1987 Asia Golf Circuit


The 1987 Asia Golf Circuit was the 26th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.
Despite not winning a tournament, American Jim Hallet claimed the overall circuit title thanks to consistent high finishes throughout the season.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1987 Asia Golf Circuit schedule. After three years absence the Philippine Open returned to the circuit as an official Order of Merit event.
DateTournamentCountryPrize
fund
WinnerNotesRefs
19–22 FebSan Miguel Philippine OpenPhilippines100,000 Brian Tennyson
26 Feb – 1 MarUnited Airlines Hong Kong OpenHong Kong150,000 Ian Woosnam
5–8 MarBenson & Hedges Malaysian OpenMalaysia150,000 Terry Gale
12–15 MarThai International Thailand OpenThailand100,000 Chen Tze-ming
19–22 MarCharminar Challenge Indian OpenIndia100,000 Brian TennysonHeld the same week as the Rolex Masters
26–29 MarSingapore OpenSingapore125,000 Peter Fowler
2–5 AprIndonesian OpenIndonesia100,000 Wayne Smith
9–12 AprRepublic of China OpenTaiwan140,000 Mark Aebli
16–19 AprMaekyung OpenSouth Korea130,000 Chen Liang-hsi
23–26 AprDunlop International OpenJapan350,000 Isao Aoki

Final standings

The Asia Golf Circuit operated a points based system to determine the overall circuit champion, with points being awarded in each tournament to the leading players. At the end of the season, the player with the most points was declared the circuit champion, and there was a prize pool to be shared between the top players in the points table.
#PlayerPoints
1 Jim Hallet806
2 Chen Tze-ming678
3 Brian Tennyson652
4 Jeff Maggert622
5 Jim Rutledge510