1964 Far East Circuit

1964 Far East Circuit season

Duration	20 February 1964 (1964-02-20) – 22 March 1964 (1964-03-22)
Number of official events	5
Most wins	Tomoo Ishii (2)
Order of Merit	Hsieh Yung-yo
← 1963 1965 →

The 1964 Far East Circuit was the third season of the Far East Circuit, the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1964 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
23 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	₱20,000	Peter Thomson (2)
1 Mar	Capitol Hills Open	Philippines	5,000	Tomoo Ishii (1)	New tournament
8 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	10,000	Ted Ball (1)
15 Mar	Malayan Open	Malaya	10,000	Tomoo Ishii (2)
22 Mar	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	11,500	Hsieh Yung-yo (2)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[3]

Position	Player	Points
1	Hsieh Yung-yo	94
2	Tomoo Ishii
3	Peter Thomson
4	Tadashi Kitta

Notes

1. 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.

References

1. "Japan is out of this years F-E Circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 January 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 7 March 2020 – via National Library Board.
2. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
3. "1964 Far East Circuit - final". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. 23 March 1964. Retrieved 11 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.