1976 Asia Golf Circuit


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

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1976 Asian Golf Circuit schedule.
DateTournamentCountryPrize
fund
WinnerNotesRefs
15 FebPhilippine MastersPhilippines20,000 Ben ArdaNon-circuit event; unofficial season opener.
22 FebPhilippine OpenPhilippines60,000 Quintin Mancao
29 FebTaiwan OpenTaiwan30,000 Hsu Chi-san
7 MarThailand OpenThailand25,000 Ben Arda
14 MarSingapore OpenSingapore45,000 Kesahiko Uchida
21 MarIndonesian OpenIndonesia25,000 Mya Aye
28 MarMalaysian OpenMalaysia30,000 Hsu Sheng-san
5 AprIndian OpenIndia25,000 Peter ThomsonPlayed the same week as the Malaysian Dunlop Masters.
12 AprHong Kong OpenHong Kong40,000 Ho Ming-chung
19 AprKorea OpenSouth Korea90,000 Katsunari Takahashi
25 AprSobu International OpenJapan75,000 Ben Arda

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.
#PlayerPoints
1 Hsu Sheng-san163.5
2 Ben Arda154.5
3 Kuo Chie-hsiung113
4 Hsu Chi-san83
5 Mya Aye78.5