October 23-26 Macau Open Macau Golf and Country Club The four-day Macau Open, celebrating its 10th anniversary, will be the 14th leg of the Asian Tour this year. The stroke play event will have 65 players, on the second day, who will compete for the title and the winner's purse of US$300,000. Taiwan's Lu Wen-teh is expected to defend his title against top international players. www.macaugolfandcountryclub.com October 24-26 Grand China Air LPGA Hainan West Coast Golf Club, Hainan, China This will be the first LPGA women's tour event to be held in China. The tournament features 63 of the world's best players striving for the US$1.8 million winner's purse, including international stars such as the Rolex Ranking number two Annika Sorenstam of Sweden and the up-and-coming LPGA tour rookie Yani Tseng of Taiwan. www.gcalpga.com November 6-9 HSBC Champions Sheshan International Golf Club Shanghai, China Strong contender Ross Fisher, who won this year's European Open, and rising star Anthony Kim are gearing up to compete against defending champion Phil Mickelson, who came through a three-way play-off to take the title last year. The total prize fund is US$5million and the champion will take home US$800,000. www.hsbcgolf.com November 13-16 Barclays Singapore Open Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore The winner's purse of US$5million is a record high in the Asian Tour and the event, sponsored by Barclays Bank, is expected to attract international stars. Argentina's defending champion Angel Cabrera is expected to face Phil Mickelson from the US, South Africa's Ernie Els and Australia's Adam Scott. www.barclayssingaporeopen.com November 20-23 UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, Hong Kong The purse has risen to US$2.25million this year. More than 130 of the world's best golfers, including Robert Karlsson and Colin Montgomerie, are expected to challenge twice Hong Kong Open champion Miguel Angel Jimenez (above). www.ubshongkongopen.com November 27-30 Mission Hills World Cup Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, China The oldest international golf tournament sees teams of two representing their countries in the event. This year's contenders are likely to be Germany, who will challenge Scotland's defending champions Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren. The Scottish duo narrowly defeated the United States last year. www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r169/ December 18-21 Volvo Masters of Asia Thai Country Club, Bangkok, Thailand Competition in the season-ending, world-ranking tournament is often fierce and this year won't be any different. Vijay Singh is striving to improve on his number five ranking and last year's Order of Merit winner Liang Wenchong is expected to face defending champion Prayad Marksaeng (above). The total prize fund is US$750,000. www.volvomastersofasia.com February 12-15, 2009 Maybank Malaysian Open Kota Permai Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia India's defending champion Arjun Atwal (right) will face intense competition from a star-studded field, especially as the top 10 will automatically qualify for the European team to face the US in the Ryder Cup. The winner's purse is US$1million. www.maybankmalaysianopen.com