The Asian Tour have hit out at attempts to create a new regional tour and say they will not be involved with the plan.
The OneAsia Tour has been proposed by the Australasian Tour in a bid that would effectively merge the two bodies together.
However, the Asian Tour's executive chairman Kyi Hla Han says he is ''appalled'' by such talk and has described the move as an attempt to "invade" Asia.
In a statement, Han said: ''In view of recent news articles, the Asian Tour would like to categorically state that we will not support or be involved in the formation of a new regional tour in Asia."
The Asian Tour proposed an alternative plan earlier in the year - the introduction of an Asia-Pacific Golf Championship, a series of four to six World Golf Championship-styled events to be staged across the region featuring the best players from the Asian, Japanese and Australasian tours.
With this in mind, Han added: ''The Australasian Tour, which has initiated the formation of the OneAsia Tour, has subsequently held meetings in Asia without inviting the Asian Tour to these meetings, which we view as going against the spirit of co-operation and an attempt to 'invade' Asia.
''The Asian Tour has been the official sanctioning body for professional golf tournaments in Asia over the past 14 years and represents players from 26 nationalities and travels to 17 different countries to stage tournaments, which in 2008 held a record 30 events with an unprecedented US$39 million in total prize money.
''Hence, we are appalled with the Australasian Tour's attempt to create another tour in this region as the Asian Tour has already successfully achieved this objective with our well-documented growth over the past decade.''
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