The 1998 PGA of Japan Tour was the 26th season of 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 1998 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes15 MarToken Corporation CupKagoshima110,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (10)2222 MarDydo Drinco Shizuoka OpenShizuoka100,000,000 Eduardo Herrera (4)1629 MarJust System KSB OpenKagawa100,000,000 Carlos Franco (4)165 AprDescente Classic Munsingwear CupChiba100,000,000 Dinesh Chand (1)1819 AprTsuruya OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Katsumasa Miyamoto (1)1626 AprKirin OpenIbaraki100,000,000 Frankie Miñoza (5)24AGC3 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000 Davis Love III (n/a)3410 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka120,000,000 Carlos Franco (5)2417 MayJapan PGA ChampionshipNara120,000,000 Brandt Jobe (4)2424 MayUbe Kosan OpenYamaguchi100,000,000 Brandt Jobe (5)1631 MayMitsubishi Galant TournamentKōchi100,000,000 Toru Taniguchi (1)167 JunJCB Classic SendaiMiyagi100,000,000 Yoshi Mizumaki (6)1614 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Toru Suzuki (4)1621 JunYomiuri OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Brian Watts (11)1628 JunGateway to The Open Mizuno OpenOkayama100,000,000 Brandt Jobe (6)205 JulPGA Philanthropy TournamentGunma100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (8)1612 JulYonex Open HiroshimaHiroshima100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (88)1626 JulAiful CupAomori100,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (3)162 AugNST Niigata Open Golf ChampionshipNiigata60,000,000 Masayuki Kawamura (2)169 AugSanko Grand Summer ChampionshipGunma100,000,000 Shingo Katayama (1)1630 AugHisamitsu-KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (89)166 SepJapan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise CupHokkaidō100,000,000 Katsunori Kuwabara (2)2013 SepSuntory OpenChiba100,000,000 Mamo Osanai (1)2420 SepANA OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (2)2427 SepGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi110,000,000 Todd Hamilton (7)224 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipIbaraki120,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (4)32Flagship event11 OctTokai ClassicAichi110,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa (2)2018 OctNikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura MemorialIbaraki110,000,000 Mitsutaka Kusakabe (3)2025 OctBridgestone OpenChiba120,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (2)301 NovPhilip Morris ChampionshipHyōgo200,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (90)248 NovAcom InternationalFukushima120,000,000 Kaname Yokoo (1)1615 NovSumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka150,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a)3822 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki250,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a)4029 NovCasio World OpenKagoshima150,000,000 Brian Watts (12)366 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo100,000,000 Katsumasa Miyamoto (2)2413 DecDDI Group Okinawa OpenOkinawa80,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (5)16
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date Tournament Location Purse Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes12 AprMasters TournamentUnited StatesUS$3,200,000 Mark O'Meara100Major championship21 JunU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$3,000,000 Lee Janzen100Major championship19 JulThe Open ChampionshipEngland£1,700,000 Mark O'Meara100Major championship16 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$3,000,000 Vijay Singh100Major championship
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Masashi Ozaki 179,627,4002 Brian Watts 132,014,9903 Hidemichi Tanaka 103,941,4374 Brandt Jobe 97,566,4065 Katsumasa Miyamoto 93,580,618
Japan Challenge Tour
The 1998 Japan Challenge Tour was the 14th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 26 Mar PRGR Cup Tochigi 10,000,000 Gohei Sato (3) 16 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Ibaraki 10,000,000 Shinsuke Yanagisawa (1) 24 Apr Nishino Cup Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Masakazu Noritake (1) 29 Apr Daiwa Cup Kochi Open Kochi 10,000,000 Naoya Sugiyama (2) 21 May Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000 Hiroshi Ueda (2) 12 Jun Matsugamine Open Niigata 10,000,000 Taisuke Kitajima (2) 18 Jun Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000 Tetsuya Haraguchi (1) 29 Jul Twin Fields Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000 Kazumasa Sakaitani (1) 20 Aug Daiwa Cup Akita Open Akita 10,000,000 Takashi Tsutsumi (1) 27 Aug Andersen Consulting Growing Cup Ibaraki 10,000,000 Masakazu Noritake (2) 11 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Chiba 10,000,000 Taisuke Kitajima (3) 8 Oct Korakuen Cup (3rd) Oita 10,000,000 Masayuki Tomita (1) 22 Oct Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open Yamanashi 10,000,000 Yoshimi Niizeki (1) 19 Nov Korakuen Cup (4th) Tochigi 10,000,000 Gohei Sato (4)
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