1966 Far East Circuit


The 1966 Far East Circuit was the fifth season of golf tournaments that comprised the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit.
Taiwan joined the circuit in 1966, bringing the number of tournaments to seven however later in the season, it was announced that the Philippine Open would not count for the Dunlop sponsored overall circuit prize, so the number of counting events remained at six.
Lu Liang-huan of Taiwan was the overall circuit champion.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1966 Far East Circuit schedule. There was one change from the previous season as the circuit expanded to seven tournaments with the addition of the Republic of China Open.
DateTournamentCountryWinnerNotesRefs
24–27 FebPhilippine OpenPhilippines Luis Silverio Did not count towards circuit standings.
3–6 MarSingapore OpenSingapore Ross Newdick
10–13 MarMalayan OpenMalaysia Harold Henning
17–20 MarThailand OpenThailand Tadashi Kitta
24–27 MarHong Kong OpenHong Kong Frank Phillips
31 Mar – 3 AprRepublic of China OpenTaiwan Lu Liang-huanNew tournament.
7–10 AprYomiuri InternationalJapan Hugh Boyle

Final standings

The Far East Circuit standings were based on a points system.
#PlayerPoints
1 Lu Liang-huan126
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3
4
5