long history of sponsoring golf tournaments, and currently also sponsors the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles which is a European Tour event which is played in Scotland. In 1989 Johnnie Walker sponsored the Hong Kong Open, and it was decided to establish an additional tournament which it would sponsor on an ongoing basis. This tournament was called the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic, and was first staged in Hong Kong in 1990. Subsequently it became a touring event, essentially used by its sponsor as a marketing exercise in the Asia Pacific region. In 1992 it became the first event to be sanctioned by the European Tour in East Asia (the Dubai Desert Classic was the first in Asia as a whole). In 1993 the word Asian was dropped from the title. In 2005 the tournament was held in China for the first time, as part of the European Tour's push into China, which saw four events held in mainland China and one in Hong Kong in the 2005 season. ...more on Wikipedia about "Johnnie Walker Classic"
The Malaysian Open is a men's professional golf tournament. It was first played in 1962 and since 1999 it has been sanctioned by the European Tour, which began to expand into Asia in 1989 and now stages tournaments in Asia through most of the northern winter. The tournament is also part of the Asian Tour's schedule and is currently known as the Carlsberg Malaysian Open for sponsorship reasons. In 2005 the prize fund was 1.21 million U.S. dollars. Past winners include former World Number 1 Vijay Singh. There has never been a Malaysian winner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Malaysian Open"
The Philippine Open is one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest ever golf tournament and Asia's oldest ever national golf open. It is a regularly featured in the Asian Tour since 1999. Recently, it has been held in a variety of different golf courses around the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Philippine Open (golf)" My way is http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
The Qatar Masters, is a golf tournament held at the Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was established in 1998, and is one of three PGA European Tour golf tournaments which are staged in the countries of the Persian Gulf, the others being the Dubai Desert Classic and the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. In 2005 the tournament was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour for the first time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Qatar Masters"
The Royal Trophy is a men's professional team golf tournament which was played for the first time in January 2006 at the Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok, Thailand. The competitors are Europe and Asia and the event is sanctioned by the European, Asian and Japanese tours. The Asian team brings together the two rival teams from the Dynasty Cup, which is played between Japan and the Rest of Asia. Eight man teams play a series of 16 matches involving foursomes, four-ball and singles for a trophy donated by the King of Thailand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Royal Trophy"
The Singapore Masters is an annual men's professional golf tournament which has been played in Singapore since 2001. It is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, and is one of many European Tour events established in East Asia since the early 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Singapore Masters"
The Singapore Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament. It was founded in 1961 and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. It was then cancelled for lack of sponsorship. Other winners in the years leading up to this included American Shaun Micheel in 1998, who went on to win the 2003 PGA Championship. ...more on Wikipedia about "Singapore Open (golf)"
The TCL Classic is an annual men's professional golf tournament held in China. It is played at the Robert Trent Jones Jr designed Yalong Bay Golf Club at Sanya on Hainan Island. It was first played in 2002 when it was sanctioned by the Asian Tour and was won by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie. The tournament then lapsed for two years, but it was revived in 2005 with co-sanctioning from the more prestigious European Tour as part of that tour's drive into China, which it now visits more often than any country except its original main base of the United Kingdom. ...more on Wikipedia about "TCL Classic"
The Volvo China Open is a men's golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. The European Tour sanctions several events in Asia, and is making a particular effort to exploit the Chinese market. The event was first played in 1995 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 2003. The 2005 prize fund was $1.3 million United States dollars, and in 2006 it will be $1.8 million. ** The 2005 tournament was played in November, but in 2006 it will be brought forward to April. Both of these stagings are part of the 2006 European Tour season. ...more on Wikipedia about "Volvo China Open"
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