The 1990 Asia Golf Circuit was the 29th 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 1990 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Feb | San Miguel/Coca-Cola Philippine Open | Philippines | 140,000 |  Robert Pactolerin (1) |
8 | ||
| 25 Feb | Martell Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | 200,000 |  Ken Green (n/a) |
8 | ||
| 4 Mar | Thai International Thailand Open | Thailand | 150,000 |  Lu Wen-teh (1) |
8 | ||
| 11 Mar | Wills Indian Open | India | 120,000 | Andrew Debusk (1) |
8 | ||
| 18 Mar | Epson Singapore Open | Singapore | 300,000 | Antolin Fernando (1) |
8 | ||
| 24 Mar | Indonesia Open | Indonesia | 120,000 | Frankie Miñoza (4) |
8 | ||
| 1 Apr | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open | Malaysia | 200,000 | Glen Day (1) |
8 | ||
| 8 Apr | Sanyang Republic of China Open | Taiwan | 200,000 | Frankie Miñoza (5) |
8 | ||
| 15 Apr | Maekyung Open | South Korea | 300,000 |  Lee Kang-sun (1) |
6 | ||
| 22 Apr | Dunlop Open | Japan | ¥100,000,000 | Frankie Miñoza (6) |
14 | JPN |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse ($) |
Winner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb | Carlsberg Philippine Masters | Philippines | ₱2,000,000 | E. J. Pfister |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 1990 PGA of Japan Tour.[4]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie Miñoza |
1,006 |
| 2 |  Danny Mijovic |
696 |
| 3 | Rick Gibson |
596 |
| 4 | Chen Liang-hsi |
572 |
| 5 | Glen Day |
536 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.
References
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. ISBN 1855925583.
- ^ Wilson, Mark (1991). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1991. Macmillan. pp. 94–96. ISBN 0333547330. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "1990 Asia Golf Circuit Order of Merit". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 23 April 1990. p. 47. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ｆ・ミノザ" [Frankie Miñoza] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
９０年、当時アジアサーキット最終戦だった『ダンロップオープン』に勝って総合優勝。以来、日本ツアーに定着した。
[In '90, he won the Dunlop Open, which was the final event of the Asian circuit at the time, and won the overall championship. Since then, he has become a fixture on the Japan tour.]