Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ikaruga, Nara, Japan |
| Established | 1971 |
| Course(s) | Horyuji Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥10,000,000 |
| Month played | May/June |
| Final year | 1973 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 276 Isao Aoki (1973) 276 Lu Liang-Huan (1973) 276 Graham Marsh (1973) |
| To par | −12 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Lu Liang-Huan | |
| Location map | |
  Horyuji Country ClubLocation in JapanShow map of Japan Horyuji Country ClubLocation in the Nara PrefectureShow map of Nara Prefecture | |
The World Friendship was a professional golf tournament held in Japan in the early 1970s. The event was held at the Horyuji Country Club in Ikaruga, Nara.
The second tournament was won by Taiwan's Hsieh Yung-yo, who came from a stroke behind 54-hole leader, New Zealand's Terry Kendall, to claim first prize.
In its final year, the event was part of the inaugural season of the Japan Golf Tour. Another Taiwanese, Lu Liang-Huan ("Mr. Lu"), won the event. He defeated Australia's Graham Marsh and Japan's Isao Aoki in a playoff.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Lu Liang-Huan
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276 | −12 | Playoff |  Isao Aoki Graham Marsh
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| 1972 | Hsieh Yung-yo
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279 | −9 | 1 stroke |  Terry Kendall Haruo Yasuda
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References
- ^ "Kendall Leads Japan Golf". The New York Times. Associated Press. 4 June 1972. p. S-6. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Yung-Yo pips Kendall. Yasuda for title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 June 1972. p. 27. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Laing-Huan Lu – Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Golf". The Canberra Times. AAP-Reuter. 4 June 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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