1967 Far East Circuit

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1967 Far East Circuit season
Duration23 February 1967 (1967-02-23) – 9 April 1967 (1967-04-09)
Number of official events7
Order of MeritTaiwan Lu Liang-Huan
1966
1968

The 1967 Far East Circuit was the sixth season of the Far East Circuit, the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 1967 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
26 Feb Philippine Open Philippines MS$104,000 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (a) (1)
5 Mar Singapore Open Singapore 11,600 Philippines Ben Arda (2)
12 Mar Malaysian Open Malaysia 15,000 Philippines Ireneo Legaspi (1)
19 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 12,000 Japan Tomoo Ishii (4)
26 Mar Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 12,000 Australia Peter Thomson (4)
2 Apr Taiwan Open Taiwan 12,000 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo (4)
9 Apr Yomiuri International Japan 15,000 Japan Mitsutaka Kono (1)

Unofficial events[edit]

The following events were sanctioned by the Far East Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)
Winner Notes
16 Apr Indian Open India Japan Kenji Hosoishi
23 Apr Kenya Open Kenya England Guy Wolstenholme

Order of Merit[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]

Position Player Points
1 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan 91
2 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo
3 Japan Tomoo Ishii
4 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Far East Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Far East Circuit members.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Seven events in F-E circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. Reuters. 10 April 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  2. ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "Thompson equal third". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. AAP-Reuters. 10 April 1967. p. 25. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.