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2005 Asian Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2005
tour	Asian Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	27
most_wins	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (4)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	THA Thaworn Wiratchant
honor2	Players' Player of the Year
honoree2	THA Thaworn Wiratchant
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	IND Shiv Kapur
prevseason	2004
nextseason	2006

The 2005 Asian Tour was the 11th 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 2005 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(US$)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
19 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Japan	¥100,000,000	JPN Kiyoshi Miyazato (n/a)	24	JPN
30 Jan	Caltex Masters	Singapore	1,000,000	ENG Nick Dougherty (n/a)	30	EUR
20 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	1,210,000	THA Thongchai Jaidee (7)	26	EUR
27 Feb	Myanmar Open	Myanmar	200,000	AUS Scott Strange (1)	8
6 Mar	Thai Airways International Thailand Open	Thailand	500,000	NZL Richard Lee (1)	6
13 Mar	Qatar Masters	Qatar	1,500,000	ZAF Ernie Els (n/a)	26	EUR	New to Asian Tour
20 Mar	TCL Classic	China	1,000,000	ENG Paul Casey (1)	20	EUR
27 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open	Indonesia	1,000,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (5)	16	EUR
24 Apr	Johnnie Walker Classic	China	£1,250,000	AUS Adam Scott (n/a)	46	ANZ, EUR
1 May	BMW Asian Open	China	1,500,000	ZAF Ernie Els (n/a)	38	EUR
8 May	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	₩500,000,000	KOR K. J. Choi (3)	14	KOR
15 May	Macau Open	Macau	275,000	TWN Wang Ter-chang (3)	10
22 May	Philippine Open	Philippines	200,000	AUS Adam Le Vesconte (1)	6
29 May	KT&G Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩500,000,000	KOR Choi Sang-ho (1)	6	KOR
26 Jun	Brunei Open	Brunei	300,000	AUS Terry Pilkadaris (3)	6		New tournament
4 Sep	Volkswagen Masters-China	China	300,000	ZAF Retief Goosen (n/a)	20
11 Sep	Singapore Open	Singapore	2,000,000	AUS Adam Scott (n/a)	22
18 Sep	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (6)	6
25 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	400,000	TWN Lu Wei-chih (1)	6
2 Oct	Crowne Plaza Open	China	200,000	THA Prayad Marksaeng (5)	6
16 Oct	Bangkok Airways Open	Thailand	200,000	TWN Lu Wen-teh (2)	6		New tournament
30 Oct	Hero Honda Indian Open	India	300,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (7)	8
6 Nov	Double A International Open	Thailand	300,000	THA Chinnarat Phadungsil (a) (1)	6		New tournament
20 Nov	Carlsberg Masters Vietnam	Vietnam	200,000	THA Thaworn Wiratchant (8)	6
27 Nov	Volvo China Open	China	1,300,000	ENG Paul Casey (2)	18	EUR
4 Dec	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	1,200,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (n/a)	28	EUR
11 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Thailand	600,000	IND Shiv Kapur (1)	20

Unofficial events

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	Notes
13 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	5,000,000	ENG David Howell	48	AFR, ANZ, EUR	New limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the UBS Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	THA Thaworn Wiratchant	510,123
2	THA Thongchai Jaidee	454,335
3	IND Jyoti Randhawa	329,835
4	IND Shiv Kapur	242,101
5	AUS Terry Pilkadaris	234,970

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	THA Thaworn Wiratchant	url=http://www.asiantour.com/story.htm?storyID=ff80808107fd886601081d2abb6d0068	title=Thaworn's the toast of Asian Tour awards night	date=12 December 2005	access-date=8 January 2023	publisher=Asian Tour	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228180031/http://www.asiantour.com/story.htm?storyID=ff80808107fd886601081d2abb6d0068	archive-date=28 December 2005	quote=Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant grabbed four main awards at the Asian Tour's Awards Night 2005 on Sunday, including the prestigious Players' Player of the Year... India's Shiv Kapur, who lifted the season-ending Volvo Masters of Asia title with a tournament record of 20-under-par 268, claimed the Rookie of the Year honours...}}
Rookie of the Year	IND Shiv Kapur

Notes

References

"Tournament schedule 2005 season". Asian Tour.
"2005 UBS Order of Merit". Asian Tour.
(28 December 2005). "Terrific Thaworn crowned Asia's Number One". Asian Tour.
(12 December 2005). "Thaworn's the toast of Asian Tour awards night". Asian Tour.

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