1977 Asia Golf Circuit

The 1977 Asia Golf Circuit was the 16th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

Taiwan's Hsieh Min-Nan was the overall circuit champion for the third time despite missing the cut in the final event, having built up an unassailable lead in the points standings by adding a runner-up finish in the Korea Open to his two victories earlier in the season.[2]

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1977 Asian Golf Circuit schedule.[3]

Date	Tournament	Country	Prize fund (US$)	Winner	Notes	Refs
10–13 Feb	Philippine Masters	Philippines	20,000	Ben Arda	Non-circuit event; unofficial season opener.	[4]
17–20 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	70,000	Hsieh Yung-yo		[5]
24–27 Feb	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	50,000	Hsieh Min-Nan		[6]
3–6 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	30,000	Yurio Akitomi		[7]
10–13 Mar	Malaysian Open	Malaysia	40,000	Stewart Ginn		[8]
17–20 Mar	Indonesian Open	Indonesia	25,000	Gaylord Burrows	Played the same week as the Rolex Masters	[9]
24–27 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	30,000	Hsu Chi-san		[10]
31 Mar – 3 Apr	Indian Open	India	25,000	Brian Jones	Played the same week as the Malaysian Dunlop Masters.	[11]
7–10 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	35,000	Hsieh Min-Nan		[12]
14–17 Apr	Korea Open	South Korea	30,000	Ho Ming-chung		[13]
21–24 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	80,000	Ben Arda	New title sponsor and venue.	[14]

Final standings

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.

#	Player	Points[15]
1	Hsieh Min-Nan	140
2	Mya Aye	109
3	Hsu Chi-san	97
4	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	93.5

References

1. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
2. "Min-Nan the overall Asian champion". New Nation. Singapore. 18 April 1977. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
3. "Asian golf circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 August 1976. p. 31. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
4. "Arda wins S$25,000". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 February 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
5. "Taiwan's Hsieh wins PI open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 February 1977. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
6. "HK open to Taiwan's Min-nam". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 February 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
7. "Akitomi wins nail-biting sudden death". The Straits Times. Singapore. 7 March 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
8. "Stewart Ginn wins Malaysian open golf". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 March 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
9. "Gaylord's title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 March 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
10. "Hsu wins with his cool golf". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 March 1977. p. 27. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
11. "Title to Jones". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 April 1977. p. 27. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
12. "Hsieh Kuo and Lu make it all-Taiwan finish". The Straits Times. Singapore. 11 April 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
13. "Title to Ho". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 April 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
14. "It's Arda again". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 April 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 16 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
15. "Arda completes double". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. 25 April 1977. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.