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The '''1976 Asia Golf Circuit''' was the 15th season of [[golf]] tournaments that comprised the [[Asia Golf Circuit]].<ref name=guinness>{{cite book |title=Golf Records, Facts and Champions |publisher=Guinness |author=Steel, Donald |date=1987 |pages=153&ndash;155 |isbn=0851128475}}</ref>
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| most_wins = {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] (2)
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The '''1976 Asia Golf Circuit''' was the 15th season of the [[Asia Golf Circuit]] (formerly the '''Far East Circuit'''), the main [[professional golf tour]] in Asia since it was established in 1961.


==Schedule==
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Taiwan's [[Hsu Sheng-san]] won the circuit title, with a fifth-place finish in the season ending [[Sobu International Open]] being enough to stay ahead of the tournament winner, [[Ben Arda]] of the Philippines, in the final standings.<ref name=hsu76>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19760426-1.1.27 |title=Arda wins right to play in British, US meets |page=27 |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=26 April 1976 |accessdate=13 February 2020 |via=National Library Board}}</ref>
The following table lists official events during the 1976 season.<ref name=wog77>{{cite book |title=World of Golf 1977 |first=George |last=Simms |publisher=Macdonald and Jane's |date=1977 |isbn=0354090011 |pages=130–135}}</ref><ref name=guinness>{{cite book |title=Golf Records, Facts and Champions |publisher=Guinness |author=Steel, Donald |date=1987 |pages=153–155 |isbn=0851128475 |url=https://archive.org/details/golfrecordsfacts0000stee/ |via=Archive.org |access-date=16 December 2023 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

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==Tournament schedule==
The table below shows the 1976 Asian Golf Circuit schedule.


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Date !! Tournament !! Host country !! Purse<br>([[United States dollar|US$]]) !! Winner{{efn|name=totals|The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asia Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asia Golf Circuit members.}} !!Other<br>tours{{efn|JPN − [[PGA of Japan Tour]].}} !! Notes
!Date!!Tournament!!Country!!Prize<br/>fund ([[US$]])!!Winner!!Notes!!Refs
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|15 Feb || [[Philippine Masters (golf)|Philippine Masters]] || Philippines || align=right|20,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] || Non-circuit event; unofficial season opener.<ref>{{cite news
| 22 Feb || [[Philippine Open (golf)|Philippine Open]] || Philippines || align=right|60,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Quintin Mancao]] (1) || ||
|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19760211-1.2.87 |title=77 for Philippine Masters |newspaper=New Nation |location=Singapore |date=11 February 1976 |page=16 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref> ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Filipino golfer wins in Manila |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=16 February 1976 |page=65 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44411922 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 29 Feb || [[Taiwan Open (golf)|Taiwan Open]] || Taiwan || align=right|30,000 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Chi-san]] (2) || ||
|22 Feb || [[Philippine Open (golf)|Philippine Open]] || Philippines || align=right|60,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Quintin Mancao]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Police sergeant Mancao wins PI Open golf |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=23 February 1976 |page=26 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19760223-1.1.26 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 7 Mar || [[Thailand Open (golf)|Thailand Open]] || Thailand || align=right|25,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] (6) || ||
|29 Feb || [[Taiwan Open (golf)|Taiwan Open]] || Taiwan || align=right|30,000 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Chi-san]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Hsu takes lead in Asia Circuit |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=2 March 1976 |page=25 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760302-1.2.113.2 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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|7 Mar || [[Thailand Open (golf)|Thailand Open]] || Thailand || align=right|25,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Arda wins Thai Open by four strokes |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=8 March 1976 |page=27 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760308-1.2.110 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
| 14 Mar || [[Singapore Open (golf)|Singapore Open]] || Singapore || align=right|45,000 || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kesahiko Uchida]] (1) || ||
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| 21 Mar || [[Indonesia Open (golf)|Indonesia Open]] || Indonesia || align=right|25,000 || {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} [[Mya Aye (golfer)|Mya Aye]] (1) || ||
|14 Mar || [[Singapore Open (golf)|Singapore Open]] || Singapore || align=right|45,000 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kesahiko Uchida]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Uchida holds late Arda challenge to win Singapore Open |first1=Ernest |last1=Frida |first2=Dharsan |last2=Singh |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=15 March 1976 |page=26 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760315-1.2.106 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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|21 Mar || [[Indonesia Open (golf)|Indonesian Open]] || Indonesia || align=right|25,000 || {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} [[Mya Aye]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Mya Aye scores on the greens |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=22 March 1976 |page=27 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19760322-1.1.27 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
| 28 Mar || [[Malaysian Open (golf)|Malaysian Open]] || Malaysia || align=right|30,000 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Sheng-san]] (3) || ||
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| 4 Apr || [[Indian Open (golf)|Indian Open]] || India || align=right|25,000 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] (5) || ||
|28 Mar || [[Malaysian Open (golf)|Malaysian Open]] || Malaysia || align=right|30,000 || {{flagicon|TWN|}} [[Hsu Sheng-san]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Mya Aye's error costs him Malaysian title |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=29 March 1976 |page=27 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760329-1.2.113 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 11 Apr || [[Hong Kong Open (golf)|Hong Kong Open]] || Hong Kong || align=right|40,000 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Ho Ming-chung]] (1) || ||
|5 Apr || [[Indian Open (golf)|Indian Open]] || India || align=right|25,000 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] || Played the same week as the [[Malaysian Dunlop Masters]]. || <ref>{{cite news |title=Thomson's open |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |date=5 April 1976 |page=16 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hPhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6665%2C1678256 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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|12 Apr || [[Hong Kong Open (golf)|Hong Kong Open]] || Hong Kong || align=right|40,000 || {{flagicon|TWN|}} [[Ho Ming-chung]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwan sweeps |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |date=12 April 1976 |page=18 |agency=AP |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qiBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cu0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2426%2C4816791 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
| 18 Apr || [[Korea Open (golf)|Korea Open]] || South Korea || align=right|25,000 || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Katsunari Takahashi]] (1) || ||
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| 25 Apr || [[Sobu International Open]] || Japan || align=right|75,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] (7) || [[1976 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] ||
|19 Apr || [[Korea Open (golf)|Korea Open]] || South Korea || align=right|90,000 || {{flagicon|JPN|}} [[Katsunari Takahashi]] || ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Takahashi wins playoff for title |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=19 April 1976 |page=24 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760419-1.2.90.4 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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===Unofficial events===
The following events were sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Date
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!Tournament
!Host country
!Purse<br>($)
!Winner
!Notes
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|25 Apr|| [[Sobu International Open]] || Japan || align=right|75,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] || || <ref name=hsu76/><ref name=oom/>
| 15 Feb || [[Philippine Masters]] || Philippines || align=right|20,000 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] || Limited-field event
|}
|}


