The 1980 PGA of Japan Tour was the eighth 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 1980 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner Othertours Notes 30 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 Katsuji Hasegawa (1) 6 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 10,000,000 Masaji Kusakabe (6) 13 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 12,000,000 Yoshikazu Yokoshima (2) 27 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$110,000 Masashi Ozaki (22) AGC 4 May Chunichi Crowns Aichi 65,000,000 Isao Aoki (25) 11 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 28,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (23) 18 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000 Haruo Yasuda (4) 25 May Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 30,000,000 Isao Aoki (26) 1 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Shiga 35,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 8 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 25,000,000 Haruo Yasuda (5) 15 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 Hsieh Min-Nan (5) 22 Jun Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Yamaguchi 25,000,000 Norio Suzuki (10) 29 Jun Kanto Pro Championship Tochigi 20,000,000 Akira Yabe (3) 29 Jun Kansai Pro Championship Fukuoka 12,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (12) 20 Jul Descente Cup Hokkoku Open Ishikawa 20,000,000 Akira Yabe (4) New tournament 3 Aug JPGA East-West Tournament Miyagi 12,000,000 Shigeru Uchida (2) 10 Aug Mizuno Tournament Ishikawa 20,000,000 Norio Suzuki (11) 24 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Nagano 30,000,000 Yasuhiro Funatogawa (1) 31 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 30,000,000 Isao Aoki (27) 7 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000 Bill Rogers (n/a) 14 Sep ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (13) 21 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 25,000,000 Norio Suzuki (12) 28 Sep Kanto Open Saitama 20,000,000 Isao Aoki (28) 28 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 15,000,000 Takemitsu Uranishi (1) 28 Sep Chubu Open Aichi 12,000,000 Hisashi Suzumura (1) 28 Sep Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 5,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (a) (1) 28 Sep Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 8,000,000 Yurio Akitomi (2) 28 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 4,000,000 Koichi Uehara (4) 5 Oct Japan PGA Championship Gunma 30,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (7) 12 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 32,000,000 Larry Nelson (n/a) 19 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 25,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (14) 26 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000 Bob Gilder (n/a) 3 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Kanagawa 50,000,000 Shoji Kikuchi (1) 9 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo US$150,000 Jerry Pate (n/a) 16 Nov Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka US$300,000 Norio Suzuki (13) 23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 70,000,000 Tom Watson (n/a) 30 Nov Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 35,000,000 Isao Aoki (29) 7 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 16,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (24)
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Isao Aoki 60,532,6602 Norio Suzuki 48,132,1023 Masashi Ozaki 35,415,8764 Haruo Yasuda 30,141,3055 Teruo Sugihara 28,196,856
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