1995 Asian PGA Tour

The 1995 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 1995 Omega Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the Asian PGA Tour, one of the main professional golf tours in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the long established Asia Golf Circuit.

1995 Asian PGA Tour season

Duration	22 June 1995 (1995-06-22) – 21 January 1996 (1996-01-21)
Number of official events	18
Most wins	Lin Keng-chi (3)
Order of Merit	Lin Keng-chi
Players' Player of the Year	Lin Keng-chi
Rookie of the Year	Arjun Atwal
1996 →

Omega title sponsorship

In September, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Omega SA, being renamed as the Omega Tour. The agreement was reported to be worth US$6,000,000 over three years.^[1][2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.^[3][4]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
25 Jun	Asian PGA International	Thailand	200,000	Park Nam-sin (1)
2 Jul	Canlubang Classic	Philippines	150,000	Carlos Espinosa (1)
30 Jul	Tournament Players Championship	Malaysia	150,000	Lin Keng-chi (1)
13 Aug	Volvo Masters of Thailand	Thailand	85,000	Zhang Lianwei (1)
27 Aug	Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship	Singapore	200,000	Lin Keng-chi (2)
3 Sep	Passport Open	South Korea	300,000	Vijay Singh (n/a)
1 Oct	Langkawi Open	Malaysia	150,000	Boonchu Ruangkit (1)
8 Oct	Gadgil Western Dubai Creek Open	UAE	500,000	Robert Willis (1)
15 Oct	Merlion Masters	Singapore	200,000	Nico van Rensburg (1)
22 Oct	Samsung Masters	South Korea	500,000	Lin Keng-chi (3)
29 Oct	Royal Perak Classic	Malaysia	150,000	Gerry Norquist (1)
20 Nov	Kenmore Pakistan Masters	Pakistan	225,000	Kwon Young-suk (1)
27 Nov	Gadgil Western Masters	India	500,000	Gaurav Ghei (1)
10 Dec	Gadgil Western Vietnam Open	Vietnam	150,000	Clay Devers (1)
17 Dec	Philippine Classic	Philippines	200,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (1)
7 Jan	Myanmar Open	Myanmar	150,000	Boonchu Ruangkit (2)
14 Jan	Omega PGA Championship	Hong Kong	500,000	Yeh Chang-ting (1)
21 Jan	Asian Matchplay Championship	Philippines	200,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (2)	Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[1][5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Lin Keng-chi	177,856
2	Boonchu Ruangkit	173,378
3	Jeev Milkha Singh	154,403
4	Robert Willis	132,642
5	Gaurav Ghei	124,934

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Lin Keng-chi	[1]
Rookie of the Year	Arjun Atwal	[6]

See also

• 1995 Asia Golf Circuit

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian PGA Tour members.

References

1. Robinson, Spencer (1997). The Official 1997 Asian PGA Yearbook – The Omega Tour. Edinburgh Financial Publishing. pp. 14, 16. ISBN 9627982210.
2. Robinson, Spencer (15 January 1996). "Asian PGA looks back on a year of achievements". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 November 2023. In September, though, Swiss watchmakers Omega came on board, signing a deal, reputed to be worth more than US$6 million, which ties them to the circuit for an initial three-year period.
3. "First Asian PGA opens". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 June 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Trove.
4. "Korean snatches APGA opener, Pacto is 7th". Manila Standard. Manila, Philippines. 27 June 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 27 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
5. Robinson, Spencer (15 January 1996). "Boonchu's agony as Lin wins it on Merit". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
6. "Atwal in sight of first big victory". South China Morning Post. 14 September 1997. Retrieved 15 November 2023. India's Arjun Atwal, the Omega Tour's Rookie of the Year in 1995…

External links

• Official website