1985 Asia Golf Circuit

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1985 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration	28 February 1985 (1985-02-28) – 28 April 1985 (1985-04-28)
Number of official events	9
Most wins	Chen Tze-chung (2)
Order of Merit	Chen Tze-ming
← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Asia Golf Circuit was the 24th 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 1985 season.^[1]^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner^[a]	Other tours^[b]
3 Mar	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	150,000	Mark Aebli (1)
10 Mar	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	150,000	Terry Gale (4)
17 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	100,000	Bill Israelson (1)
24 Mar	Indian Open	India	100,000	Tony Grimes (1)
31 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	100,000	Chen Tze-ming (6)
7 Apr	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	100,000	Lu Chien-soon (4)
14 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	120,000	Lu Liang-Huan (10)
21 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	120,000	Chen Tze-chung (1)
28 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	200,000	Chen Tze-chung (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
24 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	21,000	Mark Aebli

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Points
1	Chen Tze-ming	715
2	Rodger Davis	557

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

^ "Republic remain down the queue". The Straits Times. Singapore. 6 March 1984. p. 42. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via National Library Board.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 219–228. ISBN 0862541247.
^ "The 'Great White Shark' skins his better-fancied rivals". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 April 1985. p. 22. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Trove.

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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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