Some of the leading events are co-sanctioned by the European Tour to encourage higher ranked players to enter and to attract more sponsorship.

Players with a background on the tour who have reached the world top 20 since the turn of the Millennium include Steve Elkington and Adam Scott.

The aim of these events would be to raise the profile of professional golf in the region, and compete with the likes of the European Tour.

[6][7][8] The introduction of the OneAsia series has not been universally welcomed, with strong opposition coming from the Asian Tour in particular, with support from its members.

The organisers officially attributed this decision to the state of the course and a clash of dates with The Players Championship on the US-based PGA Tour, but some media commentators dismissed these reasons since the tournament had clashed with the Players Championship the previous year as well, and attributed the cancellation to sponsor discontent with the sanctioning changes.

[10] OneAsia was discussed at the annual meeting of the International Federation of PGA Tours during the 2009 Masters Tournament.

The Series would need to become a member of the Federation if it wishes to be able to award Official World Golf Ranking points in its own right.

Under present arrangements it is unlikely that any new tournaments launched by OneAsia will receive ranking points, and could prove difficult to attract top players without them.

At the meeting OneAsia and the Asian Tour both claimed that the game's powerbrokers understood the strength of their case, but neither received any public endorsements from the others members.

There was a significant increase in the number of regular season tournaments in 2009, following the integration of the former Von Nida Tour events.