2006 Asian Tour
The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$24 million and Jeev Milkha Singh of India set a new season's prize money record of $591,884.
Duration | 15 December 2005 – 10 December 2006 |
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Number of official events | 28 |
Most wins | 2:![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
← 2005 2007 → |
Schedule
The list of results below includes one special event which did not count towards the money list (the HSBC Champions) and one team event (the Royal Trophy). The first event took place in December 2005. Prize funds shown in brackets do not count towards the money list.
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours[lower-alpha 1] | Notes |
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18 Dec | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | Japan | ¥100,000,000 | ![]() | 14 | JPN | |
22 Jan | Pakistan Open | Pakistan | 200,000 | ![]() | 14 | New to Asian Tour | |
29 Jan | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | 2,000,000 | ![]() | 44 | EUR | |
12 Feb | Johnnie Walker Classic | Australia | £1,250,000 | ![]() | 44 | ANZ, EUR | |
19 Feb | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 1,250,000 | ![]() | 20 | EUR | |
5 Mar | Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 1,000,000 | ![]() | 20 | EUR | |
12 Mar | OSIM Singapore Masters | Singapore | 1,000,000 | ![]() | 20 | EUR | |
19 Mar | TCL Classic | China | 1,000,000 | ![]() | 24 | EUR | |
16 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | 1,800,000 | ![]() | 24 | EUR | |
23 Apr | BMW Asian Open | China | 1,800,000 | ![]() | 30 | EUR | |
30 Apr | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | South Korea | 600,000 | ![]() | 14 | KOR | |
7 May | SK Telecom Open | South Korea | 600,000 | ![]() | 14 | KOR | |
14 May | Aamby Valley Asian Masters | India | 400,000 | ![]() | 14 | New tournament | |
21 May | Macau Open | Macau | 300,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
28 May | Philippine Open | Philippines | 200,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
4 Jun | Bangkok Airways Open | Thailand | 300,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
20 Aug | Crowne Plaza Open | China | 200,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
27 Aug | Brunei Open | Brunei | 500,000 | ![]() | 12 | ||
3 Sep | Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters | Malaysia | 300,000 | ![]() | 14 | New tournament | |
10 Sep | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | 3,000,000 | ![]() | 36 | ||
24 Sep | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open | South Korea | 750,000 | ![]() | 16 | KOR | |
1 Oct | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 500,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
8 Oct | Taiwan Open | Taiwan | 300,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
15 Oct | Volkswagen Masters-China | China | 350,000 | ![]() | 18 | ||
22 Oct | Hero Honda Indian Open | India | 300,000 | ![]() | 14 | ||
12 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | 5,000,000 | ![]() | 52 | AFR, ANZ, EUR | |
19 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 2,000,000 | ![]() | 32 | EUR | |
10 Dec | Volvo Masters of Asia | Thailand | 700,000 | ![]() | 20 |
Order of Merit
Rank | Player | Earnings (US$) |
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1 | ![]() | 591,884 |
2 | ![]() | 444,736 |
3 | ![]() | 392,671 |
4 | ![]() | 369,880 |
5 | ![]() | 348,295 |
6 | ![]() | 301,728 |
7 | ![]() | 291,847 |
8 | ![]() | 271,343 |
9 | ![]() | 263,287 |
10 | ![]() | 263,218 |
There is a complete list on the official site here.
Notes
- AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.