1982 Asia Golf Circuit

1982 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration18 February 1982 (1982-02-18) – 25 April 1982 (1982-04-25)
Number of official events10
Most winsTaiwan Hsu Sheng-san (3)
Order of MeritTaiwan Hsu Sheng-san
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The 1982 Asia Golf Circuit was the 21st season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Changes for 1982

There was one change from the previous season, with South Korea founding the Maekyung Open to replace the Korea Open in order to remain part of the circuit and reschedule the national open to later in the year.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1982 season.[2][3]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] Other
tours[b]		 Notes
21 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 150,000 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (5)
28 Feb Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 130,000 United States Kurt Cox (3)
7 Mar Malaysian Open Malaysia 150,000 United States Denny Helper (1)
14 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 100,000 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (5)
21 Mar Indian Open India 75,000 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (6)
28 Mar Singapore Open Singapore 100,000 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (7)
4 Apr Indonesia Open Indonesia 60,000 Philippines Eleuterio Nival (3)
11 Apr Taiwan Open Taiwan 100,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (4)
18 Apr Maekyung Open South Korea 90,000 South Korea Kim Joo-heun (a) (1) New tournament
25 Apr Dunlop International Open Japan 150,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (n/a) JPN

Order of Merit

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

Position Player Points
1 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san 925
2 United States Denny Hepler 687
3 Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen 674
4 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 611
5 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung 586

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. ^ "Foundation and Development". Korea Open. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Asian circuit is one of the best". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 March 1982. p. 21. Retrieved 2 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1983). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1983. Springwood Books. pp. 210–222, 428–438. ISBN 0862541190. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  4. ^ "From nightmare to a dream end". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 April 1982. p. 39. Retrieved 2 March 2020 – via National Library Board.