Year: | 1977 |
Tour: | Asia Golf Circuit |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 10 |
Most Wins: | Hsieh Min-Nan (2) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Hsieh Min-Nan |
Prevseason: | 1976 |
Nextseason: | 1978 |
The 1977 Asia Golf Circuit was the 16th season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.
The following table lists official events during the 1977 season.[1] [2]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Winner | Other tours | Notes | |
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20 Feb | Philippines | 70,000 | Hsieh Yung-yo (11) | ||||
27 Feb | Hong Kong | 50,000 | Hsieh Min-Nan (3) | ||||
6 Mar | Thailand | 30,000 | Yurio Akitomi (1) | ||||
13 Mar | Malaysia | 40,000 | Stewart Ginn (1) | ||||
20 Mar | Indonesia | 40,000 | Gaylord Burrows (1) | ||||
27 Mar | Singapore | 45,000 | Hsu Chi-san (3) | ||||
3 Apr | India | 30,000 | Brian Jones (2) | ||||
10 Apr | Taiwan | 30,000 | Hsieh Min-Nan (4) | ||||
17 Apr | South Korea | 30,000 | Ho Ming-chung (2) | ||||
24 Apr | Japan | 80,000 | Ben Arda (8) |
The following events were sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] [3]
Position | Player | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 140 | ||
2 | 109 | ||
3 | 97 | ||
4 | 94 | ||
5 | 92 |