1982 Asia Golf Circuit

The 1982 Asia Golf Circuit was the 21st season of the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit), the main professional golf tour in Asia since it was established in 1961.

1982 Asia Golf Circuit season

Duration	18 February 1982 (1982-02-18) – 25 April 1982 (1982-04-25)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Hsu Sheng-san (3)
Order of Merit	Hsu Sheng-san
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Changes for 1982

There was one change from the previous season, with South Korea founding the Maekyung Open to replace the Korea Open in order to remain part of the circuit and reschedule the national open to later in the year.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1982 season.^[2][3]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Other tours[b]	Notes
21 Feb	Philippine Open	Philippines	150,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (5)
28 Feb	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	130,000	Kurt Cox (3)
7 Mar	Malaysian Open	Malaysia	150,000	Denny Helper (1)
14 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	100,000	Hsu Sheng-san (5)
21 Mar	Indian Open	India	75,000	Hsu Sheng-san (6)
28 Mar	Singapore Open	Singapore	100,000	Hsu Sheng-san (7)
4 Apr	Indonesia Open	Indonesia	60,000	Eleuterio Nival (3)
11 Apr	Taiwan Open	Taiwan	100,000	Chen Tze-ming (4)
18 Apr	Maekyung Open	South Korea	90,000	Kim Joo-heun (a) (1)		New tournament
25 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Japan	150,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (n/a)	JPN

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[4]

Position	Player	Points
1	Hsu Sheng-san	925
2	Denny Hepler	687
3	Lu Hsi-chuen	674
4	Hsieh Min-Nan	611
5	Chen Tze-chung	586

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.