# World Friendship

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Golf tournament

World Friendship Tournament information Location Ikaruga, Nara, Japan Established 1971 Course Horyuji Country Club Par 72 Tour 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 Club Location in Japan Show map of Japan Horyuji Country Club Location in the Nara Prefecture Show map of Nara Prefecture

The **World Friendship** was a professional [golf](/source/Golf) tournament held in Japan in the early 1970s. The event was held at the Horyuji Country Club in [Ikaruga](/source/Ikaruga%2C_Nara), [Nara](/source/Nara_Prefecture).[1]

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

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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kendall_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kendall_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-kendall_1-2) ["Kendall Leads Japan Golf"](https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/04/archives/kendall-leads-japan-golf.html). *The New York Times*. Associated Press. 4 June 1972. p. S-6. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hsieh_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hsieh_2-1) ["Yung-Yo pips Kendall. Yasuda for title"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19720605-1.2.105.5). *The Straits Times*. Singapore. 5 June 1972. p. 27. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lu_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lu_3-1) ["Laing-Huan Lu – Career Record"](https://www.jgto.org/pc/PlayerTourTotalEng.do?playerCd=10004&playerKbnCd=0). Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-1973trn_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-1973trn_4-1) ["Golf"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110712702). *The Canberra Times*. AAP-Reuter. 4 June 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

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