World Friendship

{{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{infobox golf tournament | name = World Friendship | image = | caption = | location = [[Ikaruga, Nara|Ikaruga]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], Japan | establishment = 1971 | course = Horyuji Country Club | par = 72 | yardage = | lang =  | org = | tour = [[Japan Golf Tour]] | format = [[Stroke play]] | purse = {{currency|10,000,000|JPY}} | month_played = May/June | final_year = 1973 | aggregate = 276 [[Isao Aoki]] (1973) 276 [[Lu Liang-Huan]] (1973) 276 [[Graham Marsh]] (1973) | to-par = −12 ''as above'' | final_champion = {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Lu Liang-Huan]] | map = Japan#Japan Nara Prefecture | map_label = Horyuji Country Club | map_caption = Location in [[Japan]]##Location in the [[Nara Prefecture]] | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 | coordinates = {{coord|34.628|135.734}} }} 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|Ikaruga]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]].<ref name=kendall>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/04/archives/kendall-leads-japan-golf.html |title=Kendall Leads Japan Golf |date=1972-06-04 |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |page=S-6 |access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>

The second tournament was won by Taiwan's [[Hsieh Yung-yo]],<ref name=Hsieh>{{cite news |title=Yung-Yo pips Kendall. Yasuda for title |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19720605-1.2.105.5 |access-date=18 January 2021 |work=The Straits Times |date=5 June 1972 |location=Singapore |page=27}}</ref> who came from a stroke behind 54-hole leader, New Zealand's [[Terry Kendall]],<ref name=kendall /> to claim first prize.

In its final year, the event was part of the inaugural season of the [[Japan Golf Tour]].<ref name=lu>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/pc/PlayerTourTotalEng.do?playerCd=10004&playerKbnCd=0 |title=Laing-Huan Lu – Career Record |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref> Another Taiwanese, [[Lu Liang-Huan]] ("Mr. Lu"), won the event. He defeated Australia's [[Graham Marsh]] and Japan's [[Isao Aoki]] in a playoff.<ref name=1973trn>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110712702 |title=Golf |date=1973-06-04 |newspaper=The Canberra Times |agency=AAP-Reuter |page=14 |access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>

==Winners== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Year !Winner !Score !To par !Margin of victory !Runners-up !Ref. |- |[[1973 PGA of Japan Tour|1973]] |{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Lu Liang-Huan]] |align=center|276 |align=center|−12 |Playoff |{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Isao Aoki]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Graham Marsh]] |<ref name="lu" /><ref name=1973trn /> |- |1972 |{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsieh Yung-yo]] |align=center|279 |align=center|−9 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Terry Kendall]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Haruo Yasuda]] |<ref name=kendall /><ref name=Hsieh /> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Former Japan Golf Tour events]] [[Category:Defunct golf tournaments in Japan]] [[Category:Sport in Nara Prefecture]] [[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1971]] [[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1973]] [[Category:1971 establishments in Japan]] [[Category:1973 disestablishments in Japan]]