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.

Date	Tournament	Country	Prize fund (US$)	Winner	Notes	Refs
19–22 Feb	San Miguel Philippine Open	Philippines	100,000	Brian Tennyson		[3]
26 Feb – 1 Mar	United Airlines Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	150,000	Ian Woosnam		[4]
5–8 Mar	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	150,000	Terry Gale		[5]
12–15 Mar	Thai International Thailand Open	Thailand	100,000	Chen Tze-ming		[6]
19–22 Mar	Charminar Challenge Indian Open	India	100,000	Brian Tennyson	Held the same week as the Rolex Masters	[7]
26–29 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	125,000	Peter Fowler		[8]
2–5 Apr	Indonesian Open	Indonesia	100,000	Wayne Smith		[9]
9–12 Apr	Republic of China Open	Taiwan	140,000	Mark Aebli		[10]
16–19 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	130,000	Chen Liang-hsi		[11]
23–26 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	350,000	Isao Aoki	Co-sanctioned with Japan Golf Tour	[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	Jim Hallet	806
2	Chen Tze-ming	678
3	Brian Tennyson	652
4	Jeff Maggert	622
5	Jim Rutledge	510

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.