Year: | 1997–98 |
Tour: | Asia Golf Circuit |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 7 |
Most Wins: | Frankie Miñoza (4) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Frankie Miñoza |
Honor2: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree2: | Scott Rowe |
Prevseason: | 1996–97 |
Nextseason: | 1999 |
The 1997–98 Asia Golf Circuit was the 37th 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.
From 1998 onwards, the Asia Golf Circuit was discontinued from the Official World Golf Ranking. The 1997 Maekyung LG Fashion Open was the final event to receive OWGR points.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 1997–98 season.[2] [3]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
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4 May | South Korea | 400,000 | Shin Yong-jin (1) | 12 | ||||
15 Feb | Philippines | 100,000 | Frankie Miñoza (7) | n/a | Upgraded to official event | |||
22 Feb | Malaysia | 300,000 | Ed Fryatt (3) | n/a | ||||
1 Mar | Singapore | 300,000 | Frankie Miñoza (8) | n/a | ||||
22 Mar | Philippines | 250,000 | Frankie Miñoza (9) | n/a | ||||
26 Apr | Japan | ¥100,000,000 | Frankie Miñoza (10) | 24 | ||||
3 May | South Korea | ₩350,000,000 | Scott Rowe (1) | n/a |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 1998 PGA of Japan Tour.[5]
Position | Player | Prize money ($) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 252,048 | ||
2 | 90,352 | ||
3 | 85,614 | ||
4 | 77,678 | ||
5 | 73,833 |