Ladies Asian Golf Tour

The Ladies Asian Golf Tour is a women's professional golf tour that was established as the Ladies Asia Golf Circuit in 1983 and known as the Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit 1987–2004 for sponsorship reasons. The tour was sanctioned by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation since its inception as an official Asian ladies' tour.[3]

Ladies Asian Golf Tour
FormerlyKosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit (1987–2004)
SportGolf
Founded1983[1]
PresidentKoichi Kato[2]
CountryThailand
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
India
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Japan
China
Philippines
Macau
HeadquartersHong Kong (former)[3]
Japan
ConfederationAsia-Pacific Golf Confederation
International Golf Federation
Official websiteLAGTPro.com

By 2005 there were five established women's professional tours in the world, of which two were in Asia, namely the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour. Japan and South Korea are two of the top three powers in women's professional golf, alongside the United States. The Ladies Asian Golf Tour is effectively a tour for the rest of Asia. This is comparable to the position in men's golf, where Japan has its own Japan Golf Tour and the rest of Asia has the Asian Tour. Most of the players on the tour come from Asia, but there are also representatives of various other parts of the world. Like the other major golf tours, LAGT is a professional member of the International Golf Federation.[1]

1987–2003 the prize money was in the range of $50,000–70,000. The main sponsor, the Kosaido Company of Japan, terminated its sponsorship due to the passing away of its Chairman, Mr. Yoshiaki Sakurai in 2003. In 2005 the tour was reorganized as the Ladies Asian Tour, and the first event after the restart was the Phuket Thailand Ladies Masters, which was played on 15-17 December 2005 with an $100,000 purse. In 2006 there were five tournaments with combined prize money of US$410,000, and five again in 2007, with total prize money of US$590,000.[3]

Tournaments of the Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit

1987 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Tu Ai-yu
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Fusako Nagata
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Liselotte Neumann
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Beverly New
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Ikuyo Shiotani

1988 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Elizabeth Wilson
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Elizabeth Wilson
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Karen Lunn
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Beverly New

1989 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Debbie Dowling
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Norimi Terasawa

1990 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Evelyn Orley
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Tu Ai-yu
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Leigh Ann Mills
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Chieko Nishida
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Corinne Dibnah

1991 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Li Wen Lin
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Li Wen Lin
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Chieko Nishida
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Mardi Lunn
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Li Wen Lin

1992 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Tu Ai-yu
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Hitomi Notsu
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Yuka Irie
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Tania Abitbol
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Alison Nicholas

1993 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Laura Davies
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Kim Lasken
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Janet Soulsby
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Sally Prosser
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Fusako Nagata

1994 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Karen Weiss
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Tracy Hanson
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Won Jae Sook
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Laura Davies

1995 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Cheng Mei Chu
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Lisa Hackney
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Corinne Dibnah
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Liz Earley
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Estefania Knuth

1996 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Shoko Asano
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Corinne Dibnah
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Corinne Dibnah
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Shelly Rule
Singapore Ladies OpenSingapore Debbie Dowling

1997 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Hung Ching Huei
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Pernilla Sterner
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Petra Rigby Jingrov
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Sophie Gustafson
Philippines Ladies OpenPhilippines Pernilla Sterner

1998 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Tina Fischer
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Sandrine Mendiburu
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Wei Yun Jye
Philippines Ladies OpenPhilippines Kristel D'Algue
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Helen Wadsworth

1999 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Tu Ai-yu
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Park Hee Jung
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Joanna Head
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Tai Yu Chuan
Philippines Ladies OpenPhilippines Chung Il Mi

2000 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Wei Yun Jye
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Kan Soo Yun
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Kan Soo Yun
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Kan Soo Yun

2001 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Tseng Hsiu Feng
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Wei Yun Jye
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Shiho Oyama
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Nari Wongluekiet

2002 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Huang Yu Chen
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Momoyo Yamazaki
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Yuka Arita
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Nicole Jeray

2003 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
Taiwan Ladies OpenTaiwan Russamee Gulyanamitta
Indonesia Ladies OpenIndonesia Akane Takagi
Malaysia Ladies OpenMalaysia Smriti Mehra
Thailand Ladies OpenThailand Atsuko Ueno

