1975 Asia Golf Circuit

1975 Asia Golf Circuit season

Duration	13 February 1975 (1975-02-13) – 20 April 1975 (1975-04-20)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
Order of Merit	Hsieh Min-Nan
← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 Asia Golf Circuit was the 14th 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 1975 season. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
16 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	40,000	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
23 Feb	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	40,000	Hsieh Yung-yo (10)
2 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	30,000	Howard Twitty (n/a)
9 Mar	Malaysian Open	Malaysia	40,000	Graham Marsh (5)
16 Mar	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	25,000	Hsu Sheng-san (2)
23 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	35,000	Yutaka Suzuki (1)
30 Mar	Indian Open	India	25,000	Ted Ball (2)
6 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	30,000	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4)
13 Apr	Korea Open	South Korea	25,000	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (5)
20 Apr	Sobu International Open	Japan	50,000	Teruo Sugihara (2)	JPN

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Points
1	Hsieh Min-Nan	140
2	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	139.5
3	Ted Ball	117
4	Ben Arda	110
5	Stewart Ginn	102

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.
2. JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.

References

1. Simms, George (1976). John Player Golf Yearbook 1976. Queen Anne Press. pp. 128–135. ISBN   0362002576.
2. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions . Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN   0851128475 . Retrieved 16 December 2023– via Archive.org.
3. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf. Collins. pp. 274–289, 466–477. ISBN   000211996X.
4. "Hsieh again takes the circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 April 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 19 December 2023– via National Library Board.