1973 Asia Golf Circuit

	1973 Asia Golf Circuit The 1973 Asia Golf Circuit was the 12th 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 1973 season. Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. Notes References {{Asia Golf Circuit seasons Asia Golf Circuit Asia Golf Circuit Asia Golf Circuit The Asia Golf Circuit was the principal men's professional golf tour in Southeast Asia from the early 1960s through to the mid-late 1990s. The tour was founded in 1961 as the Far East Circuit. The first series of five tournaments was held in 1962 ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Malaysian Open (golf) The Malaysian Open is a men's professional golf tournament currently played on the Asian Tour. Notable past winners include world number one golfers Vijay Singh and Lee Westwood (both players winning the event on two occasions). Other notable winners include 17-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero in 2011 as well as former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen the following year. PGA Tour winners including Harold Henning, Jeff Maggert, Glen Day, Steve Flesch, Arjun Atwal and Noh Seung-yul have also won the event. Since its inauguration there has never been a Malaysian winner. History The tournament was inaugurated in 1962 as the Malayan Open, and was one of the events on the first season of the Far East Circuit that year. In 1999 it joined the Asian Tour and also became part of the European Tour's expansion into Asia as a jointly sanctioned event. The six events from 2010 to 2015 were held at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. The 2015 champion was India's Anirban Lahiri. This was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ireneo Legaspi Ireneo Legaspi was a Filipino professional golfer who regularly campaigned in the Asia Golf Circuit from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Known to close friends and family as "Boyong", Legaspi played the tour with many other notable Filipino golfers of that period such as Ben Arda. The highlight of his career was winning the Malaysian Open in 1967. He also won several tournaments in the Philippine golf circuit as well which regularly placed him at the top ten Filipino golfers list at his peak in the 1970s. Health problems took him out of the active professional circuit. He spent his later years teaching the game to numerous students, including free, private lessons to several children in his hometown of Pasig. He continued as a teaching professional until his death in 2006. Professional wins (1) Far East Circuit wins (1) Team appearances Professional * World Cup (representing the Philippines): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shigeru Uchida Shigeru Uchida (born 29 August 1937) is a Japanese professional golfer. Uchida played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. He also won many other tournaments in Japan and enjoyed a successful senior career, during which he won the Japan PGA Senior Championship on two occasions. Professional wins (40) PGA of Japan Tour wins (5) PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–1) Asia Golf Circuit wins (1) Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0) Other wins (14) 1966 Chunichi Crowns 1968 Kansai Circuit Nagasaki Series 1969 Kansai Open, All Star Tournament 1970 Kansai Circuit Nagasaki Series 1971 Tokai Classic, Chubu Open, All Nippon Doubles Tournament (with Hiroshi Ishii (golfer), Hiroshi Ishii), Asahi International 1974 Mizuno Open 1975 Mizuno Open, Sanpo Champions Tournament 1978 All Star Tournament 1982 KSB Kagawa Open Senior wins (20) 1987 Kansai Professional Senior Championship, Dai-ichi Life Cup, Phoenix Cup 1988 Kansai Professional Senior Championship 1988 H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sobu International Open The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event. It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001. It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai file:Inzai city hall.JPG, 260px, Inzai City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 105,463 in 42,388 households and a population density of 850 persons per km². The total are ... until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki. Winners Notes References External linksCoverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site Asia Golf Circuit events Former Japan Golf Tour events Defunct golf tournaments in Japan Sport in Ibaraki Prefecture Recurring sporting events established in 1972 Recurring sporting events d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Korea Open (golf) The Kolon Korea Open, as it is currently known for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional golf tournament that has been held annually in South Korea since 1958. The Korea Open was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit from 1970 until 1981. The Maekyung Open was founded in 1982 to replace it on the circuit, which allowed rescheduling of the Korea Open to later in the year. It became a stop on the Asian Tour from 1998 to 2008, except for 2005, and then part of the OneAsia Tour schedule from 