1992 Asia Golf Circuit

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1992 Asia Golf Circuit season
Duration20 February 1992 (1992-02-20) – 26 April 1992 (1992-04-26)
Number of official events9[a]
Order of MeritUnited States Todd Hamilton
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 Asia Golf Circuit was the 31st season of the

professional golf tour
in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[1][2][3]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
23 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 150,000 Taiwan Wang Ter-chang (1) 12
1 Mar
Epson Singapore Open
 Singapore 400,000 United States Bill Israelson (2) 14
8 Mar
Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Open
 Hong Kong 250,000 United States Tom Watson (n/a) 26
15 Mar
Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open
 Malaysia 200,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (1) 14
22 Mar Indonesia Open Indonesia – Cancelled[4] –
29 Mar
Wills Indian Open
 India 150,000 Australia Stewart Ginn (3) 12
5 Apr
Thai International Thailand Open
 Thailand 200,000 Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit (1) 12
12 Apr
Sanyang Republic of China Open
 Taiwan 300,000 Taiwan Lin Chie-hsiang (1) 12
19 Apr Maekyung Open South Korea 300,000 United States Todd Hamilton (1) 12
26 Apr
Dunlop Open
 Japan ¥100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (n/a) 28 JPN

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
($)		 Winner Notes
22 Mar Rolex Masters Singapore S$150,000 United States Todd Hamilton

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 1992 PGA of Japan Tour.[5][6]

Position Player Points
1 United States Todd Hamilton 875
2 Taiwan Hsieh Chin-sheng 600
3 United States Tom Pernice Jr. 591
4 United States Bill Israelson 577
5 United States Craig McClellan 556

Notes

  1. ^ A further one tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asia Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asia Golf Circuit members.
  3. PGA of Japan Tour
    .

References

  1. ^ Singh, Randhir (4 February 1992). "Fee can key up Asian Circuit". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. p. 17 (32 in paper). Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ISBN 0091781000
    . Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0333588959
    .
  4. ^ "Israelson in record number for Masters". The Straits Times. Singapore. 13 March 1992. p. 39. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via National Library Board.
  5. ^ "Ｔ・ハミルトン" [Todd Hamilton] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023. 1992年アジアンツアー総合優勝で日本ツアーシード権を獲得。 [In 1992, he won the overall Asian Tour championship and earned the right to be seeded on the Japan Tour.]
  6. ^ DeVreize, Craig (9 May 1992). "Hamilton makes big career breakout on Asian tour". The Dispatch. Moline, Illinois. p. 32 (D6 in paper). Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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