The 1998 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 1998 Omega Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth 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.

It was the fourth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Omega SA, that was announced in September 1995.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.

Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winner Othertours Notes8 Mar London Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 Taimur Hussain (1) 15 Mar Classic Indian Open India 300,000 Firoz Ali (1) New to Asian PGA Tour5 Apr China Orient Masters China 200,000 Chawalit Plaphol (1) New tournament19 Apr Volvo China Open China 400,000 Ed Fryatt (1) 3 May Macau Open Macau 200,000 Satoshi Oide (1) New tournament17 May Guam Open Guam 200,000 Jerry Smith (1) 24 May Fila Open South Korea 150,000 Robert Huxtable (1) KOR 9 Aug Sabah Masters Malaysia 150,000 Simon Yates (1) 16 Aug Volvo Masters of Malaysia Malaysia 200,000 Chris Williams (1) 23 Aug Ericsson Singapore Open Singapore 500,000 Shaun Micheel (1) 20 Sep Kolon Sports Korea Open South Korea ₩350,000,000 Kim Dae-sub (a) (1) KOR New to Asian PGA Tour18 Oct Kuala Lumpur Open Malaysia 200,000 Nico van Rensburg (2) 25 Oct FedEx PGA Championship Singapore 150,000 Chris Williams (2) New tournament1 Nov Ericsson Classic Taiwan 200,000 Lu Wen-teh (1) New tournament8 Nov Hero Honda Masters India 200,000 Jyoti Randhawa (1) 15 Nov Thailand Open Thailand 200,000 James Kingston (1) New to Asian PGA Tour29 Nov Perrier Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 300,000 Kang Wook-soon (3) 6 Dec Omega PGA Championship Hong Kong 500,000 Kang Wook-soon (4) 13 Dec Volvo Asian Matchplay China 200,000 Gerry Norquist (4) Limited-field event

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 Kang Wook-soon 150,7722 Ed Fryatt 139,4483 Shaun Micheel 124,5034 Chris Williams 124,0445 Nico van Rensburg 89,368

Awards AwardWinner Players' Player of the Year Chris Williams Rookie of the Year Ed Fryatt

See also 1997–98 Asia Golf Circuit

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