World Friendship

Golf tournament

Horyuji Country Club

Location in Japan

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Horyuji Country Club

Location in the Nara Prefecture

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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.^[1]

The second tournament was won by Taiwan's Hsieh Yung-yo,^[2] who came from a stroke behind 54-hole leader, New Zealand's Terry Kendall,^[1] to claim first prize.

In its final year, the event was part of the inaugural season of the Japan Golf Tour.^[3] Another Taiwanese, Lu Liang-Huan ("Mr. Lu"), won the event. He defeated Australia's Graham Marsh and Japan's Isao Aoki in a playoff.^[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up	Ref.
1973	Lu Liang-Huan	276	−12	Playoff	Isao Aoki Graham Marsh	^[3]^[4]
1972	Hsieh Yung-yo	279	−9	1 stroke	Terry Kendall Haruo Yasuda	^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kendall Leads Japan Golf". The New York Times. Associated Press. 4 June 1972. p. S-6. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Yung-Yo pips Kendall. Yasuda for title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 June 1972. p. 27. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Laing-Huan Lu – Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Golf". The Canberra Times. AAP-Reuter. 4 June 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 18 February 2020.