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The Asian PGA was formed in July 1994 at a meeting in Hong Kong attended by PGA representatives from eight countries. The first season of the APGA Omega Tour, as it was known for sponsorship reasons, was played in 1995 and within a few years it had supplanted the existing tour in the region, the Asia Golf Circuit that was run by the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, as the leading golf tour in ...
Rookie of the Year. Kho Taichi. ← 2022. 2024 →. The 2023 Asian Tour was the 28th 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.
Number of official events. 8 [a] Order of Merit. Tom Kim. ← 2019. 2022 →. The 2020–21–22 Asian Tour was the 26th 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.
15 February 2024. ( 2024-02-15) – 7 December 2024. ( 2024-12-07) Number of official events. 21 [ a] ← 2023. 2025 →. The 2024 Asian Tour is the 29th 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.
The Malaysian Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is currently played on the Asian Tour, and was formerly played on the European Tour. Notable past winners include world number one golfers Vijay Singh and Lee Westwood (both players winning the event on two occasions). Other notable winners include 17-year-old Italian Matteo ...
The 2022 season marked the introduction of the International Series, which was unveiled in February. The series was to consist of 10 events to be added to Asian Tour schedules over the following 10 years, with each event featuring prize funds between US$ 1,500,000 and $2,000,000. The investment being primarily backed by LIV Golf.
Kim turned professional in May 2018, playing on the Philippine Golf Tour. [4] In 2019 he initially played mostly on the Asian Development Tour.In March he had two fourth-place finishes in Malaysia and then two runner-up finishes in Thailand before winning his first event, the PGM ADT Championship, in Malaysia in late June, six strokes ahead of the field.
He didn't play any further part in the LIV Golf series during 2022, but through playing in the first event he was granted exemptions into the Asian Tour's International Series events. In November 2022, he won his first tournament as a professional at the International Series Egypt, giving him a two-year exemption on the Asian Tour. [7] [8]