The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour was the 24th 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 1996 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes10 MarToken Corporation CupKagoshima100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (3)2017 MarDydo Drinco Shizuoka OpenShizuoka100,000,000 Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1)1624 MarNovell KSB OpenOkayama70,000,000 Toru Suzuki (3)167 AprDescente Classic Munsingwear CupIbaraki90,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (3)1614 AprTsuruya OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Peter McWhinney (1)1621 AprKirin OpenIbaraki100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (4)16AGC28 AprThe CrownsAichi120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (75)285 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka120,000,000 Brian Watts (8)2012 MayJapan PGA ChampionshipOkayama100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (76)2219 MayPepsi Ube Kosan OpenYamaguchi80,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (2)1826 MayMitsubishi Galant TournamentIbaraki120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (77)222 JunJCB Classic SendaiMiyagi100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (78)189 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (8)1616 JunPocari Sweat Yomiuri OpenTokyo100,000,000 Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1)1823 JunMizuno OpenIshikawa100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (5)1830 JunPGA Philanthropy TournamentNara100,000,000 Todd Hamilton (6)167 JulYonex Open HiroshimaHiroshima80,000,000 Hideyuki Sato (1)1614 JulNikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura MemorialIbaraki100,000,000 Hideki Kase (3)1628 JulNST Niigata Open Golf ChampionshipNiigata60,000,000 Masatoshi Horikawa (1)164 AugSanko Grand Summer ChampionshipGunma100,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2)1618 AugAcom InternationalFukushima100,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3)1625 AugHisamitsu-KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (79)201 SepJapan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise CupHokkaidō70,000,000 Nobuo Serizawa (4)188 SepSuntory OpenChiba100,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (9)2615 SepANA OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Carlos Franco (3)1622 SepGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi110,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (80)1629 SepJapan Open Golf ChampionshipOsaka120,000,000 Peter Teravainen (1)32Flagship event6 OctTokai ClassicAichi110,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (4)2213 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka100,000,000 Yoshi Mizumaki (5)1620 OctBridgestone OpenChiba120,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (3)3427 OctPhilip Morris ChampionshipHyōgo200,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (23)2210 NovSumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka150,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a)2417 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (81)3824 NovCasio World OpenKagoshima150,000,000 Paul Stankowski (n/a)301 DecGolf Nippon Series Hitachi CupTokyo100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (82)228 DecDaikyo OpenOkinawa120,000,000 Eduardo Herrera (2)16
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 209,646,7462 Yoshinori Kaneko 117,697,4483 Brian Watts 89,346,8824 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 79,510,2955 Shigeki Maruyama 75,961,133
Japan Challenge Tour
The 1996 Japan Challenge Tour was the 12th 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 1996 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 28 Mar Sanko 72 Open Gunma 10,000,000 Masayuki Okano (1) 18 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Tochigi 10,000,000 Hideyuki Sato (2) 17 May Nishino Cup in Central Ibaraki 10,000,000 Mitsuhiro Watanabe (1) 23 May Kabaya Ohayo Cup Ibaraki 10,000,000 Hitoshi Kato (1) 6 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Daisuke Serizawa (1) 3 Jul Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000 Toshinori Horiki (1) 24 Jul Twin Fields Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000 Hitoshi Sasaki (1) 5 Sep Kabaya Ohayo Cup Mie 10,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (1) 26 Sep Matsugamine Open Niigata 10,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (2) 28 Sep Korakuen Cup (3rd) Oita 10,000,000 Satoshi Ogawa (1) 5 Oct Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open Yamanashi 10,000,000 Taisei Inagaki (1) 16 Nov Korakuen Cup (4th) Ibaraki 10,000,000 Hitoshi Kato (2)
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