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
2024
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]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Other
tours[c]
Notes
26 Jan Smart Infinity Philippine Open Philippines 500,000 France Julien Sale (1) 8.10
2 Feb International Series India India 2,000,000 United States Ollie Schniederjans (1) 15.64 International Series[d]
2 Mar New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$2,000,000 Australia Ryan Peake (1) 9.73 ANZ
23 Mar International Series Macau Macau 2,000,000 Mexico Carlos Ortiz (n/a) 13.63 International Series
4 May GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea ₩1,300,000,000 South Korea Mun Do-yeob (1) 8.75 KOR
11 May International Series Japan Japan 2,000,000 Australia Lucas Herbert (n/a) 12.46 International Series[d]
25 May Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩1,400,000,000 Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana (3) 8.58 KOR
6 Jul International Series Morocco Morocco 2,000,000 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent (2) 10.27 International Series
31 Aug Mandiri Indonesia Open Indonesia 500,000 Thailand Suteepat Prateeptienchai (4) 7.04
14 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,500,000,000 Japan Kazuki Higa (2) 10.59 JPN, KOR
21 Sep Yeangder Tournament Players Championship Taiwan 1,000,000 Japan Kazuki Higa (3) 8.09 TWN
28 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 1,000,000 Thailand Rattanon Wannasrichan (3) 6.92 TWN
5 Oct Jakarta International Championship Indonesia 2,000,000 Australia Wade Ormsby (5) 9.59 International Series[d]
12 Oct International Series Cambodia Cambodia Cancelled[e] International Series[d]
19 Oct SJM Macao Open Macau 1,000,000 Germany Dominic Foos (1) 8.07
26 Oct International Series Philippines Philippines 2,000,000 Philippines Miguel Tabuena (4) 11.25 International Series[d]
2 Nov Link Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 2,000,000 Northern Ireland Tom McKibbin (n/a) 14.91 International Series
9 Nov Moutai Singapore Open Singapore 2,000,000 Japan Yosuke Asaji (2) 9.57 International Series
16 Nov Taiwan Glass Taifong Open Taiwan 400,000 Thailand Ekpharit Wu (1) 4.42 TWN
22 Nov PIF Saudi International Saudi Arabia 5,000,000 Spain Josele Ballester (n/a) 20.52 International Series
30 Nov Bharath Classic Gujarat India 500,000 Thailand Poosit Supupramai (1) 3.35 IGPL New tournament
13 Dec Saudi Open Saudi Arabia 1,000,000 Sweden 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]

Position Player Points
1 Japan Kazuki Higa 2,082
2 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent 1,883
3 Philippines Miguel Tabuena 1,403
4 Thailand Rattanon Wannasrichan 1,248
5 Japan Yosuke Asaji 1,211

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]

Position Player Points
1 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent 335
2 Japan Yosuke Asaji 285
3 Philippines Miguel Tabuena 260
4 Australia Lucas Herbert 253
5 United States Caleb Surratt 238

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Kyi Hla Han Award) Japan Kazuki Higa [10]
Rookie of the Year United 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. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b "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).