The 2001 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 2001 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Davidoff, that was announced in May 1999.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.

Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes4 FebThailand Masters Thailand 200,000 Kang Wook-soon (7)6 New tournament11 FebLondon Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 Anthony Kang (2)6 18 FebCarlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia 910,000 Vijay Singh (n/a)18 EUR 25 FebCaltex Singapore Masters Singapore 850,000 Vijay Singh (n/a)24 EUR New tournament18 MarWills Indian Open India 300,000 Thongchai Jaidee (2)6 29 AprMaekyung LG Fashion Open South Korea ₩400,000,000 Choi Gwang-soo (2) 6 KOR 6 MayMacau Open Macau 250,000 Zhang Lianwei (3) 12 20 MaySK Telecom Open South Korea 300,000 Charlie Wi (2)6 KOR New to Asian PGA Tour24 JunAlcatel Singapore Open Singapore 300,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (2)6 12 AugVolvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 275,000 Thaworn Wiratchant (3)6 2 SepAcer Taiwan Open Taiwan 300,000 Andrew Pitts (1)6 9 SepMercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 300,000 Daniel Chopra (1)6 16 SepKolon Cup Korea Open South Korea ₩400,000,000 Kim Dae-sub (a) (2)6 KOR 23 SepShinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩400,000,000 Charlie Wi (3)6 KOR New to Asian PGA Tour21 OctVolvo China Open China 400,000 Charlie Wi (4)6 25 NovBMW Asian Open Taiwan 1,500,000 Jarmo Sandelin (n/a)20 EUR New tournament2 DecOmega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 700,000 José María Olazábal (n/a)16 EUR

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

Position Player Prize money ($)1 Thongchai Jaidee 353,0612 Charlie Wi 315,8573 Andrew Pitts 144,3944 Thaworn Wiratchant 120,5735 Arjun Atwal 111,238

Awards AwardWinner Players' Player of the Year Thongchai Jaidee Rookie of the Year Ted Oh

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