2019 Asian Development Tour

The 2019 Asian Development Tour was the 10th season of the Asian Development Tour, the official development tour to the Asian Tour.

2019 Asian Development Tour season
Duration9 January 2019 (2019-01-09) – 28 December 2019 (2019-12-28)
Number of official events19
Most winsSouth Korea Tom Kim (3)
Order of MeritJapan Naoki Sekito
2018

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
13 Jan Boonchu Ruangkit Championship Thailand ฿4,000,000   Itthipat Buranatanyarat (3) 10 ATGT
17 Feb Thongchai Jaidee Foundation Thailand ฿4,000,000   Sadom Kaewkanjana (1) 6 ATGT
9 Mar Johor Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Pannakorn Uthaipas (2) 6 PGM
16 Mar UMW Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Kazuki Higa (2) 6 PGM
20 Apr Penang Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Naoki Sekito (1) 6 PGM
27 Apr Butra Heidelberg Cement Brunei Championships Brunei 75,000   Prom Meesawat (1) 9
10 May OB Golf Invitational Indonesia 65,000   Seung Park (1) 6 PTINA
19 May Singha Laguna Phuket Open Thailand ฿2,000,000   Miguel Ángel Carballo (2) 6 ATGT
29 Jun Tiara Melaka Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Tom Kim (1) 6 PGM
2 Aug Gunung Geulis Golf Invitational Indonesia 75,000   Naoki Sekito (2) 6 PTINA
24 Aug Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament Indonesia 110,000   Tom Kim (2) 6 PTINA
24 Aug Northport Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Quincy Quek (2) 6 PGM
14 Sep Sabah Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Oscar Zetterwall (3) 6 PGM
21 Sep MNRB Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Kim Leun Kwang (1) 6 PGM
27 Sep Combiphar Players Championship Indonesia 100,000   Ryuichi Oiwa (1) 6 PTINA
20 Oct Raya Pakistan Open Pakistan 80,000   Tom Kim (3)[c] n/a
23 Nov MIDF Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Pannakorn Uthaipas (3) 6 PGM
30 Nov Maybank Championship Malaysia RM225,000   Nirun Sae-ueng (2) 6 PGM
28 Dec Taifong Open Taiwan 160,000   Donlaphatchai Niyomchon (1) 7 TWN

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3] The top seven players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020–21–22 Asian Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Naoki Sekito 50,942
2   Pannakorn Uthaipas 29,794
3   Donlaphatchai Niyomchon 29,697
4   Itthipat Buranatanyarat 29,673
5   Wang Wei-lun 27,276
6   Steve Lewton 25,451
7   Trevor Simsby 24,883
8   Park Seung 24,051

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Development Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Asian Development Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Asian Tour.
  2. ^ ATGT − All Thailand Golf Tour; PGM − Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour; PTINA − PGA Tour of Indonesia; TWN − Taiwan PGA Tour.
  3. ^ Kim earned immediate promotion to the Asian Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Tournament schedule". Asian Development Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Dominant Kim Triumphs to Win Raya Pakistan Open". GolfRPM. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2023. With his latest victory, Kim is also assured of his immediate playing rights on the Asian Tour for the remainder of the 2019 season.
  3. ^ "2019 Order of Merit". Asian Development Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Donlaphatchai reigns in weather-shortened Taifong Open". Asian Tour. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019. With Wang, who has already secured his Asian Tour card by finishing inside top-60 on the 2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit, finishing fifth on the money list, the remaining three Asian Tour cards will be awarded to England's Steve Lewton, American Trevor Simsby and Seung Park of Korea, placed sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.
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