1996 Asian PGA Tour

The 1996 Omega Tour was the second season of the Asian PGA Tour, the second men's professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1996 Asian PGA Tour schedule.[1]

DateTournamentCountryPrize
fund (US$)		WinnerNotes
17 MarSabah MastersMalaysia200,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (1)
1 AprSingha Thai Prasit Bangkok OpenThailand175,000 Thammanoon Sriroj (1)
21 AprCanlubang ClassicPhilippines175,000 Craig Kamps (1)[2]
29 AprTournament Players ChampionshipMalaysia175,000 Kang Wook-soon (1)
5 MayHonda InvitationalThailand300,000 Steve Elkington (n/a)
12 MayGuam OpenGuam175,000 Mo Joong-kyung (1)
2 JunVolvo China OpenChina400,000 Prayad Marksaeng (1)
11 AugCanon Singapore OpenSingapore500,000 John Kerkoran (1)
18 AugKuala Lumpur OpenMalaysia280,000 Kang Wook-soon (2)
25 AugFila OpenSouth Korea250,000 Kwan Oh-chul (1)
4 SepPhilip Morris Asian CupSouth Korea300,000 Jeev Milkha Singh (3)
29 SepLexus InternationalThailand200,000 Boonchu Ruangkit (3)
6 OctYokohama Singapore PGA ChampionshipSingapore200,000 Yeh Chang-ting (2)[3]
19 OctGadgil Western Dubai Creek OpenUAE350,000 Paul Friedlander (1)[4]
27 OctAustralian Players ChampionshipAustralia Bradley Hughes (n/a)Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia[5]
5 NovAlfred Dunhill MastersHong Kong500,000 Bernhard Langer (n/a)Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia[5]
12 NovMerlion MastersSingapore200,000 Peter Teravainen (1)
19 NovPakistan Steel MastersPakistan Eric Rustand (1)
30 NovTugu Pratama Indonesian PGA ChampionshipIndonesia Thammanoon Sriroj (2)[6]
8 DecRoyal Thai ClassicThailand Richard Kaplan (1)
15 DecOmega PGA ChampionshipHong Kong500,000 Gerry Norquist (2)
22 DecAsian Matchplay ChampionshipIndonesia150,000 Zhang Lianwei (2)
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References
  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. pp. 177–187, 553–566. ISBN 1878843176.
  2. "Cuello settles for third in Canlubang golf classic". Manila Standard. 21 April 1996. p. 31. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  3. "Yeh's title by one stroke". New Straits Times. 7 October 1996. p. 21(40 in newspaper). Retrieved 24 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  4. "World at a glance". New Straits Times. 20 October 1996. p. 16(30 in newspaper). Retrieved 24 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  5. "Big names bolster the Asian Tour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 30 October 1996. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Thamanoon grabs the glory". The Nation. Thailand. 1 December 1996. p. 9 – via Google News Archive.
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