2001 Asian PGA Tour

2001 Asian PGA Tour season
Duration1 February 2001 (2001-02-01) – 2 December 2001 (2001-12-02)
Number of official events17
Most winsSouth Korea Charlie Wi (3)
Order of MeritThailand Thongchai Jaidee
Players' Player of the YearThailand Thongchai Jaidee
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Ted Oh
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The 2001 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 2001 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Davidoff, that was announced in May 1999.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
4 Feb Thailand Masters Thailand 200,000 South Korea Kang Wook-soon (7) 6 New tournament
11 Feb London Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 United States Anthony Kang (2) 6
18 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia 910,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a) 18 EUR
25 Feb Caltex Singapore Masters Singapore 850,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a) 24 EUR New tournament
18 Mar Wills Indian Open India 300,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (2) 6
29 Apr Maekyung LG Fashion Open South Korea ₩400,000,000 South Korea Choi Gwang-soo (2) 6 KOR
6 May Macau Open Macau 250,000 China Zhang Lianwei (3) 12
20 May SK Telecom Open South Korea 300,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (2) 6 KOR New to Asian PGA Tour
24 Jun Alcatel Singapore Open Singapore 300,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (2) 6
12 Aug Volvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 275,000 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (3) 6
2 Sep Acer Taiwan Open Taiwan 300,000 United States Andrew Pitts (1) 6
9 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 300,000 Sweden Daniel Chopra (1) 6
16 Sep Kolon Cup Korea Open South Korea ₩400,000,000 South Korea Kim Dae-sub (a) (2) 6 KOR
23 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩400,000,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (3) 6 KOR New to Asian PGA Tour
21 Oct Volvo China Open China 400,000 South Korea Charlie Wi (4) 6
25 Nov BMW Asian Open Taiwan 1,500,000 Sweden Jarmo Sandelin (n/a) 20 EUR New tournament
2 Dec Omega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 700,000 Spain José María Olazábal (n/a) 16 EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 353,061
2 South Korea Charlie Wi 315,857
3 United States Andrew Pitts 144,394
4 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 120,573
5 India Arjun Atwal 111,238

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Players' Player of the Year Thailand Thongchai Jaidee [5]
Rookie of the Year South Korea Ted Oh [6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Asian PGA gets cash injection". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 26 May 1999. p. 104 (38 in paper). Retrieved 25 June 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ "Tournament schedule 2001 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ "2001 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ Sallay, Alvin (3 December 2001). "Daddy-to-be gets life in order". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 June 2023. The effort was more than enough to see the former Thai Army paratrooper land the Order of Merit. His US$10,712 purse boosted his earnings this year to US$353,060.
  5. ^ "Thai Star receives Asian Golfer of the Year Award". Asian PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 27 January 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ "McGinley chasing Oh's TCL Classic lead". The Irish Times. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Last season's Davidoff Tour rookie of the year said his game had benefited from hard work in recent months.
  7. ^ "Ted Oh". YIM Agency. Retrieved 9 February 2024. 2001 Asian Tour Rookie of the Year