The introduction of the OneAsia

The introduction of the OneAsia series was not welcomed by the Asian Tour.^[4] All of the six events announced for 2009 were existing tournaments, including some already sanctioned by the Asian Tour. One of them, the Pine Valley Beijing Open, was called off a few weeks before it was due to be held. The organisers officially attributed this decision to the state of the course and a clash of dates with The Players Championship on the PGA Tour, but some media commentators dismissed these reasons since the tournament had clashed with the Players Championship the previous year as well and instead attributed the cancellation to sponsor discontent with the sanctioning changes.^[5]

Following a meeting of the Official World Golf Rankings Committee at the Open Championship in July 2009, all OneAsia events have been awarded Official World Golf Ranking points.