1962 Far East Circuit

Golf tour season September 2023 1962 Far East Circuit 1962 2 8 y – 1962 3 11 y 5 Order of Merit AUS Peter Thomson 1963 The 1962 Far East Circuit was the inaugural season of the Far East Circuit, the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961. Season outline The circuit consisted of five tournaments over five weeks, and was formed from the existing national open championships of the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore, along with the inaugural national open championship of Malaysia and the Yomiuri Shimbun sponsored Yomiuri International in Japan. There was a total prize fund of just over M$200,000, which included a bonus pool sponsored by Seagram of M$15,000 for the overall circuit prize.https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19620211-1.2.74.2 Golf's gathering of champions The Straits Times Singapore 11 February 1962 18 National Library Board 3 March 2020https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19620109-1.2.106 Big entry for Philippines Open golf next month Singapore Free Press Singapore 9 January 1962 11 National Library Board 3 March 2020 Golfers from around the world participated in the tour,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105858185 Big Prizes For Far East Golf The Canberra Times Australian Capital Territory, Australia 5 January 1962 4 March 2020 20 Trove including some of the biggest names in Australian golf,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104921531 Record for Far Eastern golf tour The Canberra Times Australian Capital Territory, Australia 30 January 1962 4 March 2020 14 Trove and it was multiple Open Championship winner, Peter Thomson, who emerged as the circuit's first Order of Merit winner. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1962 season.Golf Records, Facts and Champions Guinness Steel, Donald 1987 153–155 0851128475 https://archive.org/details/golfrecordsfacts0000stee/ Archive.org 16 December 2023 limited Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winnertotals The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Far East Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Far East Circuit members. Notes 11 Feb Philippine Open Philippines 11,500 PHI 1936 Celestino Tugot (1) 18 Feb Singapore Open Singapore MS$28,000 ZAF 1928 Brian Wilkes (1) 25 Feb Malayan Open Malaya £A3,000 AUS Frank Phillips (1) New tournament 4 Mar Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 9,000 AUS Len Woodward (1) 11 Mar Yomiuri International Japan 15,000 AUS Peter Thomson (1) New tournament Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using total strokes.Far East loot to Aussies The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 12 March 1962 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44514805 Newspapers.com 3 March 2020 Position Player Strokes1 AUS Peter Thomson 1,4052 AUS Kel Nagle 1,4223 AUS Frank Phillips 1,4224 NZL Bob Charles 1,430 Notes References Category:Asia Golf Circuit Far East Circuit Far East Circuit