The Volvo Masters of Asia was the final event of the season on
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
's
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wor ...
until 2008.
It was first played in 2002 and the field was originally restricted to the top 60 players on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit, increasing to 65 in the final year.
In 2006 the prize fund went up to
US$
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650,000 and in 2007 and 2008 to US$750,000. Even though it is not close to being the richest tournament on the Asian Tour, the Volvo Masters of Asia was the tour's designated "Premier Event" for
Official World Golf Ranking
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986.
The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
purposes, with a minimum winner's point allocation set at 20, regardless of the strength of the field. The winner also received a
Waterford crystal
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vase.
Tournament hosts
*2002–2004 Kota Permai Golf and Country Club in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
*2003 Bangkok Golf Club in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
*2005–2008 Thai Country Club in
Thailand
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Winners
See also
*
Volvo Masters of Malaysia
The Volvo Masters of Malaysia was a men's professional golf tournament which took place in Malaysia. Founded in 1994, it was an Asian Tour event from 1997 to 2001.
Winners
Source:
See also
* Malaysian Dunlop Masters
* Malaysian Masters
*Volvo M ...
References
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External links
Website Asian Tour
Former Asian Tour events
Golf tournaments in Malaysia
Golf tournaments in Thailand
Recurring sporting events established in 2002
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008
2002 establishments in Asia
2008 disestablishments in Asia