1985 Asia Golf Circuit
Appearance
The 1985 Asia Golf Circuit was the 24th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]
Chen Tze-ming claimed the overall circuit title.
Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 1985 Asian Golf Circuit schedule. Due to economic turmoil in the Philippines, the Philippine Open was dropped from the circuit in 1984,[2] and continued as a non-circuit event in 1985.
Date | Tournament | Country | Prize fund (US$) |
Winner | Notes | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21–24 Feb | Philippine Open | Philippines | 21,000 | Mark Aebli | Non-circuit event. | [3] |
28 Feb – 3 Mar | Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 150,000 | Mark Aebli | [4] | |
7–10 Mar | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 150,000 | Terry Gale | [5] | |
14–17 Mar | Thailand Open | Thailand | 100,000 | Bill Israelson | [6] | |
21–24 Mar | Indian Open | India | 100,000 | Tony Grimes | Held the same week as the Rolex Masters. | [7] |
28–31 Mar | Singapore Open | Singapore | 100,000 | Chen Tze-ming | [8] | |
4–7 Apr | Indonesian Open | Indonesia | 100,000 | Lu Chien-soon | [9] | |
11–14 Apr | Republic of China Open | Taiwan | 120,000 | Lu Liang-Huan | [10] | |
18–21 Apr | Maekyung Open | South Korea | 120,000 | Chen Tze-chung | [11] | |
25–28 Apr | Dunlop International Open | Japan | 200,000 | Chen Tze-chung | Co-sanctioned with Japan Golf Tour | [12] |
Final standings
The Asia Golf Circuit operated a points based system to determine the overall circuit champion, with points being awarded in each tournament to the leading players. At the end of the season, the player with the most points was declared the circuit champion, and there was a prize pool to be shared between the top players in the points table.
# | Player | Points [13] |
---|---|---|
1 | Chen Tze-ming | 715 |
2 | Rodger Davis | 557 |
References
- ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 219–228. ISBN 0862541247.
- ^ "American takes Philippine Open". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. 25 February 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Aebli bags biggest prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 March 1985. p. 29. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "No stopping Gale". The Straits Times. Singapore. 11 March 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Israelson wins Thai title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 March 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Grimes bags Indian title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 March 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Local pro shares fourth spot as Tze-ming wins..." The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 April 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Lu homes in with an eagle". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 April 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Lu wins three way play off". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 April 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Langer in fine form..." The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 April 1985. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Chen's day again". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 April 1985. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. 23 April 1985. p. 22. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Google Archive.