2014 Asian Tour
Year2014
TourAsian Tour
Regular season26 February 2014 – 21 December 2014
No of events22
Most winsRashid Khan (2)[a]
Anirban Lahiri (2)
Thaworn Wiratchant (2)
Honor 1Order of Merit
Honoree 1David Lipsky
Honor 2Players' Player of the Year
Honoree 2Anirban Lahiri
Honor 3Rookie of the Year
Honoree 3Cameron Smith
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The 2014 Asian Tour was the 20th 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[b]OWGR
points		Other
tours[c]		Notes
1 MarSAIL-SBI OpenIndia300,000Rashid Khan (1)14PGTI
16 MarSolaire OpenPhilippines300,000Richard T. Lee (1)14
20 AprMaybank Malaysian OpenMalaysia2,750,000Lee Westwood (n/a)32EUR
27 AprCIMB Niaga Indonesian MastersIndonesia750,000Anirban Lahiri (4)20
4 MayThe Championship at Laguna NationalSingapore1,500,000Felipe Aguilar (n/a)22EUR
18 MayICTSI Philippine OpenPhilippines300,000Marcus Both (3)14
8 JunQueen's CupThailand300,000Thaworn Wiratchant (17)14
7 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland€2,300,000David Lipsky (2)30EUR
14 SepYeangder Tournament Players ChampionshipTaiwan500,000Prom Meesawat (2)14
21 SepWorldwide Holdings Selangor MastersMalaysiaRM1,300,000Chapchai Nirat (4)14
28 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfJapan¥150,000,000Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)15JPNNew to Asian Tour
5 OctMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan650,000Steve Lewton (1)14
19 OctHong Kong OpenHong Kong1,300,000Scott Hend (6)19EUR
26 OctVenetian Macau OpenMacau900,000Anirban Lahiri (5)17
2 NovCIMB ClassicMalaysia7,000,000Ryan Moore (n/a)42PGATLimited-field event
9 NovPanasonic Open IndiaIndia300,000Shiv Chawrasia (3)14PGTI
16 NovChiangmai Golf ClassicThailand750,000Rashid Khan (2)16
23 NovResorts World Manila MastersPhilippines1,000,000Mardan Mamat (4)14
30 NovKing's CupThailand500,000Thaworn Wiratchant (18)14
7 DecBank BRI Indonesia OpenIndonesia750,000Pádraig Harrington (n/a)14
14 DecThailand Golf ChampionshipThailand1,000,000Lee Westwood (n/a)34Flagship event
21 DecDubai OpenUAE500,000Arjun Atwal (8)14New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1David Lipsky713,902
2Anirban Lahiri602,834
3Prom Meesawat532,471
4Scott Hend428,820
5Cameron Smith427,476

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Players' Player of the YearAnirban Lahiri[4]
Rookie of the YearCameron Smith[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Lee Westwood also won two events, but was not an Asian Tour member.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

References

  1. ^ "Tournament schedule 2014 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2014 Asian Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Korean-American David Lipsky captures Asian Tour Order of Merit". The National News. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2023. It gave Lipsky, 26, an unassailable $713,901 purse for the year with Lahiri second on $602,833, followed by Thailand's Prom Meesawat with $527,921.
  4. ^ Datla, Anand (13 January 2015). "Anirban Lahiri is Player of the Year". golfingindian.com. Retrieved 12 September 2023. Australia's Cameron Smith was also named the Rookie of the Year for a commendable season on the Asian Tour.