Year: | 1980 |
Tour: | Asia Golf Circuit |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 10 |
Most Wins: | Lu Hsi-chuen (3) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Lu Hsi-chuen |
Prevseason: | 1979 |
Nextseason: | 1981 |
The 1980 Asia Golf Circuit was the 19th 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 1980 season.[1] [2]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Winner | Other tours | Notes | |
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24 Feb | Philippines | 100,000 | Lu Hsi-chuen (4) | ||||
2 Mar | Hong Kong | 100,000 | Kuo Chie-Hsiung (8) | ||||
9 Mar | Thailand | 50,000 | Lu Hsi-chuen (5) | ||||
16 Mar | India | 40,000 | Kurt Cox (1) | ||||
23 Mar | Malaysia | 60,000 | Mark McNulty (1) | ||||
30 Mar | Singapore | 55,000 | Kurt Cox (2) | ||||
6 Apr | Indonesia | 40,000 | Lu Hsi-chuen (6) | ||||
13 Apr | Taiwan | 60,000 | Kuo Chie-Hsiung (9) | ||||
20 Apr | South Korea | 60,000 | Chen Tze-ming (1) | ||||
27 Apr | Japan | 110,000 | Masashi Ozaki (n/a) |
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.[3]
Position | Player | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 119 | ||
2 | 97 | ||
3 | 92 | ||
4 | 91 | ||
5 | 74 |