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
Duration9 January 2020 (2020-01-09) – 23 January 2022 (2022-01-23)
Number of official events8[lower-alpha 1]
Order of Merit Kim Joo-hyung
← 2019

Schedule

The table below shows the 2020–21–22 schedule, before most events were curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		Notes
12 Jan 2020Hong Kong OpenHong Kong1,000,000 Wade Ormsby (3)20EURRescheduled from 2019[lower-alpha 4]
19 Jan 2020SMBC Singapore OpenSingapore1,000,000 Matt Kuchar (n/a)26JPN
1 Mar 2020New Zealand OpenNew ZealandNZ$1,400,000 Brad Kennedy (1)15ANZ
8 Mar 2020Bandar Malaysia OpenMalaysia1,000,000 Trevor Simsby (1)14
15 Mar 2020Royal CupThailand–Cancelled[4]–
22 Mar 2020Hero Indian OpenIndia–Cancelled[5]–EUR
28 Mar 2020Bangabandhu Cup Golf OpenBangladesh–Cancelled[6]–
19 Apr 2020Maybank ChampionshipMalaysia–Cancelled[7]–EUR
26 Apr 2020Volvo China OpenChina–Postponed[lower-alpha 5]–EUR
3 May 2020GS Caltex Maekyung OpenSouth Korea–Removed[lower-alpha 6]–KOR
10 May 2020Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfJapan–Cancelled[9]–JPN
28 Jun 2020Kolon Korea OpenSouth Korea–Cancelled[10]–KOR
13 Sep 2020Shinhan Donghae OpenSouth Korea–Removed[lower-alpha 7]–JPN, KOR
20 Sep 2020Mercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan–Cancelled[12]–
27 Sep 2020Panasonic Open Golf ChampionshipJapan–Cancelled[13]–JPN
31 Oct 2021Hero Indian OpenIndia–Cancelled[14]–EUR
28 Nov 2021Blue Canyon Phuket ChampionshipThailand1,000,000 Chan Shih-chang (3)14New tournament
5 Dec 2021Laguna Phuket ChampionshipThailand1,000,000 Phachara Khongwatmai (1)14New tournament
16 Jan 2022Singapore InternationalSingapore1,000,000 Kim Joo-hyung (2)14New tournament
23 Jan 2022SMBC Singapore OpenSingapore1,250,000 Sadom Kaewkanjana (2)14JPN

Order of Merit
RankPlayerEarnings (US$)
1 Kim Joo-hyung507,553
2 Sadom Kaewkanjana378,972
3 Wade Ormsby270,154
4 Phachara Khongwatmai264,723
5 Chan Shih-chang231,375
6 Trevor Simsby197,107
7 Kim Bi-o181,611
8 Jarin Todd170,063
9 Kosuke Hamamoto151,363
10 Jazz Janewattananond132,600

Source:[15]

Notes
  1. A further twelve 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 he 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.
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