1984 Asia Golf Circuit

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The 1984 Asia Golf Circuit was the 23rd season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

John Jacobs claimed the overall circuit title.

Tournament schedule[]

The table below shows the 1984 Asian Golf Circuit schedule. Due to economic turmoil in the Philippines, the Philippine Open was dropped from the circuit.[2]

Date Tournament Country Prize
fund (US$)		 Winner Notes Refs
16–19 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 21,000 Philippines Non-circuit event.[3][4] [5]
23–26 Feb Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 150,000 United States Bill Brask [6]
1–4 Mar Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open Malaysia 150,000 Taiwan Lu Chien-soon [7]
8–11 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 100,000 Taiwan Lu Chien-soon [8]
15–18 Mar Indian Open India 100,000 Mexico Rafael Alarcón Held the same week as the Rolex Masters. [9]
22–25 Mar Singapore Open Singapore 100,000 United States Tom Sieckmann [10]
29 Mar – 1 Apr Indonesian Open Indonesia 100,000 Australia Terry Gale [11]
5–8 Apr Republic of China Open Taiwan 120,000 United States John Jacobs [12]
14–17 Apr Maekyung Open South Korea 110,000 Australia Mike Clayton [13]
19–22 Apr Dunlop International Open Japan 200,000 United States John Jacobs Co-sanctioned with Japan Golf Tour [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 [15]
1 United States John Jacobs 702
2 Taiwan Lu Chien-soon 669
3 Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen 557
4 Mexico Rafael Alarcón 551
5 Australia Terry Gale 544

References[]

  1. ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 219–228, 437–451. ISBN 0862541247.
  3. ^ "Philippine Open scrapped". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. 5 January 1984. p. 31. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  4. ^ "A Rudy awekening". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. 17 February 1984. p. 46. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  5. ^ "It's Norman"s Masters..." The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 February 1984. p. 38. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  6. ^ "Brask lands the great white shark". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 February 1984. p. 39. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  7. ^ "It's Chien-soon by two strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 March 1984. p. 38. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  8. ^ "Lu makes it two in a row". The Straits Times. Singapore. 12 March 1984. p. 25. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  9. ^ "Alarcon wins Indian title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 19 March 1984. p. 25. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  10. ^ "Sieckmann swings it". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 March 1984. p. 38. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  11. ^ "Gale is home and dry". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 April 1984. p. 26. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  12. ^ "Jacobs scores a first". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 April 1984. p. 25. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  13. ^ "Brian waites..." The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 April 1984. p. 24. Retrieved 18 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  14. ^ "American Jacobs cards an histiric triumph". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1984. p. 24. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  15. ^ "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. 23 April 1984. p. 22. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Google Archive.
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