SINGAPORE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Asian Tour will resume negotiations with the European Tour over a proposed merger after appointing Jimmy Masrin as their board chairman on Friday.
The planned union, first announced in August, appeared in trouble last month when Asian Tour chief executive Mike Kerr resigned for unspecified reasons following player concerns about limited opportunities on the combined tour.
Last year's Asian Tour featured only 12 standalone tournaments with many more co-sanctioned with larger circuits like the European, U.S. PGA and Japan Tours, who all boast fuller schedules and bigger prize money.
The Asian Tour said their newly re-structured board, which will be headed by Indonesian businessman Masrin, would work to ensure their players would benefit out of any merger with their larger counterparts.