1980 Asia Golf Circuit


The 1980 Asia Golf Circuit was the 19th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.
Golfers from Taiwan again dominated the circuit with six tournament wins from the ten events. Lu Hsi-chuen repeated his performance from 1979 as he won three times and collected the overall circuit prize. American players continued to make inroads, as Kurt Cox finished second in the standings having won in India and Singapore.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1980 Asian Golf Circuit schedule. With the return of the Philippine Open, which had been withdrawn from the circuit in 1979, the tour was back up to ten tournaments in 1980.
DateTournamentCountryPrize
fund
WinnerNotesRefs
14–17 FebPhilippine MastersPhilippines80,000 Hsieh Min-NanNon-circuit event; unofficial season opener.
21–24 FebPhilippine OpenPhilippines100,000 Lu Hsi-chuen
28 Feb – 2 MarHong Kong OpenHong Kong100,000 Kuo Chie-Hsiung
6–9 MarThailand OpenThailand50,000 Lu Hsi-chuen
13–16 MarIndian OpenIndia40,800 Kurt CoxHeld the same week as the Malaysian Dunlop Masters.
20–23 MarMalaysian OpenMalaysia60,000 Mark McNulty
27–30 MarSingapore OpenSingapore55,000 Kurt Cox
3–6 AprIndonesia OpenIndonesia40,000 Lu Hsi-chuen
10–13 AprTaiwan OpenTaiwan60,000 Kuo Chie-Hsiung
17–20 AprKorean OpenSouth Korea60,000 Chen Tze-ming
24–27 AprDunlop International OpenJapan110,000 Masashi Ozaki

Final standings