World Friendship
The World Friendship was a golf tournament held in Japan in the early 1970s. The event was held at the Horyuji Country Club in Nara, Japan.[1]
The first year New Zealand's Terry Kendall held the lead the 54-hole lead.[1] However he was overtaken by Taiwan's Hsieh Yung-yo.
The following year the event was part of the inaugural season of the Japan Golf Tour.[2] Another Taiwanese, Lu Liang-Huan ("Mr. Lu"), won the event. He defeated Australia's Graham Marsh and Japan's Isao Aoki in a playoff.[3]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Total purse | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Hsieh Yung-yo |  |
US$32,466 | [1] | |||
| 1973 | Lu Liang-Huan | |
−12 (69-73-65-69=276) | Playoff |  .svg.png){kind=small} |
¥13,000,000 | [2] [3] |
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References
- "Kendall Leads Japan Golf". The New York Times. Associated Press. 4 June 1972. p. S-6. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- "Laing-Huan Lu – Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- "Golf". The Canberra Times. AAP-Reuter. 4 June 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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