2025 Asian Tour

2025 Asian Tour season
Duration23 January 2025 (2025-01-23) – 13 December 2025 (2025-12-13)
Number of official events21[a]
Most winsJapan Kazuki Higa (2)
Order of MeritJapan Kazuki Higa
International Series Order of MeritZimbabwe Scott Vincent
Player of the YearJapan Kazuki Higa
Rookie of the YearUnited States Ollie Schniederjans
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2026 →

The 2025 Asian Tour was the 30th 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.

Changes for 2025

In October 2024, it was confirmed that the Philippine Open would return to the Asian Tour schedule for the first time since 2015.[1] In December, it was also confirmed that the International Series would venture into India for the first time.[2] The initial schedule was released later in December 2024.[3]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[4][3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		Winner[b]OWGR
points		Other
tours[c]		Notes
26 JanSmart Infinity Philippine OpenPhilippines500,000France Julien Sale (1)8.10
2 FebInternational Series IndiaIndia2,000,000United States Ollie Schniederjans (1)15.64International Series[d]
2 MarNew Zealand OpenNew ZealandNZ$2,000,000Australia Ryan Peake (1)9.73ANZ
23 MarInternational Series MacauMacau2,000,000Mexico Carlos Ortiz (n/a)13.63International Series
4 MayGS Caltex Maekyung OpenSouth Korea₩1,300,000,000South Korea Mun Do-yeob (1)8.75KOR
11 MayInternational Series JapanJapan2,000,000Australia Lucas Herbert (n/a)12.46International Series[d]
25 MayKolon Korea OpenSouth Korea₩1,400,000,000Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana (3)8.58KOR
6 JulInternational Series MoroccoMorocco2,000,000Zimbabwe Scott Vincent (2)10.27International Series
31 AugMandiri Indonesia OpenIndonesia500,000Thailand Suteepat Prateeptienchai (4)7.04
14 SepShinhan Donghae OpenSouth Korea₩1,500,000,000Japan Kazuki Higa (2)10.59JPN, KOR
21 SepYeangder Tournament Players ChampionshipTaiwan1,000,000Japan Kazuki Higa (3)8.09TWN
28 SepMercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan1,000,000Thailand Rattanon Wannasrichan (3)6.92TWN
5 OctJakarta International ChampionshipIndonesia2,000,000Australia Wade Ormsby (5)9.59International Series[d]
12 OctInternational Series CambodiaCambodia–Cancelled[e]–International Series[d]
19 OctSJM Macao OpenMacau1,000,000Germany Dominic Foos (1)8.07
26 OctInternational Series PhilippinesPhilippines2,000,000Philippines Miguel Tabuena (4)11.25International Series[d]
2 NovLink Hong Kong OpenHong Kong2,000,000Northern Ireland Tom McKibbin (n/a)14.91International Series
9 NovMoutai Singapore OpenSingapore2,000,000Japan Yosuke Asaji (2)9.57International Series
16 NovTaiwan Glass Taifong OpenTaiwan400,000Thailand Ekpharit Wu (1)4.42TWN
22 NovPIF Saudi InternationalSaudi Arabia5,000,000Spain Josele Ballester (n/a)20.52International Series
30 NovBharath Classic GujaratIndia500,000Thailand Poosit Supupramai (1)3.35IGPLNew tournament
13 DecSaudi OpenSaudi Arabia1,000,000Sweden Björn Hellgren (1)6.13

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[6][7]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Japan Kazuki Higa2,082
2Zimbabwe Scott Vincent1,883
3Philippines Miguel Tabuena1,403
4Thailand Rattanon Wannasrichan1,248
5Japan Yosuke Asaji1,211

International Series Order of Merit

The International Series Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[8] The top two players on the International Series Order of Merit earned status to play in the 2026 LIV Golf League.[9]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Zimbabwe Scott Vincent335
2Japan Yosuke Asaji285
3Philippines Miguel Tabuena260
4Australia Lucas Herbert253
5United States Caleb Surratt238

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Kyi Hla Han Award)Japan Kazuki Higa[10]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Ollie Schniederjans[11]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ One further tournament was cancelled.
  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. ↑ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; IGPL − Indian Golf Premier League; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; TWN − Taiwan PGA Tour.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Also a new tournament.
  5. ↑ Cancelled due to the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Phl Open returns as Asian Tour opener". Daily Tribune. Makati, Philippines. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Banerji, Rahul (4 December 2024). "International Series announces India debut as LIV Golf takes first steps into sub-continent". Business Today. India. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Asian Tour season to surpass US$30million for third successive year". Asian Tour. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "2025 Tournament schedule". Asian Tour. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Ball, Josh (9 September 2025). "International Series stop in Cambodia scrapped over Thai border conflict". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "2025 Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Roberts, Andy (13 December 2025). "Kazuki Higa makes history with Asian Tour Order of Merit triumph". GolfMagic. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "2025 International Series Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Smith, Ben (22 November 2025). "Meet the two players who just secured fully exempt LIV Golf status for 2026". GolfMagic. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Players salute Higa as Player of Year after votes in for key Awards". Asian Tour. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  11. ↑ Asian Tour [@asiantourgolf] (15 December 2025). "Rookie of the Year" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
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