The Asian Development Tour was launched in 2010 with the aim of creating a career pathway for professional golfers in Asia. Sanctioned by the Asian Tour, the Asian Development Tour will ultimately create a new playing platform for emerging stars from across Asia and around the world. Through the Asian Tour Qualifying School, players will qualify for the Asian Development Tour and enjoy the opportunity to hone their games and talent through a secondary circuit in Asia.
Designed in the same structure as the Nationwide Tour in America and European Challenge Tour, the Asian Development Tour is a stepping stone to the Asian Tour and the exciting world of international golf. The Asian Development Tour has been structured to ensure the best opportunities for its members. The leading three players on the Asian Development Tour will earn coveted Asian Tour cards for the following season, ensuring a proper career pathway for aspiring professionals.
At only 16 years old, Tabuena has already impressed many with his blossoming talent. After winning a silver medal at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China last year, Tabuena finished in the top-40 of the Asian Tour Qualifying School early this year while still an amateur.
He also made the halfway cut at the inaugural Indonesian Masters which boosted a stellar field that included world number one Lee Westwood of England and three-time Order of Merit winner, Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand.
The Filipino then turned professional a week prior to the SAIL Open in India and continued to impress by finishing in a commendable tied 30th place.
Tabuena is one of the new exciting talents to emerge from Asia and is expected to benefit tremendously from the Asian Development Tour, which was created last year as a platform for budding golfers to enhance their careers.
Compatriot Artemio Murakami, winner of the Iskandar Johor Open on the Asian Tour in 2008, will be looking for an improved performance after coming close to victory at the previous ADT stop, the PGM-ADT-CCM Impian Classic in Malaysia earlier this month.
The bubbly Murakami was leading by three shots at the turn during the final round but faded in his homeward run to lose out to winner Jonathan Moore of the United States.
Local prospect Hsu Chia-jen, who finished second on the Asian Development Tour’s Order of Merit last season, together with seasoned campaigners Lin Wen-tang, a five-time Asian Tour winner and Chan Yih-shin who has won once on the Asian Tour, will also be in the field at the Transcend Open vying for top honours.
The top three players on the Asian Development Tour Order of Merit at the end of the season will earn their Asian Tour cards for 2012.
This season, there will be a minimum of seven tournaments on the Asian Development Tour. Five tournaments were staged last year.
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