2004 Season
TournamentLocationWinner
TLPGA Open Shin Hyun Ju
GAROC Open Tu Ai-yu

Source:[3]

Tournaments of the Ladies Asian Golf Tour

2005 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinner
Dec 15–17Phuket Thailand Ladies MastersPhuket Nontaya Srisawang

2006 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinner
Feb 8–10Hong Kong Ladies MastersHong Kong Pornanong Phatlum
Feb 22–24Thailand Ladies OpenChonburi Hee Young Park
Mar 2–4Malaysian Ladies OpenMiri Eun-Hee Ji
Mar 15–17Orient Zhuhai OpenZhuhai Kim Hae-jung
Mar 22–24Macau LAGT ChampionshipMacau Eun-Hee Ji

2007 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Jan 24–26Macau Ladies OpenMacau Natalie Tucker
Jan 31 – Feb 2Hong Kong Ladies MastersHong Kong Libby Smith
Mar 7–9Thailand Ladies OpenBangkok Jiyai Shin
Mar 14–16DLF Women's Indian OpenNew Delhi Yani Tseng
Mar 21–23Asia Miles Binhai Ladies OpenShanghai Na Da-yeCo-sanctioned with the LPGA of Korea Tour

2008 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Feb 20–22Thailand Ladies OpenSamutprakarn Pornanong Phatlum
Mar 26–28DLF Women's Indian OpenNew Delhi Pornanong Phatlum
Sep 11–13Binhai OpenShanghai Seo Hee-kyungCo-sanctioned with the LPGA of Korea Tour
Oct 31 – Nov 2Suzhou Taihu Ladies OpenJiangsu Annika SorenstamCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2009 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Feb 18–20Thailand Ladies OpenSamutprakarn Onnarin Sattayabanphot
Feb 25–27DLF Women's Indian OpenNew Delhi Pornanong Phatlum
Oct 30 – Nov 1Suzhou Taihu Ladies OpenJiangsu Suh Bo-miCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2010 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Feb 24–26Thailand Ladies OpenSamutprakarn Lee Jung-min
Mar 19–21Ladies Indonesia OpenBali Solar Lee
Oct 22–24Sanya Ladies OpenHainan Lee-Anne PaceCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Oct 29–31Suzhou Taihu Ladies OpenJiangsu Lee-Anne PaceCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 11–13Hero Honda Women's Indian OpenNew Delhi Laura DaviesCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2011 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Jan 6–8TLPGA & Royal OpenHsinchu Lee Mi-rimCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jan 14–16Taifong Ladies OpenChanghua Yani TsengCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jan 21–23Hitachi Ladies ClassicTaoyuan Pornanong PhatlumCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Feb 9–11Thailand Ladies OpenBangkok Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai
Feb 24–26Yumeya Dream CupNagoya Sakura Yokomine
Sep 21–23Swinging Skirts TLPGA OpenNew Taipei Hsieh Yu-lingCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Oct 21–23Sanya Ladies OpenHainan Frances BondadCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Oct 28–30Suzhou Taihu Ladies OpenJiangsu Yani TsengCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 9–11Hero Women's Indian OpenNew Delhi Caroline HedwallCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2012 Season
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Dec 30 – Jan 1TLPGA & Royal OpenHsinchu Shih Huei-juCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jan 6–8Hitachi Ladies ClassicTaoyuan Teresa LuCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Feb 8–10Thailand Ladies OpenBangkok Nontaya Srisawang
Feb 23–24Miyazaki Ladies OpenMiyazaki Mami Fukuda
Mar 23–25Yumeya Dream CupNagoya Yu Pei-lin
Aug 8–10Technology CupHsinchu Tiranun YoopanCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Oct 5–7Fubon Ladies OpenLinkou Hsuan-yu "Phoebe" YaoCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Oct 10–12TLPGA South Taiwan OpenKaohsiung Lu Ya-hueiCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Oct 18–20Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Ladies OpenJakarta Kongkraphan Patcharajutar
Oct 25–28Suzhou Taihu Ladies OpenJiangsu Carlota CigandaCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 2–4Sanya Ladies OpenHainan Cassandra KirklandCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 8–10TLPGA Chinatrust OpenLinkou Gulyanamitta NumaCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Nov 30 – Dec 2Hero Women's Indian OpenNew Delhi Pornanong PhatlumCo-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Dec 14–16Taifong Ladies OpenChanghua Teresa LuCo-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour

