1976 Asia Golf Circuit

The 1976 Asia Golf Circuit was the 15th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

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.[2]

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1976 Asian Golf Circuit schedule.

Date	Tournament	Country	Prize fund (US$)	Winner	Notes	Refs
15 Feb	Philippine Masters	Philippines	20,000	Ben Arda	Non-circuit event; unofficial season opener.[3]	[4]
22 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	60,000	Quintin Mancao		[5]
29 Feb	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	30,000	Hsu Chi-san		[6]
7 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	25,000	Ben Arda		[7]
14 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	45,000	Kesahiko Uchida		[8]
21 Mar	Indonesian Open	Indonesia	25,000	Mya Aye		[9]
28 Mar	Malaysian Open	Malaysia	30,000	Hsu Sheng-san		[10]
5 Apr	Indian Open	India	25,000	Peter Thomson	Played the same week as the Malaysian Dunlop Masters.	[11]
12 Apr	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	40,000	Ho Ming-chung		[12]
19 Apr	Korea Open	South Korea	90,000	Katsunari Takahashi		[13]
25 Apr	Sobu International Open	Japan	75,000	Ben Arda		[2][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[14]
1	Hsu Sheng-san	163.5
2	Ben Arda	154.5
3	Kuo Chie-hsiung	113
4	Hsu Chi-san	83
5	Mya Aye	78.5

References

1. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
2. "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.
3. "77 for Philippine Masters". New Nation. Singapore. 11 February 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
4. "Filipino golfer wins in Manila". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 16 February 1976. p. 65. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Police sergeant Mancao wins PI Open golf". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 February 1976. p. 26. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
6. "Hsu takes lead in Asia Circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 March 1976. p. 25. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
7. "Ben Arda wins Thai Open by four strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 March 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
8. Frida, Ernest; Singh, Dharsan (15 March 1976). "Uchida holds late Arda challenge to win Singapore Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 26. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
9. "Mya Aye scores on the greens". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 March 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
10. "Mya Aye's error costs him Malaysian title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 March 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
11. "Thomson's open". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 5 April 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
12. "Taiwan sweeps". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 12 April 1976. p. 18. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.
13. "Takahashi wins playoff for title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 19 April 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
14. "Overall standings in the 1976 Asian circuit". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 April 1976. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via Google News Archive.