1967 Far East Circuit

The 1967 Far East Circuit was the sixth season of golf tournaments that comprised the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

Lu Liang-huan of Taiwan was the overall circuit champion.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1967 Far East Circuit schedule. There were no changes from the previous season except for the addition of two "associate events", the Indian Open and the Kenya Open, which did not count towards the circuit prize.[2]

Date	Tournament	Country	Winner	Notes	Refs
23–26 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	Hsu Sheng-san (a)		[3]
2–5 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	Ben Arda		[4]
9–12 Mar	Malayan Open	Malaysia	Ireneo Legaspi		[5]
16–19 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	Tomoo Ishii		[6]
23–26 Mar	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	Peter Thomson		[7]
30 Mar – 2 Apr	Republic of China Open	Taiwan	Hsieh Yung-yo		[8]
6–9 Apr	Yomiuri International	Japan	Mitsutaka Kono		[9]
13–16 Apr	Indian Open	India	Kenji Hosoishi	Associate event	[10]
20–23 Apr	Kenya Open	Kenya	Guy Wolstenholme	Associate event	[11]

Final standings

The Far East Circuit standings were based on a points system.

#	Player	Points
1	Lu Liang-huan	90.5[12]
2	Hsieh Yung-yo
3	Tomoo Ishii
4	Kuo Chie-hsiung
5

References

1. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
2. "Seven events in F-E circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 10 April 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
3. "Title goes to Formosan amateur". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 February 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
4. "Arda wins Singapore Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 6 March 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
5. "Last-round Legaspi". The Straits Times. Singapore. 13 March 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
6. "Ishii wins by four strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 March 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
7. "Thomson the winner for the third time". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 March 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
8. "Hsieh takes the Formosan title". The Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 3 April 1967. p. 19. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
9. "It's Kono's title by one stroke". The Straits Times. Singapore. Reuter. 10 April 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
10. "Hosoishi triumphs". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 April 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 7 July 2020 – via National Library Board.
11. "Wolstenholme wins golf". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. AAP-Reuters. 25 April 1967. p. 24. Retrieved 7 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Thompson equal third". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. AAP–Reuters. 10 April 1967. p. 25. Retrieved 12 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.