The 2016 Japan Golf Tour was the 44th season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 1 Feb SMBC Singapore Open Singapore US$1,000,000 Song Young-han (1) 28 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour 7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar US$750,000 Shaun Norris (1) 15 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour 17 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (11) 16 24 Apr Panasonic Open Golf Championship Chiba 150,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (14) 16 ASA 1 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (12) 16 22 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Wakayama 70,000,000 Cho Byung-min (1) 16 29 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (13) 16 5 Jun Japan Golf Tour ChampionshipMori Building Cup Shishido Hills Ibaraki 150,000,000 Yosuke Tsukada (1) 16 Japan major 26 Jun ISPS Handa Global Cup Ishikawa 100,000,000 Park Jun-won (1) 20 3 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (12) 16 10 Jul Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (13) 16 Japan major 24 Jul Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) 16 28 Aug RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa (14) 16 4 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Cho Min-gyu (2) 16 18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Brendan Jones (14) 16 25 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Osaka 150,000,000 Chan Shih-chang (1) 15 ASA 2 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Daisuke Kataoka (2) 16 9 Oct Honma TourWorld Cup Ibaraki 100,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (15) 16 16 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 200,000,000 Hideki Matsuyama (7) 32 Flagship event 23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Satoshi Kodaira (4) 18 30 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Shingo Katayama (30) 16 6 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Chiba 200,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (14) 16 13 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Hideki Matsuyama (8) 23 20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Brooks Koepka (n/a) 26 27 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (16) 16 4 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (1) 18 Japan major
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner(s) OWGRpoints Othertours Notes10 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$10,000,000 Danny Willett 100 Major championship 8 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba 50,000,000 Shingo Katayama n/a Pro-Am19 Jun U.S. Open United States US$10,000,000 Dustin Johnson 100 Major championship17 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £6,500,000 Henrik Stenson 100 Major championship31 Jul PGA Championship United States US$10,000,000 Jimmy Walker 100 Major championship 11 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 Japan Golf Tour n/a Team event
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Yuta Ikeda 207,901,5672 Hideto Tanihara 171,902,8673 Kim Kyung-tae 113,714,6884 Song Young-han 91,562,1305 Daisuke Kataoka 86,019,113
Awards AwardWinner Most Valuable Player Yuta Ikeda Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Shaun Norris
Japan Challenge Tour
The 2016 Japan Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 3 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Tatsuya Kodai (1) 29 Apr Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup Shiga 10,000,000 Yoshinobu Tsukada (1) 20 May Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship Gifu 10,000,000 Kazuhiro Kida (3) 27 May FIDRA Classic Saitama 10,000,000 Kunihiro Kamii (1) 10 Jun ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup Chiba 13,000,000 Konosuke Nakazato (1) 17 Jun Himawari Dragon Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Yuta Kawakami (1) 24 Jun Landic Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Shotaro Wada (1) 1 Jul Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) 29 Jul Minami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge Tournament Akita 10,000,000 Tomoyo Ikemura (3) 9 Sep Seven Dreamers Challenge Chiba 13,000,000 Daisuke Maruyama (2) 23 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Gunma 10,000,000 Jinichiro Kozuma (1) 30 Sep Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship Hokkaido 10,000,000 Konosuke Nakazato (2) 8 Oct Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 10,000,000 Yoshinobu Tsukada (2) 14 Oct Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 10,000,000 Daisuke Maruyama (3) 21 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 Takashi Ogiso (1)
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Yoshinobu Tsukada 5,509,1152 Daisuke Maruyama 5,339,8223 Konosuke Nakazato 4,497,2784 Tatsuya Kodai 4,482,3575 Shotaro Wada 3,574,3836 Takashi Ogiso 3,206,6417 Daijiro Izumida 3,143,055
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