World Friendship

The World Friendship was a golf tournament held in Japan in the early 1970s. The event was held at the Horyuji Country Club in Nara, Japan.[1]

The first year New Zealand's Terry Kendall held the lead the 54-hole lead.[1] However he was overtaken by Taiwan's Hsieh Yung-yo.

The following year the event was part of the inaugural season of the Japan Golf Tour.[2] Another Taiwanese, Lu Liang-Huan ("Mr. Lu"), won the event. He defeated Australia's Graham Marsh and Japan's Isao Aoki in a playoff.[3]

Winners
Year Winner Country Score Margin
of victory		 Runners-up Total purse Ref
1972 Hsieh Yung-yo  Taiwan US$32,466 [1]
1973 Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan −12 (69-73-65-69=276) Playoff Isao Aoki, Graham Marsh ¥13,000,000 [2] [3]

References
  1. "Kendall Leads Japan Golf". The New York Times. Associated Press. 4 June 1972. p. S-6. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. "Laing-Huan Lu – Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. "Golf". The Canberra Times. AAP-Reuter. 4 June 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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