World Friendship

{{infobox golf tournament

| name = World Friendship

| image =

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| location = Ikaruga, Nara, Japan

| establishment = 1971

| course = Horyuji Country Club

| par = 72

| yardage =

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| 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

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| 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.{{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}}

The second tournament was won by Taiwan's Hsieh Yung-yo,{{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}} 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.{{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}} Another Taiwanese, Lu Liang-Huan ("Mr. Lu"), won the event. He defeated Australia's Graham Marsh and Japan's Isao Aoki in a playoff.{{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}}