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

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

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
16 FebPhilippine OpenPhilippines40,000Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
23 FebHong Kong OpenHong KongHK$200,000Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo (10)
2 MarThailand OpenThailand25,000United States Howard Twitty (n/a)
9 MarMalaysian OpenMalaysiaS$100,000Australia Graham Marsh (5)
16 MarIndonesia OpenIndonesia25,000Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (2)
23 MarSingapore OpenSingapore40,000Japan Yutaka Suzuki (1)
30 MarIndian OpenIndia25,000Australia Ted Ball (2)
6 AprTaiwan OpenTaiwan30,000Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4)
13 AprKorea OpenSouth Korea25,000Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (5)
20 AprSobu International OpenJapan50,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (2)JPN

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 Min-Nan140
2Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung139.5
3Australia Ted Ball117
4Philippines Ben Arda110
5Australia Stewart Ginn102

Notes

  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

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