1963 Far East Circuit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1963 Far East Circuit was the second season of golf tournaments that comprised the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

The circuit consisted of five tournaments over six weeks, and was formed from the national open championships of the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong along with the Yomiuri Shimbun sponsored Yomiuri International in Tokyo, Japan. A new tournament was scheduled to be held in Osaka, Japan, in the week between Hong Kong and Tokyo,[2] but it was cancelled due to the course being covered in snow.[3]

Australian Kel Nagle was the overall circuit champion.[4]

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 1963 Far East Circuit schedule.[2]

Date Tournament Country Winner Notes Refs
14–17 Feb Philippine Open Philippines Philippines Ben Arda [5]
21–24 Feb Singapore Open Singapore South Africa [6]
28 Feb – 3 Mar Malayan Open Malaysia Australia Bill Dunk [7]
7–10 Mar Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo [8]
14–17 Mar Osaka Open Japan Cancelled New tournament [3]
22–25 Mar Yomiuri International Japan United States Doug Sanders [9]

Final standings[]

In a change from the inaugural season, the Far East Circuit standings were based on a points system.

# Player Points[4]
1 Australia Kel Nagle 73
2 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo 62
3 Australia Alan Murray 61
4 Japan Tomoo Ishii 60

References[]

  1. ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
  2. ^ a b "Canadian ace on Far East circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 January 1963. p. 19. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  3. ^ a b "Osaka Open postponed | Four inches on snow on course, more falling". The Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 14 March 1963. p. 15. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  4. ^ a b "Nagle takes circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 26 March 1963. p. 17. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  5. ^ Becker, Don (18 February 1963). "Arda wins PI Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 15. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  6. ^ "Brookes (9 under par) wins big golf". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 February 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  7. ^ "Dunk Brilliant in Golf Win". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Reuter. 4 March 1963. p. 20. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ^ "Yung Yo is new HK Open champ". The Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 11 March 1963. p. 17. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  9. ^ "Sanders's Tokio win". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. Reuter. 26 March 1963. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
Retrieved from ""