Jump to content

1969 Asia Golf Circuit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1969 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration27 February 1969 (1969-02-27) – 13 April 1969 (1969-04-13)
Number of official events7
Order of MeritTaiwan Hsieh Yung-yo
1968
1970

The 1969 Asia Golf Circuit was the eighth 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 1969 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
2 Mar Philippine Open Philippines 10,000 Japan Haruo Yasuda (1)
9 Mar Singapore Open Singapore 10,000 Japan Tomio Kamata (1)
16 Mar Malaysian Open Malaysia 15,000 Japan Takaaki Kono (1)
23 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 12,000 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo (7)
30 Mar Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 16,500 Japan Teruo Sugihara (1)
6 Apr Taiwan Open Taiwan 10,000 Japan Hideyo Sugimoto (1)
13 Apr Yomiuri International Japan 15,000 England Guy Wolstenholme (1)

Unofficial events

[edit]

The following events were sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)
Winner Notes
20 Apr Indian Open India Philippines Ben Arda

Order of Merit

[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

Position Player Points
1 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo 89
2 England Guy Wolstenholme 62
3 Taiwan Hsu Chi-san 58
T4 Australia David Graham
Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung

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.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ "Circuit prize money doubled". The Straits Times. Singapore. 6 March 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  3. ^ "Open to British golfer". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 14 April 1969. p. 20. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.