1985 Asia Golf Circuit

The 1985 Asia Golf Circuit was the 24th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.[1]

Chen Tze-ming claimed the overall circuit title.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1985 Asian Golf Circuit schedule. Due to economic turmoil in the Philippines, the Philippine Open was dropped from the circuit in 1984,[2] and continued as a non-circuit event in 1985.

Date	Tournament	Country	Prize fund (US$)	Winner	Notes	Refs
21–24 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	21,000	Mark Aebli	Non-circuit event.	[3]
28 Feb – 3 Mar	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	150,000	Mark Aebli		[4]
7–10 Mar	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	150,000	Terry Gale		[5]
14–17 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	100,000	Bill Israelson		[6]
21–24 Mar	Indian Open	India	100,000	Tony Grimes	Held the same week as the Rolex Masters.	[7]
28–31 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	100,000	Chen Tze-ming		[8]
4–7 Apr	Indonesian Open	Indonesia	100,000	Lu Chien-soon		[9]
11–14 Apr	Republic of China Open	Taiwan	120,000	Lu Liang-huan		[10]
18–21 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	120,000	Chen Tze-chung		[11]
25–28 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	200,000	Chen Tze-chung		[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.

#	Player	Points [13]
1	Chen Tze-ming	715
2	Rodger Davis	557

References

1. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 219–228. ISBN 0862541247.
3. "American takes Philippine Open". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. 25 February 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
4. "Aebli bags biggest prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 March 1985. p. 29. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
5. "No stopping Gale". The Straits Times. Singapore. 11 March 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
6. "Israelson wins Thai title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 March 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
7. "Grimes bags Indian title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 March 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
8. "Local pro shares fourth spot as Tze-ming wins..." The Straits Times. Singapore. 1 April 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
9. "Lu homes in with an eagle". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 April 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
10. "Lu wins three way play off". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 April 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
11. "Langer in fine form..." The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 April 1985. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
12. "Chen's day again". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 April 1985. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
13. "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. 23 April 1985. p. 22. Retrieved 21 March 2020 – via Google Archive.