Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee voted Asia's top golfer

Thai golfer Thongchai Jaidee has been voted Player of the Year by his peers on the Asian Tour after winning an unprecedented third order of merit title.                                           

The 40-year-old won twice on the tour in Indonesia and South Korea to boost his career tally to a record 12 Asian titles, and made three other top-10 finishes and every cut in another rock-solid season.                                           

"Thongchai has raised the benchmark," the Asian Tour executive chairman Kyi Hla Han said in a statement on Monday. India's C Muniyappa won the Rookie of the Year title.