1973 Asia Golf Circuit

1973 Asia Golf Circuit season

Duration	22 February 1973 (1973-02-22) – 22 April 1973 (1973-04-22)
Number of official events	9
Most wins	Kim Seung-hack (2) Graham Marsh (2)
Order of Merit	Graham Marsh
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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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [a]	Notes
25 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	15,000	Kim Seung-hack (1)
4 Mar	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	30,000	Frank Phillips (5)
11 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	25,000	Ben Arda (4)
18 Mar	Malaysian Open	Malaysia	30,000	Hideyo Sugimoto (3)
25 Mar	Indian Open	India	15,000	Graham Marsh (2)
1 Apr	Thailand Open	Thailand	17,000	Graham Marsh (3)
8 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	20,000	Eleuterio Nival (1)
15 Apr	Korea Open	South Korea	20,000	Kim Seung-hack (2)
22 Apr	Sobu International Open	Japan	50,000	Shigeru Uchida (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Position	Player	Points
1	Graham Marsh	156
2	Ben Arda	129
3	Ireneo Legaspi	78
4	Kim Seung-hack	71
5	Eleuterio Nival	61

Notes

1. 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

1. Simms, George (1974). John Player Golf Yearbook 1974. Queen Anne Press. pp. 60–66. ISBN   0362001758.
2. "S'pore Open comes after Hong Kong". New Nation. Singapore. 23 December 1972. p. 17. Retrieved 19 December 2023– via National Library Board.
3. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions . Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN   0851128475 . Retrieved 16 December 2023– via Archive.org.
4. "Uchida beats Ozaki". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1973. p. 23. Retrieved 22 February 2020– via National Library Board.
5. "Marsh best in Asian Golf Circuit". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 December 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 19 December 2023– via Trove.