1989 Asia Golf Circuit

1989 Asia Golf Circuit season

Duration	9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) – 23 April 1989 (1989-04-23)
Number of official events	11
Most wins	Brian Claar (2) Lu Chien-soon (2)
Order of Merit	Brian Claar
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The 1989 Asia Golf Circuit was the 28th season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly 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 1989 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
12 Feb	San Miguel/Coca-Cola Philippine Open	Philippines	140,000	Emlyn Aubrey (1)	8
19 Feb	Johnnie Walker Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	175,000	Brian Claar (1)	8
26 Feb	Thai International Thailand Open	Thailand	150,000	Brian Claar (2)	8
5 Mar	Pakistan Open	Pakistan	120,000	Frankie Miñoza (3)	8		New to Asia Golf Circuit
12 Mar	Wills Indian Open	India	120,000	Rémi Bouchard (1)	8
19 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	220,000	Lu Chien-soon (6)	8
25 Mar	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	120,000	Kasiyadi (1)	8
2 Apr	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Malaysia	175,000	Jeff Maggert (1)	8
9 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	200,000	Lu Chien-soon (7)	6
16 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	150,000	Lu Hsi-chuen (11)	8
23 Apr	Dunlop Open	Japan	¥60,000,000	Terry Gale (6)	18	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
5 Feb	Carlsberg Philippine Masters	Philippines	₱2,000,000	George Olaybar

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	Brian Claar	882
2	Emlyn Aubrey	732
3	Carlos Espinosa	682
4	Frankie Miñoza	638
5	Lu Chien-soon	595

Notes

1. 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.
2. JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.

References

1. "1989 Asia Golf Circuit". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. 31 March 1989. p. 29. Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. pp. 276–284, 516–527. ISBN 0948615389.
3. "Miñoza is 4th in Asian Order of merit". Manila Standard. Manila, the Philippines. 24 April 1989. p. 12 (24 in paper). Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via Google News Archive.