2020–22 Asian Development Tour
| Duration | 23 January 2020 – 25 December 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 17 |
| Most wins |  Suteepat Prateeptienchai (3) |
| Order of Merit | Suteepat Prateeptienchai |
← 2019 2023 → | |
The 2020–22 Asian Development Tour was the 11th season of the Asian Development Tour, the official development tour to the Asian Tour.
In-season changes
[edit]After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour resumed playing in March 2022 at the Gurugram Challenge in India. Later, the tour announced the "Beautiful Thailand Swing", which consisted of four three-day tournaments in Phuket, jointly-sanctioned with the MENA Tour. They were played in May 2022.[1]
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2020–22 season.[2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2020 | Boonchu Ruangkit Championship | Thailand | ฿4,000,000 | Pavit Tangkamolprasert (7) |
7 | ATGT |
| 1 Apr 2022 | Gurugram Challenge | India | 75,000 |  Dodge Kemmer (1) |
6 | PGTI |
| 5 May 2022 | Laguna Phuket Challenge | Thailand | 75,000 |  Tom Sloman (n/a) |
4 | MENA |
| 10 May 2022 | Laguna Phuket Cup | Thailand | 75,000 | Sarun Sirithon (1) |
4 | MENA |
| 15 May 2022 | Blue Canyon Classic | Thailand | 75,000 |  Chen Guxin (1) |
4 | MENA |
| 20 May 2022 | Blue Canyon Open | Thailand | 75,000 | Settee Prakongvech (1) |
4 | MENA |
| 10 Jun 2022 | OB Golf Invitational (BSD) | Indonesia | 70,000 |  Naraajie Ramadhan Putra (1) |
6 | PTINA |
| 18 Jun 2022 | Indo Masters Golf Invitational | Indonesia | 70,000 |  Harrison Gilbert (1) |
6 | PTINA |
| 19 Aug 2022 | Gunung Geulis CC Golf Invitational | Indonesia | 100,000 | Chonlatit Chuenboonngam (1) |
0.74 | PTINA |
| 27 Aug 2022 | BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament | Indonesia | 110,000 | Suteepat Prateeptienchai (1) |
0.88 | PTINA |
| 2 Sep 2022 | BRG Open Golf Championship | Vietnam | 75,000 | Chen Guxin (2) |
0.59 | VGA |
| 16 Sep 2022 | OB Golf Invitational (Jababeka) | Indonesia | 70,000 | Suteepat Prateeptienchai (2) |
0.82 | PTINA |
| 23 Sep 2022 | Combiphar Players Championship | Indonesia | 100,000 | Suteepat Prateeptienchai (3)[c] |
0.80 | PTINA |
| 26 Nov 2022 | PKNS Selangor Masters | Malaysia | 150,000 |  Shahriffuddin Ariffin (2) |
0.92 | PGM |
| 10 Dec 2022 | PIF Saudi Open | Saudi Arabia | 200,000 | Naraajie Ramadhan Putra (2) |
0.98 | |
| 16 Dec 2022 | Aramco Invitational | Saudi Arabia | 125,000 | Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij (3) |
0.89 | |
| 25 Dec 2022 | Taifong Open | Taiwan | 200,000 |  Hung Chien-yao (2) |
1.36 | TWN |
Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023 Asian Tour.[6][7]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suteepat Prateeptienchai |
86,449 |
| 2 | Chonlatit Chuenboonngam |
61,330 |
| 3 | Naraajie Ramadhan Putra |
57,239 |
| 4 | Shahriffuddin Ariffin |
51,890 |
| 5 | Chen Guxin |
46,714 |
| 6 | Chanat Sakulpolphaisan |
45,067 |
| 7 |  Lloyd Jefferson Go |
42,576 |
| 8 | Dodge Kemmer |
41,934 |
| 9 | Harrison Gilbert |
41,777 |
| 10 | Denwit Boriboonsub |
40,191 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ ATGT − All Thailand Golf Tour; MENA − MENA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India; PGM − Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour; PTINA − PGA Tour of Indonesia; TWN − Taiwan PGA Tour; VGA − VGA Tour.
- ^ Prateeptienchai earned immediate promotion to the Asian Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ ""Beautiful Thailand Swing" launched on ADT". Asian Tour. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "2020 Tournament schedule". Asian Development Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "2022 Tournament schedule". Asian Development Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Thailand's Suteepat Prateeptienchai wins Combiphar Players Championship for third ADT victory in Indonesia, moves up to No 1 on Merit list". Golf Matters. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
The Thai's three brilliant victories means he earns a battlefield promotion on to the Asian Tour for the remainder of this season.
- ^ "2022 Order of Merit". Asian Development Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Asian Development Tour to conclude 2022 season with USD200,000 Taifong Open". Golf Matters. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
The leading 10 players, not otherwise exempted, on the final 2022 ADT Order of Merit following the conclusion of the Taifong Open will earn their Asian Tour cards for the 2023 season.
- ^ "Hung wins Taifong Open on Asian Development Tour in Taiwan". Gulf News. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
Apart from Suteepat, the other nine players are Thailand's Chonlatit Chuenboonngam (2nd), Indonesia's Naraajie E. Ramadhanputra (3rd), Malaysia's Shahriffuddin Ariffin (4th), China's Chen Guxin (5th), Thailand's Chanat Sakulpolphaisan (6th), Lloyd Jefferson Go (7th) of the Philippines, American Dodge Kemmer (8th), Australian Harrison Gilbert (9th) and Thailand's Denwit Boriboonsub (10th).