1975 Asia Golf Circuit

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1975 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration13 February 1975 (1975-02-13) – 20 April 1975 (1975-04-20)
Number of official events10
Most winsTaiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
Order of MeritTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
1974
1976

The 1975 Asia Golf Circuit was the 14th 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[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 1975 season.[1][2][3]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
Notes
16 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 40,000 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
23 Feb Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 40,000 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo (10)
2 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 30,000 United States Howard Twitty (n/a)
9 Mar Malaysian Open Malaysia 40,000 Australia Graham Marsh (5)
16 Mar Indonesia Open Indonesia 25,000 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (2)
23 Mar Singapore Open Singapore 35,000 Japan Yutaka Suzuki (1)
30 Mar Indian Open India 25,000 Australia Ted Ball (2)
6 Apr Taiwan Open Taiwan 30,000 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4)
13 Apr Korea Open South Korea 25,000 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (5)
20 Apr Sobu International Open Japan 50,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (2) JPN

Order of Merit[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[1][4]

Position Player Points
1 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 140
2 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung 139.5
3 Australia Ted Ball 117
4 Philippines Ben Arda 110
5 Australia Stewart Ginn 102

Notes[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Simms, George (1976). John Player Golf Yearbook 1976. Queen Anne Press. pp. 128–135. ISBN 0362002576.
  2. ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf. Collins. pp. 274–289, 466–477. ISBN 000211996X.
  4. ^ "Hsieh again takes the circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 April 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via National Library Board.