1995 Asia Golf Circuit Explained

Year:1995
Tour:Asia Golf Circuit
Regular Season:
No Of Events:12
Most Wins: Brandt Jobe (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Brandt Jobe
Honor2:Rookie of the Year
Honoree2: Daniel Chopra
Prevseason:1994
Nextseason:1995–96

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 OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
5 Feb Thailand 300,000 Todd Hamilton (2) 14
12 Feb Malaysia 250,000 Brandt Jobe (2) 12
26 Feb Philippines 300,000 Carlos Espinosa (2) 12
5 Mar India 250,000 Jim Rutledge (1) 12
12 Mar Malaysia 250,000 Clay Devers (1) 18
18 Mar Indonesia 250,000 José Cantero (1) 16
26 Mar Indonesia 250,000 Brandt Jobe (3) 12 New tournament
2 Apr Singapore 250,000 Ron Wuensche (1) 12 Upgraded to official event
9 Apr Taiwan 300,000 Daniel Chopra (1) 12
16 Apr South Korea 400,000 Brandt Jobe (4) 12
23 Apr Japan ¥90,000,000 Peter Senior (n/a) 20
30 Apr China 450,000 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.

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 ($)
1 178,524
2 121,142
3 98,778
4 95,696
5 94,593

Notes and References

  1. Book: Williams, Michael . The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1996 . 1996 . Macmillan . 0333653319 . 110 . 22 December 2023 . Archive.org . limited.
  2. Asien-touren Penningligan . Asian Tour Money list . sv . Svensk Golf . 23 December 2023 . June 1995 . 6 . 158.
  3. Web site: B・ジョーブ . Brandt Jobe . Japan Golf Tour Organization . ja . 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. Web site: Daniel Chopra . golfrecord.free.fr . 20 August 2024.