1964 Far East Circuit season
Duration20 February 1964 (1964-02-20) – 22 March 1964 (1964-03-22)
Number of official events5
Most winsJapan Tomoo Ishii (2)
Order of MeritTaiwan Hsieh Yung-yo
1963
1965

The 1964 Far East Circuit was the third season of 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 1964 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Notes
23 FebPhilippine OpenPhilippines₱20,000Australia Peter Thomson (2)
1 MarCapitol Hills OpenPhilippines5,000Japan Tomoo Ishii (1)New tournament
8 MarSingapore OpenSingapore10,000Australia Ted Ball (1)
15 MarMalayan OpenMalaya10,000Japan Tomoo Ishii (2)
22 MarHong Kong OpenHong Kong11,500Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo (2)

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo94
2Japan Tomoo Ishii
3Australia Peter Thomson
4Japan Tadashi Kitta

Notes

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

References

  1. "Japan is out of this years F-E Circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 January 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 7 March 2020 via National Library Board.
  2. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 via Archive.org.
  3. "1964 Far East Circuit - final". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. 23 March 1964. Retrieved 11 December 2023 via Newspapers.com.
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