The Ladies Asian Golf Tour is a women's professional golf tour that was established as the Ladies Asia Golf Circuit in 1983 and known as the Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit 1987–2004 for sponsorship reasons. The tour was sanctioned by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation since its inception as an official Asian ladies' tour. By 2005 there were five established women's professional tours in the world, of which two were in Asia, namely the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour. Japan and South Korea are two of the top three powers in women's professional golf, alongside the United States. The Ladies Asian Golf Tour is effectively a tour for the rest of Asia. This is comparable to the position in men's golf, where Japan has its own Japan Golf Tour and the rest of Asia has the Asian Tour. Most of the players on the tour come from Asia, but there are also representatives of various other parts of the world. Like the other major golf tours, LAGT is a professional member of the International Golf Federation. 1987–2003 the prize money was in the range of $50,000–70,000. The main sponsor, the Kosaido Company of Japan, terminated its sponsorship due to the passing away of its Chairman, Mr. Yoshiaki Sakurai in 2003. In 2005 the tour was reorganized as the Ladies Asian Tour, and the first event after the restart was the Phuket Thailand Ladies Masters, which was played on 15-17 December 2005 with a $100,000 purse. In 2006 there were five tournaments with combined prize money of US$410,000, and five again in 2007, with total prize money of US$590,000. Tournaments of the Kosaido Ladies Asia Golf Circuit 1987 season 1988 season 1989 season 1990 season 1991 season 1992 season 1993 season 1994 season 1995 season 1996 season 1997 season 1998 season 1999 season 2000 season 2001 season 2002 season 2003 season 2004 season Source: Tournaments of the Ladies Asian Golf Tour 2005 season 2006 season 2007 season 2008 season 2009 season 2010 season 2011 season 2012 season 2013 season 2014 season 2015 season 2016 season 2017 season 2018 season 2019 season 2020 season 2021 season 2022 season 1Since 2017 LAGT has been allocated ten entries in the Hero Women's Indian Open Order of Merit winners Source: See also Asian Tour References External links Professional golf tours Women's golf Recurring sporting events established in 1983 Golf in Asia