Ben Arda

Ben Arda
Ben Arda
Personal information
Nickname	Bantam Ben, Toy Tiger
Born	13 June 1929; Cebu, Philippine Islands
Died	20 December 2006 (aged 77)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality	Philippines
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Asian Tour; Japan Golf Tour; Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins	15
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	4
Asian Tour	9 (Asia Golf Circuit)
Other	11
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1962
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1972
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit; champion
Asia Golf Circuit; champion	1970

Ben Arda (13 June 1929 – 20 December 2006) was a Filipino professional golfer.

Arda, known as Bantam Ben and the Toy Tiger^[1] because of his small stature, was one of Asia's leading golfers during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first Filipino to qualify for the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.^[2] He won nine tournaments on the Asia Golf Circuit, including the Philippine Open three times, and headed the points list in 1970.^[3] He also won four times on the Japan Golf Tour and played in the World Cup 16 times,^[4] recording a best finish of 2nd place in 1977 with playing partner .

Professional wins (15)[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (4)[]

Legend
Japan Opens (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 May 1973	Dunlop Tournament	−8 (71-69-70-70=280)	4 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
2	30 Sep 1973	Japan Open Golf Championship	−11 (68-74-69-66=277)	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
3	25 Apr 1976	Sobu International Open¹	−11 (69-68-70-70=277)	4 strokes
4	24 Apr 1977	Dunlop International Open¹ (2)	−6 (72-71-67-72=282)	2 strokes	Terry Kendall, Tsuneyuki Nakajima

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Asia Golf Circuit wins (9)[]

1963 Philippine Open
1967 Singapore Open^[5]
1970 Malaysian Open
1973 Singapore Open
1974 Indonesia Open
1976 Thailand Open, Sobu International Open (also a Japan Golf Tour event)
1977 Dunlop International Open (also a Japan Golf Tour event)
1979 Philippine Open

Other wins[]

This list may be incomplete

Results in major championships[]

Tournament	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
Masters Tournament	CUT
The Open Championship											CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1972 Open Championship)
Note: Arda never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

Team appearances[]

This list is incomplete

World Cup (representing the Philippines): 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977

References[]

^ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 360. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
^ Castillo, Musong R. (21 December 2006). "Golf great Bantam Ben Arda dies, 77". Philippine Daily Inquirer. p. A23. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ "Arda tops circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
^ "Most appearances in World Cup history". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ "Arda wins Singapore Open". The Straits Times. 6 March 1967. p. 20.

External links[]

Ben Arda at the Japan Golf Tour official site

[alliss-1] Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 360. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.

[2] Castillo, Musong R. (21 December 2006). "Golf great Bantam Ben Arda dies, 77". Philippine Daily Inquirer. p. A23. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[3] "Arda tops circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.

[4] "Most appearances in World Cup history". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[5] "Arda wins Singapore Open". The Straits Times. 6 March 1967. p. 20.

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