1972 Asia Golf Circuit

1972 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration24 February 1972 (1972-02-24) – 23 April 1972 (1972-04-23)
Number of official events9
Most winsTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Graham Marsh
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The 1972 Asia Golf Circuit was the 11th season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1972 season.[1][2][3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[a]Notes
27 FebPhilippine OpenPhilippines15,000Japan Hideyo Sugimoto (2)
5 MarSingapore OpenSingapore15,000Japan Takaaki Kono (3)
12 MarMalaysian OpenMalaysia15,000Japan Takashi Murakami (1)
19 MarIndian OpenIndia15,000Australia Brian Jones (1)
26 MarThailand OpenThailand15,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (1)
2 AprHong Kong OpenHong Kong20,000New Zealand Walter Godfrey (1)
9 AprTaiwan OpenTaiwan15,000Japan Haruo Yasuda (4)
16 AprKorea OpenSouth Korea15,000South Korea Han Chang-sang (3)
23 AprSobu International OpenJapan30,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (2)New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the San Miguel Circuit Prize and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[1][4][5]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Australia Graham Marsh129
2Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan122
3New Zealand Walter Godfrey116
4Philippines Ben Arda100
5South Korea Han Chang-sang89

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asia Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asia Golf Circuit members.

References

  1. 1 2 Simms, George (1973). John Player Golf Yearbook 1973. Queen Anne Press. pp. 60–65. ISBN 0362001278.
  2. ↑ "Asian circuit gets under way". New Nation. Singapore. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 24 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  3. ↑ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  4. ↑ "Circuit prize money doubled". The Straits Times. Singapore. 6 March 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  5. ↑ "Marsh wins circuit prize". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 24 April 1972. p. 14 (27 in paper). Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.