The Tour's three-event minimum placed Liang at the top of the money list after his inspiring six-event run, which earned him US$560,737.
He had emerged champion at the Luxehills Chengdu Open and Thailand Open, and finished runner-up in the Indonesia Open presented by Enjoy Jakarta. He has since kept on the upward climb with strong placings at the Midea China Classic (8T), Australian Open (24T) and Australian PGA Championship (12T).
"I am very happy and honoured. This is something that China supports and that gives me even more pride to take this trophy home," he said. "This win will be encouraging for the development of golf back at home."
The Tour's three-event minimum was put in place at the start of the season after OneAsia had doubled in size, in order to encourage the success of regular players on the Tour. And Liang, the highest ranked Chinese player in the world, has become one of OneAsia's biggest advocates in China.
"This is all about building a better Tour and getting the countries together to have better opportunities for younger players, so that they have a better chance for their future.
"If younger players want to improve, they need to come to more of these events, and play overseas with other professionals.... I have learnt a lot from playing with Australia's leading players these two weeks... This is the path they need to take to get better."
OneAsia's renewed eligibility structure for the 2011 season will seek to further clarify and simplify eligibility for top players across the region, as well as continue to enhance the opportunities for supporters of Asia Pacific's professional tournament destination for elite players.
The Tour will stage a total of 15 to 17 elite tournaments across the Asia Pacific for the 2011 season. 13 events have already been confirmed on OneAsia's preliminary schedule for 2011, with further additions to be made in the coming weeks and months.
OneAsia kicks off the First Stage of its first-ever Qualifying School in Australia this week, with its China-leg to follow in January. For more information, click here.
OneAsia Order of Merit: Top 20 (after Australian PGA Championship)
| Pos. | Player | US$ |
| 1 | LIANG Wenchong (CHN) | 560,736.57 |
| 2 | KIM Dae-hyun (KOR) | 272,154.31 |
| 3 | Michael HENDRY (NZL) | 247,092.71 |
| 4 | BAE Sang-moon (KOR) | 220.343.74 |
| 5 | Simon YATES (SCO) | 208,759.59 |
| 6 | Kim FELTON (AUS) | 185,900.00 |
| 7 | Matthew GRIFFIN (AUS) | 165,243,26 |
| 8 | Andre STOLZ (AUS) | 160,920.73 |
| 9 | KIM Kyung-tae (KOR) | 132,592.77 |
| 10 | Michael WRIGHT (AUS) | 124,013.97 |
| 11 | Stephen ALLAN (AUS) | 122,769.13 |
| 12 | KIM Bi-o (KOR) | 115,538.44 |
| 13 | Brad KENNEDY (AUS) | 114,413.31 |
| 14 | KIM Hyung-tae (KOR) | 107,298.57 |
| 15 | KIM Do-hoon (753) (KOR) | 104,343.75 |
| 16 | KANG Kyung-nam (KOR) | 103,530.13 |
| 17 | Anthony BROWN (AUS) | 93,317.83 |
| 18 | Mitchell BROWN (AUS) | 82,587.99 |
| 19 | Anthony SUMMERS (AUS) | 81,585.33 |
| 20 | Scott ARNOLD (AUS) | 79,165.38 |
For a full Order of Merit listing, please visit http://oneasia.asia.
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