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2018 Asian Tour season
Duration	18 January 2018 – 16 December 2018
Number of official events	31
Most wins	John Catlin (3)
Order of Merit	Shubhankar Sharma
Players' Player of the Year	John Catlin
Rookie of the Year	Park Sang-hyun
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Asian Tour was the 24th 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.

Changes for 2018

In February, Habitat for Humanity announced that they had partnered with the Asian Tour to see the Order of Merit rebranded as the Habitat for Humanity Standings.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[b]	OWGR points	Other tours^[c]	Notes
21 Jan	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	1,000,000	Sergio García (5)	28	JPN
28 Jan	Leopalace21 Myanmar Open	Myanmar	750,000	Paul Peterson (1)	19	JPN
4 Feb	Maybank Championship	Malaysia	3,000,000	Shubhankar Sharma (2)	38	EUR
11 Feb	ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth	Australia	A$1,750,000	Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3)	23	ANZ, EUR
4 Mar	ISPS Handa New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,150,000	Daniel Nisbet (1)	15	ANZ	New to Asian Tour
11 Mar	Hero Indian Open	India	1,750,000	Matt Wallace (n/a)	22	EUR
22 Apr	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Japan	¥150,000,000	Rahil Gangjee (2)	15	JPN
29 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	CN¥20,000,000	Alexander Björk (n/a)	32	EUR
6 May	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩1,000,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (1)	12	KOR
12 May	AB Bank Bangladesh Open	Bangladesh	300,000	Malcolm Kokocinski (1)	14
20 May	Asia-Pacific Classic	China	300,000	John Catlin (1)	10	CHN	New tournament
10 Jun	Thailand Open	Thailand	300,000	Panuphol Pittayarat (2)	14
24 Jun	Kolon Korea Open	South Korea	₩1,200,000,000	Choi Min-chel (1)	12	KOR
1 Jul	Queen's Cup	Thailand	300,000	Jazz Janewattananond (2)	14
7 Jul	Sarawak Championship	Malaysia	300,000	John Catlin (2)	14		New tournament
15 Jul	Bank BRI Indonesia Open	Indonesia	500,000	Justin Harding (1)	14
29 Jul	Royal Cup	Thailand	500,000	Justin Harding (2)	14		New tournament
5 Aug	Fiji International	Fiji	A$1,250,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (9)	15	ANZ, EUR
12 Aug	TAKE Solutions Masters	India	350,000	Viraj Madappa (1)	14	PGTI
16 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,200,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (2)	12	KOR
23 Sep	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Japan	¥150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (n/a)	15	JPN
30 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	850,000	Adilson da Silva (1)	14
7 Oct	Yeangder Tournament Players Championship	Taiwan	500,000	John Catlin (3)	14
14 Oct	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	7,000,000	Marc Leishman (n/a)	48	PGAT	Limited-field event
14 Oct	UMA CNS Open	Pakistan	300,000	Tirawat Kaewsiribandit (1)	14
28 Oct	Panasonic Open India	India	400,000	Khalin Joshi (1)	14	PGTI
25 Nov	Honma Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	2,000,000	Aaron Rai (n/a)	30	EUR
2 Dec	Queen's Cup	Thailand	500,000	Miguel Tabuena (2)	14
2 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	Kurt Kitayama (1)	17	AFR, EUR
~~9 Dec~~	Ho Tram Players Championship	Vietnam	–	Removed	–
9 Dec	South African Open	South Africa	R17,500,000	Louis Oosthuizen (3)	32	AFR, EUR	New to Asian Tour
16 Dec	BNI Indonesian Masters	Indonesia	750,000	Poom Saksansin (3)	24		Flagship event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Habitat for Humanity Standings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[3]^[4] The leading player on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)	Status earned
1	Shubhankar Sharma	755,994	Already exempt^[d]
2	Park Sang-hyun	566,212	Promoted to European Tour
3	Justin Harding	479,817
4	Gaganjeet Bhullar	422,936	Already exempt^[d]
5	Scott Vincent	420,887

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	John Catlin	^[8]
Rookie of the Year	Park Sang-hyun	^[8]^[5]

Notes

^ One further tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.
^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
^ ^a ^b Sharma and Bhullar were already exempt due to being tournament winners on the 2018 European Tour.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Game for Asian Tour partnership". Habitat for Humanity. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ "Tournament schedule 2018 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "2018 Asian Tour Habitat for Humanity Standings". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ "Shubhankar becomes youngest Indian to win Asian Order of Merit". ESPN. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2023. With a total prize money of $755,994 on the Asian Tour for 2018, Sharma's Order of Merit win was confirmed on Friday, after both Justin Harding of South Africa and Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe failed to make the cut at the South African Open in Johannesburg, leaving both adrift by nearly $300,000 on the Asian Tour.
^ ^a ^b "박상현, 아시안투어 신인상 수상…유러피언투어 출전권도 획득" [Park Sang-hyun, Asian Tour Rookie Award winner... Qualified to play on the European Tour] (in Korean). KPGA. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ "Shubhankar Sharma secures maiden win at Joburg Open". Today's Golfer. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ "Fiji International: Gaganjeet Bhullar claims maiden European Tour win". Sky Sports. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Catlin caps off 2018 with Asian Tour Players' Player of the year accolade". Big Golf Blog. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2023. John Catlin's outstanding breakout year has not gone unnoticed by his peers, as he has been named the Players' Player of the Year for the 2018 Asian Tour season... Sanghyun Park was awarded the Rookie of the Year.