The 1963 Far East Circuit was the second season of
golf tournaments that comprised the Far East Circuit, later known as the
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 ...
.
The circuit consisted of five tournaments over six weeks, and was formed from the national open championships of the
Philippines,
Singapore,
Malaysia and
Hong Kong along with the
Yomiuri Shimbun sponsored
Yomiuri International
The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964, and served as ...
in Tokyo, Japan. A new tournament was scheduled to be held in Osaka, Japan, in the week between Hong Kong and Tokyo,
[ but it was cancelled due to the course being covered in snow.]Kel Nagle
Kelvin David George Nagle AM (21 December 1920 – 29 January 2015) was an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960. He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.
Biography
Nagle was bor ...
was the overall circuit champion.[
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Schedule
The table below shows the 1963 Far East Circuit schedule.
Final standings
In a change from the inaugural season, the Far East Circuit standings were based on a points system.
References
{{Asia Golf Circuit seasons
Far East Circuit
Asia Golf Circuit