2013 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
Jan 11–13 TLPGA & Royal Open Hsinchu Titiya Pluckataporn Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jan 18–20 Hitachi Ladies Classic Linkou Pornanong Phatlum Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jan 24–26 Yeangder TLPGA Open Linkou Hsuan-yu "Phoebe" Yao Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Apr 11–13 Yumeya Dream Cup Nagoya Yumika Adachi
May 31–Jun 2 Technology Cup Hsinchu Huei-Ju Shih Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jul 19–21 Chung Cheng Ladies Open Linkou Ssu-Chia Cheng Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jul 24–26 Kenda Tires TLPGA Open Linkou Ainil Abu Bakar Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Sep 19–21 CTBC Ladies Open Taoyuan Kim Do‐yeon Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Sep 27–29 Fubon Ladies Open Linkou Ssu-Chia Cheng Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Oct 25–27 Sanya Ladies Open Hainan Lee-Anne Pace Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 1–3 Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open Jiangsu Gwladys Nocera Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 7–9 PTT Global Chemical Thailand Ladies Open Bangkok Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (a)
Nov 13–15 TLPGA South Taiwan Open Kaohsiung Ya‐Huei Lu Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Nov 28–30 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Thidapa Suwannapura Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2014 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
Jan 10–12 Hitachi Ladies Classic Taoyuan Pornanong Phatlum Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jan 17–19 TLPGA & Royal Open Hsinchu Nontaya Srisawang Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Jan 24–26 Taifong Ladies Open Changhua Yani Tseng Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
May 21–23 Yeangder TLPGA Open New Taipei Tamie Durdin Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
May 28–30 Kenda Tires TLPGA Open Taoyuan Babe Liu Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Aug 6–8 Jing-Du Construction Charity Ladies Open Linkou Ssu-Chia Cheng Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Sep 23–25 Party Golfers Open Taichung Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul Co-sanctioned with the Taiwan LPGA Tour
Nov 14–16 Sanya Ladies Open Hainan Xi Yu Lin Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Dec 4–6 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Gwladys Nocera Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2015 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
Jun 5–7 Hong Kong Ladies Open Hong Kong Lee Jeong-hwa
Oct 23–25 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Emily Kristine Pedersen Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 6–8 Sanya Ladies Open Hainan Xi Yu Lin Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2016 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
Jun 10–12 Hong Kong Ladies Open Hong Kong Tiffany Chan (a)
Oct 27–29 Sanya Ladies Open Hainan Supamas Sangchan Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Nov 11–13 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Aditi Ashok Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2017 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
Jun 9–11 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open Hong Kong Supamas Sangchan
Nov 10–12 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Camille Chevalier Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and WGAI1
Nov 17–19 Sanya Ladies Open Hainan Céline Boutier Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

2018 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
May 11–13 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open Hong Kong Saranporn Langkulgasettrin
Nov 18–21 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Becky Morgan Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and WGAI1

2019 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
May 10–12 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open Hong Kong Liu Yan
Oct 3–6 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Christine Wolf Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and WGAI1

2020 Season
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
May 8–10 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open Hong Kong Postponed[4]
Oct 1–4 Hero Women's Indian Open New Delhi Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and WGAI1

1Since 2017 LAGT has been allocated ten entries in the Hero Women's Indian Open[3]

Order of Merit winners
YearPlayerCountryEventsEarnings (US$)
2017Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras Thailand113,216
2016Leticia Ras Anderica Germany27,581
2015Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul Thailand325,777
2014Pornanong Phatlum Thailand182,500
2013Pornanong Phatlum Thailand3116,295
2012Patcharajutar Kongkraphan Thailand1087,966
2011Yani Tseng Taiwan162,550
2010Lee-Anne Pace South Africa388,330
2009Bo-Mi Suh South Korea248,500
2008Hee-Kyung Seo South Korea145,000
2007Na Da-ye South Korea244,500
2006Eun-Hee Ji South Korea328,845

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See also

References
  1. "Ladies Asian Golf Tour". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. "Koichi Kato" (PDF). LAGT. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. "History". Ladies Asian Golf Tour. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. "Postponement" (PDF). Ladies Asian Golf Tour. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. "Ladies Asian Golf Tour: Order of Merit". Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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