1986 Asia Golf Circuit

1986 Asia Golf Circuit season

Duration	27 February 1986 (1986-02-27) – 27 April 1986 (1986-04-27)
Number of official events	9
Most wins	Lu Hsi-chuen (2)
Order of Merit	Lu Hsi-chuen
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Asia Golf Circuit was the 25th 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 1986 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
2 Mar	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	150,000	Seiichi Kanai (1)	10
9 Mar	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	150,000	Stewart Ginn (2)	10
16 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	125,000	Greg Turner (1)	10
23 Mar	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	100,000	Frankie Miñoza (1)	10
30 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	100,000	Ho Ming-chung (4)	10
6 Apr	Charminar Challenge Indian Open	India	100,000	Lu Hsi-chuen (9)	10
13 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	120,000	Lu Hsi-chuen (10)	10
20 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	130,000	Tsao Chien-teng (1)	10
27 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	¥50,000,000	Hideto Shigenobu (n/a)	20	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
23 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	21,000	Mario Manubay

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	Lu Hsi-chuen	798
2	Ho Ming-chung	584
3	Hsieh Yu-shu	553
4	Tsao Chien-teng	544
5	Lu Chien-soon	538

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. "Committee raises $127,500". The Business Times. Singapore. 10 January 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 21 December 2023– via National Library Board.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987 . Collins Willow. pp. 255–263, 467–473. ISBN   0002182572 . Retrieved 8 November 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "Shigebonu wins last leg of Asian circuit". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 28 April 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 24 March 2020– via Google News Archive.