1995 Asia Golf Circuit

1995 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration2 February 1995 (1995-02-02) – 30 April 1995 (1995-04-30)
Number of official events12
Most winsUnited States Brandt Jobe (3)
Order of MeritUnited States Brandt Jobe
Rookie of the YearSweden Daniel Chopra
← 1994

The 1995 Asia Golf Circuit was the 34th season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), one of the main professional golf tours in Asia (outside of Japan) alongside the newly formed Asian PGA Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
5 Feb Thai Airways Thailand Open Thailand 300,000 United States Todd Hamilton (2) 14
12 Feb Sabah Masters Malaysia 250,000 United States Brandt Jobe (2) 12
26 Feb Dole Casino Filipino Philippine Open Philippines 300,000 Mexico Carlos Espinosa (2) 12
5 Mar Classic Indian Open India 250,000 Canada Jim Rutledge (1) 12
12 Mar Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open Malaysia 250,000 United States Clay Devers (1) 18
18 Mar Sampoerna Indonesia Open Indonesia 250,000 Argentina José Cantero (1) 16
26 Mar Sempati Bali Open Indonesia 250,000 United States Brandt Jobe (3) 12 New tournament
2 Apr Rolex Masters Singapore 250,000 United States Ron Wuensche (1) 12 Upgraded to official event
9 Apr Chinfon Republic of China Open Taiwan 300,000 Sweden Daniel Chopra (1) 12
16 Apr Maekyung Bando Fashion Open South Korea 400,000 United States Brandt Jobe (4) 12
23 Apr Dunlop Open Japan ¥90,000,000 Australia Peter Senior (n/a) 20 JPN
30 Apr Volvo China Open China 450,000 Paraguay Raúl Fretes (1) 12

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
19 Feb San Miguel Beer Philippine Masters Philippines 250,000 Sweden Olle Nordberg

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[1][2] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 1995 PGA of Japan Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Brandt Jobe 178,524
2 Sweden Daniel Chopra 121,142
3 Canada Jim Rutledge 98,778
4 Paraguay Raúl Fretes 95,696
5 United States Bob May 94,593

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Tun Abdul Hamid Omar Award) Sweden Daniel Chopra [4]

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. ^ a b Williams, Michael (1996). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1996. Macmillan. p. 110. ISBN 0333653319. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ "Asien-touren | Penningligan" [Asian Tour | Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. June 1995. p. 158. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Ｂ・ジョーブ" [Brandt Jobe] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 December 2023. １９９５年に同ツアー総合優勝を飾って日本ツアーの出場権を得た。 [In 1995, he won the overall title of the tour and qualified for the Japan Tour.]
  4. ^ "Daniel Chopra". golfrecord.free.fr. Retrieved 20 August 2024.