1972 Asia Golf Circuit

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1972 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration	24 February 1972 (1972-02-24) – 23 April 1972 (1972-04-23)
Number of official events	9
Most wins	Hsieh Min-Nan (2)
Order of Merit	Graham Marsh
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The 1972 Asia Golf Circuit was the 11th 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 1972 season.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[a]	Notes
27 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	15,000	Hideyo Sugimoto (2)
5 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	15,000	Takaaki Kono (3)
12 Mar	Malaysian Open	Malaysia	15,000	Takashi Murakami (1)
19 Mar	Indian Open	India	15,000	Brian Jones (1)
26 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	15,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (1)
2 Apr	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	20,000	Walter Godfrey (1)
9 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	15,000	Haruo Yasuda (4)
16 Apr	Korea Open	South Korea	15,000	Han Chang-sang (3)
23 Apr	Sobu International Open	Japan	30,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (2)	New tournament

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the San Miguel Circuit Prize and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Position	Player	Points
1	Graham Marsh	129
2	Hsieh Min-Nan	122
3	Walter Godfrey	116
4	Ben Arda	100
5	Han Chang-sang	89

Notes

^ 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.

References

^ ^a ^b Simms, George (1973). John Player Golf Yearbook 1973. Queen Anne Press. pp. 60–65. ISBN 0362001278.
^ "Asian circuit gets under way". New Nation. Singapore. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 24 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
^ "Circuit prize money doubled". The Straits Times. Singapore. 6 March 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
^ "Marsh wins circuit prize". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 24 April 1972. p. 14 (27 in paper). Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.

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1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1999

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