1987 Asia Golf Circuit
The 1987 Asia Golf Circuit was the 26th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]
Despite not winning a tournament, American Jim Hallet claimed the overall circuit title thanks to consistent high finishes throughout the season.[2]
Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 1987 Asia Golf Circuit schedule.[2] After three years absence the Philippine Open returned to the circuit as an official Order of Merit event.
| Date | Tournament | Country | Prize fund (US$) |
Winner | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19–22 Feb | San Miguel Philippine Open | Philippines | 100,000 |  Brian Tennyson |
[3] | |
| 26 Feb – 1 Mar | United Airlines Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 150,000 |  Ian Woosnam |
[4] | |
| 5–8 Mar | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 150,000 |  Terry Gale |
[5] | |
| 12–15 Mar | Thai International Thailand Open | Thailand | 100,000 |  Chen Tze-ming |
[6] | |
| 19–22 Mar | Charminar Challenge Indian Open | India | 100,000 | Brian Tennyson |
Held the same week as the Rolex Masters | [7] |
| 26–29 Mar | Singapore Open | Singapore | 125,000 | Peter Fowler |
[8] | |
| 2–5 Apr | Indonesian Open | Indonesia | 100,000 | Wayne Smith |
[9] | |
| 9–12 Apr | Republic of China Open | Taiwan | 140,000 | Mark Aebli |
[10] | |
| 16–19 Apr | Maekyung Open | South Korea | 130,000 | Chen Liang-hsi |
[11] | |
| 23–26 Apr | Dunlop International Open | Japan | 350,000 |  Isao Aoki |
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 | Jim Hallet |
806 |
| 2 | Chen Tze-ming |
678 |
| 3 | Brian Tennyson |
652 |
| 4 | Jeff Maggert |
622 |
| 5 |  Jim Rutledge |
510 |
References
- ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
- ^ a b McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. p. 245–256, 458–469. ISBN 0002182831.
- ^ "On foreign fairways". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Woosnam first briton to win HK Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 March 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Gale grabs it on a play-off". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 March 1987. p. 25. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "On foreign fairways". The Straits Times. Singapore. 16 March 1987. p. 27. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Tennyson captures Indian Open title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 March 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Peter wins three way play-off". The Straits Times. Singapore. 30 March 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Smith wins the Indonesian open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 April 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Taiwan Open to american Aebli". The Straits Times. Singapore. 13 April 1987. p. 28. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Chen clinches Seoul crown". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 April 1987. p. 27. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Aoki a-okay for Dunlop crown". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 April 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "Hallet lands top prize in circuit". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 27 April 1987. p. 1519 in newspaper). Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.