2009 to 2017, before returning to the Asian Tour in 2018. In 2019, the total purse is KRW1,200,000,000 with KRW300,000,000 to the winner. The event has been played at Woo Jeong Hills since 2003. In 2017, the winner and runner-up were eligible to compete in the 2017 Open Championship. Neither the winner, Chang Yi-keun Chang may refer to: People Surname * Chang (surname), the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames * Chang or Jang (Korean name), romanizations of the Korean surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Taiwan Open (golf) The Taiwan Open was the national open golf tournament of Taiwan. It was also known as the Republic of China Open, ROC Open, Chinese Taipei Open, or simply the China Open. It was founded in 1965, and became an event on the Asia Golf Circuit the following year. The Asian PGA Tour was founded in 1995, and the Asian Circuit declined. The Taiwan Open became an event on the new tour in 1999, and was last held in 2006. Venues The following venues have been used since the founding of the Taiwan Open in 1965. Winners Source: See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan This is a list of international sporting events in Taiwan: Multi-sport Events Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball 1 The 2021 World Baseball Classic was originally scheduled for 2021, but has been rescheduled to 2023 due to the COVID-19 ... Notes References Asia Golf Circuit events Former Asian Tour events Golf tournaments in Taiwan 1965 establishments in Taiwan 2006 disestablishments in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thailand Open (golf) The Thailand Open is the national golf open of Thailand. History It was founded as an event on the Far East Circuit, later renamed as the Asia Golf Circuit. It remained on the circuit until 1997, after which it became an event on the Asian Tour, where it remained until 2009. From 2010 to 2015, it was part of the fledgling OneAsia tour's schedule, co-sanctioned in 2013 and 2015 by the Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ..., before returning to the Asian Tour in 2017. Winners Notes References External linksCoverage on the Asian Tour's official siteCove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Indian Open (golf) The Indian Open, titled for sponsorship reasons as the Hero Indian Open since 2011, is the national open golf championship of India, organised by the Indian Golf Union. Founded in 1964, it was added to the Asia Golf Circuit schedule in 1970. In 1998 it became an event on the rival Omega Tour (known as the Asian Tour since 2004). Since 2015, it has also been co-sanctioned by the European Tour. From 1964 until 2000, the tournament was held exclusively at either Delhi Golf Club or Royal Calcutta Golf Club. Since then it has been held at Classic Golf Resort in 2000 and 2001, Karnataka Golf Association in 2012, and DLF Golf and Country Club in 2009 and since 2017; all other editions have been held at Delhi Golf Club. History The inaugural event was held in February 1964. Peter Thomson beat Ralph Moffitt by four strokes. Thomson was the inspiration behind the event. He used to stop off in India while travelling worldwide to play and soon realised the potential for golf and that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hideyo Sugimoto Hideyo Sugimoto (born 16 February 1938) is a Japanese professional golfer. Early life Sugimoto was born in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan in 1938. He started to play golf at the age of 17. Professional career Sugimoto turned professional in 1959. In the mid-1960s, he had much success. One of his first successes was at the 1963 Yomiuri International, the final tournament of the year on the Asia Golf Circuit, where he finished runner-up to American Doug Sanders. Later in the year, in August, he recorded another runner-up performance against an international field, finishing solo second to Kel Nagle at the Lake Karrinyup Bowl in Perth, Australia. In 1965, he won the Japan Open Golf Championship, the country's national open. As of March 1968, Sugimoto was under a one year suspension by the Japanese PGA. He attempted to make it onto the PGA Tour at Spring 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He was successful. Sugimoto played in fourteen events during the year, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ben Arda Ben Arda (13 June 1929 – 20 December 2006) was a Filipino professional golfer. Arda, known as ''Bantam Ben'' and ''the Toy Tiger'' 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. He won nine tournaments on the Asia Golf Circuit, including the Philippine Open three times, and headed the points list in 1970. He also won four times on the Japan Golf Tour and played in the World Cup 16 times, recording a best finish of 2nd place in 1977 with playing partner Rudy Lavares. Professional wins (15) Japan Golf Tour wins (4) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit Asia Golf Circuit wins (9) 1963 Philippine Open 1967 Singapore Open 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 Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]