| Duration | 15 December 2005 (2005-12-15) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 27 |
| Most wins |  Yang Yong-eun (2) |
| Order of Merit |  Jeev Milkha Singh |
| Players' Player of the Year | Jeev Milkha Singh |
| Rookie of the Year |  Juvic Pagunsan |
← 2005 2007 → | |
The 2006 Asian Tour was the 12th 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 following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | Japan | ¥100,000,000 |  Tadahiro Takayama (n/a) |
14 | JPN | |
| 22 Jan | Pakistan Open | Pakistan | 200,000 |  Chris Rodgers (1) |
14 | New to Asian Tour | |
| 29 Jan | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | 2,000,000 |  Henrik Stenson (n/a) |
44 | EUR | |
| 12 Feb | Johnnie Walker Classic | Australia | £1,250,000 |  Kevin Stadler (n/a) |
44 | ANZ, EUR | |
| 19 Feb | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 1,250,000 | Charlie Wi (7) |
20 | EUR | |
| 5 Mar | Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 1,000,000 | Simon Dyson (4) |
20 | EUR | |
| 12 Mar | OSIM Singapore Masters | Singapore | 1,000,000 |  Mardan Mamat (2) |
20 | EUR | |
| 19 Mar | TCL Classic | China | 1,000,000 | Johan Edfors (n/a) |
24 | EUR | |
| 16 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | 1,800,000 | Jeev Milkha Singh (5) |
24 | EUR | |
| 23 Apr | BMW Asian Open | China | 1,800,000 |  Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (n/a) |
30 | EUR | |
| 30 Apr | GS Caltex Maekyung Open | South Korea | ₩600,000,000 | Suk Jong-yul (1) |
14 | KOR | |
| 7 May | SK Telecom Open | South Korea | ₩600,000,000 |  Prom Meesawat (1) |
14 | KOR | |
| 14 May | Aamby Valley Asian Masters | India | 400,000 |  Hendrik Buhrmann (1) |
14 | New tournament | |
| 21 May | Macau Open | Macau | 300,000 |  Kane Webber (1) |
14 | ||
| 28 May | Philippine Open | Philippines | 200,000 | Scott Strange (2) |
14 | ||
| 4 Jun | Bangkok Airways Open | Thailand | 300,000 | Chawalit Plaphol (2) |
14 | ||
| 20 Aug | Crowne Plaza Open | China | 200,000 | Chinnarat Phadungsil (2) |
14 | ||
| 27 Aug | Brunei Open | Brunei | 500,000 |  Wang Ter-chang (4) |
12 | ||
| 3 Sep | Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters | Malaysia | 300,000 | Anton Haig (1) |
14 | New tournament | |
| 10 Sep | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | 3,000,000 | Adam Scott (n/a) |
36 | ||
| 24 Sep | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open | South Korea | ₩700,000,000 | Yang Yong-eun (1) |
16 | KOR | |
| 1 Oct | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 500,000 | Gaurav Ghei (2) |
14 | ||
| 8 Oct | Taiwan Open | Taiwan | 300,000 | Lin Wen-tang (1) |
14 | ||
| 15 Oct | Volkswagen Masters-China | China | 350,000 | Retief Goosen (n/a) |
18 | ||
| 22 Oct | Hero Honda Indian Open | India | 300,000 | Jyoti Randhawa (6) |
14 | ||
| 19 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 2,000,000 | José Manuel Lara (n/a) |
32 | EUR | |
| 10 Dec | Volvo Masters of Asia | Thailand | 700,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (8) |
20 |
The following events were sanctioned by the Asian Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse ($) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | 5,000,000 | Yang Yong-eun
|
52 | AFR, ANZ, EUR | Limited-field event |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeev Milkha Singh |
591,884 |
| 2 | Thongchai Jaidee |
444,736 |
| 3 | Prom Meesawat |
392,672 |
| 4 | Charlie Wi |
369,881 |
| 5 | Andrew Buckle |
348,296 |
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Players' Player of the Year | Jeev Milkha Singh |
[4] |
| Rookie of the Year | Juvic Pagunsan |
[4] |
...the tenacious Indian made it a night to remember when he was feted by his peers at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok after being voted the Players' Player of the Year... The Rookie of the Year honour went to exciting Filipino talent Juvic Pagunsan...
