1984 Asia Golf Circuit

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1984 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration	23 February 1984 (1984-02-23) – 22 April 1984 (1984-04-22)
Number of official events	9
Most wins	John Jacobs (2) Lu Chien-soon (2)
Order of Merit	John Jacobs
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 Asia Golf Circuit was the 23rd season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Changes for 1984

Due to economic turmoil in the Philippines, the Philippine Open was dropped from the circuit.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1984 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[a]	Other tours^[b]
26 Feb	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	150,000	Bill Brask (2)
4 Mar	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	150,000	Lu Chien-soon (2)
11 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	100,000	Lu Chien-soon (3)
18 Mar	Indian Open	India	100,000	Rafael Alarcón (1)
25 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	100,000	Tom Sieckmann (3)
1 Apr	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	100,000	Terry Gale (3)
8 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	120,000	John Jacobs (1)
15 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	110,000	Mike Clayton (1)
22 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	200,000	John Jacobs (2)	JPN

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse ($)	Winner	Notes
19 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	21,000	Rudy Labares

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[3]^[4]

Position	Player	Points
1	John Jacobs	702
2	Lu Chien-soon	669
3	Lu Hsi-chuen	557
4	Rafael Alarcón	551
5	Terry Gale	544

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.
^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.

References

^ "Philippine Open scrapped". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. 5 January 1984. p. 31. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 219–228, 437–451. ISBN 0862541247.
^ "1984 Asia Golf Circuit Order of Merit". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 23 April 1984. p. 22. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "American Jacobs cards an historic triumph". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1984. p. 24. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via National Library Board.

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