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1995–96 Asia Golf Circuit

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1995–96 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration12 October 1995 (1995-10-12) – 21 April 1996 (1996-04-21)
Number of official events13[a]
Order of MeritCanada Rick Todd
1995

The 1995–96 Asia Golf Circuit was the 35th 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 Asian PGA Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1995–96 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Other
tours[c]
Notes
15 Oct Volvo Asian Masters Taiwan 400,000 United States Corey Pavin (n/a) 16 New tournament
19 Nov Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 300,000 United States Gary Webb (2) 16
25 Nov Tugu Pratama Indonesian PGA Championship Indonesia 250,000 Australia John Senden (n/a) 14 New to Asia Golf Circuit
21 Jan Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open Malaysia 300,000 United States Steve Flesch (1) 16
28 Jan Sabah Masters Malaysia Removed[d]
4 Feb Mitsubishi Motors Southwoods Open Philippines 250,000 Italy Manny Zerman (1) 12 New tournament
11 Feb Thai Airways Thailand Open Thailand 300,000 United States Todd Barranger (1) 12
18 Feb Classic Indian Open India 300,000 Japan Hidezumi Shirakata (1) 12
25 Feb Thai Classic Thailand Removed New tournament
3 Mar Malaysian Classic Malaysia Removed New tournament
9 Mar Matoa Nasional Invitational Indonesia 250,000 United States Christian Peña (1) 12
17 Mar Indonesia Open Indonesia 250,000 England Ed Fryatt (1) 12
24 Mar Rolex Masters Singapore 250,000 United States Mike Cunning (1) 12
31 Mar U-Bix Philippine Open Philippines 300,000 Australia Rob Whitlock (1) 12
7 Apr China Classic China Removed New tournament
14 Apr Maekyung LG Fashion Open South Korea 300,000 South Korea Park Nam-sin (2) 12 KOR
21 Apr Kirin Open Japan ¥100,000,000 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (n/a) 16 JPN

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 1996 PGA of Japan Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Canada Rick Todd 110,122
2 England Ed Fryatt 81,921
3 Canada Jim Rutledge 72,830
4 United States Rob Moss 72,608
5 United States Don Walsworth 71,734

Notes

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  1. ^ A further four tournaments were scheduled but were removed from the schedule.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
  4. ^ Proceeded as an Asian PGA Tour event.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "$8.8m boost for Asia Tour". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 August 1995. p. 40. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via National Library Board.
  2. ^ "Clash of dates in March for two big tourneys". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 December 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via National Library Board.
  3. ^ "Todd tops Asian list". New Sunday Times. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 23 April 1996. p. 22 (42 in paper). Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Todd takes on Japanese PGA Tour after success on Asian Tour". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 24 April 1996. p. 47. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.