| Duration | 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) – 11 December 2016 (2016-12-11) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 23 |
| Most wins |  Chan Shih-chang (2) Shiv Chawrasia (2) Scott Hend (2) |
| Order of Merit | Scott Hend |
| Players' Player of the Year | Scott Hend |
| Rookie of the Year |  Scott Vincent |
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The 2016 Asian Tour was the 22nd 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.
In July, it was announced that the European Tour had entered into a strategic alliance with the Asian Tour.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb | SMBC Singapore Open | Singapore | 1,000,000 |  Song Young-han (1) |
28 | JPN | |
| 7 Feb | Leopalace21 Myanmar Open | Myanmar | 750,000 |  Shaun Norris (2) |
15 | JPN | |
| 14 Feb | Bashundhara Bangladesh Open | Bangladesh | 300,000 |  Thitiphun Chuayprakong (1) |
14 | ||
| 21 Feb | Maybank Championship Malaysia | Malaysia | 3,000,000 | Marcus Fraser (2) |
38 | EUR | New tournament |
| 28 Feb | ISPS Handa Perth International | Australia | A$1,750,000 | Louis Oosthuizen (2) |
23 | ANZ, EUR | New to Asian Tour |
| 13 Mar | True Thailand Classic | Thailand | 1,750,000 | Scott Hend (8) |
24 | EUR | |
| 20 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | 1,660,000 | Shiv Chawrasia (4) |
19 | EUR | |
| 24 Apr | Panasonic Open Golf Championship | Japan | ¥150,000,000 |  Yuta Ikeda (n/a) |
16 | JPN | |
| 15 May | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius | €1,000,000 | Wang Jeung-hun (1) |
17 | AFR, EUR | |
| 19 Jun | Queen's Cup | Thailand | 300,000 | Scott Hend (9) |
14 | ||
| 3 Jul | Yeangder Tournament Players Championship | Taiwan | 500,000 |  Carlos Pigem (1) |
14 | ||
| 31 Jul | King's Cup | Thailand | 750,000 | Chan Shih-chang (1) |
14 | EUR | |
| 4 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,700,000 |  Alex Norén (n/a) |
30 | EUR | |
| 25 Sep | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf | Japan | ¥150,000,000 | Chan Shih-chang (2) |
15 | JPN | |
| 2 Oct | Mercuries Taiwan Masters | Taiwan | 800,000 | Lu Wei-chih (4) |
14 | ||
| 2 Oct | Shinhan Donghae Open | South Korea | ₩1,200,000,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (6) |
18 | KOR | |
| 9 Oct | BNI Indonesian Masters | Indonesia | 750,000 | Poom Saksansin (1) |
14 | ||
| 16 Oct | Venetian Macao Open | Macau | 1,100,000 | Pavit Tangkamolprasert (1) |
16 | ||
| 23 Oct | CIMB Classic | Malaysia | 7,000,000 |  Justin Thomas (n/a) |
50 | PGAT | Limited-field event |
| 13 Nov | Resorts World Manila Masters | Philippines | 1,000,000 | Shiv Chawrasia (5) |
14 | ||
| 20 Nov | Bank BRI-JCB Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 300,000 | Gaganjeet Bhullar (7) |
14 | ||
| 4 Dec | Panasonic Open India | India | 400,000 | Mukesh Kumar (1) |
14 | PGTI | |
| 11 Dec | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 2,000,000 | Sam Brazel (1) |
32 | EUR |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Hend |
1,004,793 |
| 2 | Marcus Fraser |
730,023 |
| 3 | Wang Jeung-hun |
546,193 |
| 4 | Chan Shih-chang |
542,821 |
| 5 |  Miguel Tabuena |
525,926 |
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Players' Player of the Year | Scott Hend |
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| Rookie of the Year | Scott Vincent |
[6] |
Zimbabwean Scott Vincent was named Rookie of the Year...
