1987 Asia Golf Circuit

The 1987 Asia Golf Circuit was the 26th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

Despite not winning a tournament, American Jim Hallet claimed the overall circuit title thanks to consistent high finishes throughout the season.[2]

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1987 Asia Golf Circuit schedule.[2] After three years absence the Philippine Open returned to the circuit as an official Order of Merit event.

DateTournamentCountryPrize
fund (US$)		WinnerNotesRefs
19–22 FebSan Miguel Philippine OpenPhilippines100,000 Brian Tennyson[3]
26 Feb – 1 MarUnited Airlines Hong Kong OpenHong Kong150,000 Ian Woosnam[4]
5–8 MarBenson & Hedges Malaysian OpenMalaysia150,000 Terry Gale[5]
12–15 MarThai International Thailand OpenThailand100,000 Chen Tze-ming[6]
19–22 MarCharminar Challenge Indian OpenIndia100,000 Brian TennysonHeld the same week as the Rolex Masters[7]
26–29 MarSingapore OpenSingapore125,000 Peter Fowler[8]
2–5 AprIndonesian OpenIndonesia100,000 Wayne Smith[9]
9–12 AprRepublic of China OpenTaiwan140,000 Mark Aebli[10]
16–19 AprMaekyung OpenSouth Korea130,000 Chen Liang-hsi[11]
23–26 AprDunlop International OpenJapan350,000 Isao Aoki[12]

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.

#PlayerPoints [13]
1 Jim Hallet806
2 Chen Tze-ming678
3 Brian Tennyson652
4 Jeff Maggert622
5 Jim Rutledge510
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References
  1. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. p. 245–256, 458–469. ISBN 0002182831.
  3. "On foreign fairways". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  4. "Woosnam first briton to win HK Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 March 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  5. "Gale grabs it on a play-off". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 March 1987. p. 25. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  6. "On foreign fairways". The Straits Times. Singapore. 16 March 1987. p. 27. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  7. "Tennyson captures Indian Open title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 March 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  8. "Peter wins three way play-off". The Straits Times. Singapore. 30 March 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  9. "Smith wins the Indonesian open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 April 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  10. "Taiwan Open to american Aebli". The Straits Times. Singapore. 13 April 1987. p. 28. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  11. "Chen clinches Seoul crown". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 April 1987. p. 27. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  12. "Aoki a-okay for Dunlop crown". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 April 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
  13. "Hallet lands top prize in circuit". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 27 April 1987. p. 1519 in newspaper). Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
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