==Final standings==
==Order of Merit==
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The [[Asia Golf Circuit#Order of Merit winners|Order of Merit]] was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.<ref name=wog77/><ref name=oom>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mPhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4544%2C7922361 |title=Overall standings in the 1976 Asian circuit |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 April 1976 |page=11 (18 in paper) |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=hsu76>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19760426-1.1.27 |title=Arda wins right to play in British, US meets |page=27 |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=26 April 1976 |accessdate=13 February 2020 |via=National Library Board}}</ref>
The Asia Golf Circuit operated a points based system to determine the overall circuit champion, with points being awarded in each tournament to the leading players. At the end of the season, the player with the most points was declared the circuit champion, and there was a prize pool to be shared between the top players in the points table.


{|class=wikitable
{|class=wikitable
!Position!!Player!!Points
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| align=center|1 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Sheng-san]] || align=center|164
!#!!Player!!Points<ref name=oom>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mPhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4544%2C7922361 |title=Overall standings in the 1976 Asian circuit |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 April 1976 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 1 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Sheng-san]] || align=center|163.5
| align=center|2 || {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] || align=center|155
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| 2 || {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Ben Arda]] || align=center|154.5
| align=center|3 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Kuo Chie-Hsiung]] || align=center|113
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| 3 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Kuo Chie-hsiung]] || align=center|113
| align=center|4 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Chi-san]] || align=center|83
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| 4 || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Chi-san]] || align=center|83
| align=center|5 || {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} [[Mya Aye (golfer)|Mya Aye]] || align=center|79
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| 5 || {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} [[Mya Aye]] || align=center|78.5
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==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:34, 27 April 2024

1976 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration19 February 1976 (1976-02-19) – 25 April 1976 (1976-04-25)
Number of official events10
Most winsPhilippines Ben Arda (2)
Order of MeritTaiwan Hsu Sheng-san
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1977 →

The 1976 Asia Golf Circuit was the 15th season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1976 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] Other
tours[b]		 Notes
22 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 60,000 Philippines Quintin Mancao (1)
29 Feb Taiwan Open Taiwan 30,000 Taiwan Hsu Chi-san (2)
7 Mar Thailand Open Thailand 25,000 Philippines Ben Arda (6)
14 Mar Singapore Open Singapore 45,000 Japan Kesahiko Uchida (1)
21 Mar Indonesia Open Indonesia 25,000 Myanmar Mya Aye (1)
28 Mar Malaysian Open Malaysia 30,000 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (3)
4 Apr Indian Open India 25,000 Australia Peter Thomson (5)
11 Apr Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 40,000 Taiwan Ho Ming-chung (1)
18 Apr Korea Open South Korea 25,000 Japan Katsunari Takahashi (1)
25 Apr Sobu International Open Japan 75,000 Philippines Ben Arda (7) JPN

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($) 		Winner Notes
15 Feb Philippine Masters Philippines 20,000 Philippines Ben Arda Limited-field event

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[1][3][4]

Position Player Points
1 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san 164
2 Philippines Ben Arda 155
3 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung 113
4 Taiwan Hsu Chi-san 83
5 Myanmar Mya Aye 79

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.

References

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  1. ^ a b Simms, George (1977). World of Golf 1977. Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 130–135. ISBN 0354090011.
  2. ^ Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "Overall standings in the 1976 Asian circuit". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 April 1976. p. 11 (18 in paper). Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Arda wins right to play in British, US meets". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 April 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 13 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
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