1976 Asia Golf Circuit

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The 1976 Asia Golf Circuit was the 15th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

Taiwan's Hsu Sheng-san won the circuit title, with a fifth-place finish in the season ending Sobu International Open being enough to stay ahead of the tournament winner, Ben Arda of the Philippines, in the final standings.[2]

Tournament schedule[]

The table below shows the 1976 Asian Golf Circuit schedule.

Date Tournament Country Prize
fund (US$)		 Winner Notes Refs
15 Feb Philippines 20,000 Philippines Ben Arda Non-circuit event; unofficial season opener[3] [4]
22 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 60,000 Philippines [5]
29 Feb Taiwan Open Taiwan 30,000 Taiwan Hsu Chi-san [6]
7 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 25,000 Philippines Ben Arda [7]
14 Mar Singapore Open Singapore 45,000 Japan [8]
21 Mar Indonesian Open Indonesia 25,000 Myanmar Mya Aye [9]
28 Mar Malaysian Open Malaysia 30,000 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san [10]
5 Apr Indian Open India 25,000 Australia Peter Thomson Played the same week as the Malaysian Dunlop Masters. [11]
12 Apr Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 40,000 Taiwan [12]
19 Apr Korea Open South Korea 90,000 Japan Katsunari Takahashi [13]
25 Apr Sobu International Open Japan 75,000 Philippines Ben Arda Co-sanctioned with Japan Golf Tour [2][14]

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[14]
1 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san 163.5
2 Philippines Ben Arda 154.5
3 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung 113
4 Taiwan Hsu Chi-san 83
5 Myanmar Mya Aye 78.5

References[]

  1. ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
  2. ^ a b "Arda wins right to play in British, US meets". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 April 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 13 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  3. ^ "77 for Philippine Masters". New Nation. Singapore. 11 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  4. ^ "Filipino golfer wins in Manila". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 16 February 1976. p. 65. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Police sergeant Mancao wins PI Open golf". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  6. ^ "Hsu takes lead in Asia Circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 March 1976. p. 25. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  7. ^ "Ben Arda wins Thai Open by four strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 March 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  8. ^ Frida, Ernest; Singh, Dharsan (15 March 1976). "Uchida holds late Arda challenge to win Singapore Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 26. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  9. ^ "Mya Aye scores on the greens". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 March 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  10. ^ "Mya Aye's error costs him Malaysian title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 March 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  11. ^ "Thomson's open". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 5 April 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "Taiwan sweeps". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 12 April 1976. p. 18. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  13. ^ "Takahashi wins playoff for title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 19 April 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  14. ^ a b "Overall standings in the 1976 Asian circuit". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 April 1976. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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