The Japan Challenge Tour, currently titled as the ACN Tour, is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. It has been in operation since 1985.
In 2023, the schedule featured 12 tournaments, with prize funds of mostly . This is about a tenth of the level of prize money per event on offer on the main Japan Golf Tour, with the main tour also having a longer season.
History In January 2018, the tour signed a sponsor title agreement with AbemaTV, being renamed as the AbemaTV Tour for the 2018 season onwards. The agreement lasted until the end of the 2024 season. In March 2025, it was announced that would become the new title sponsor of the tour, being renamed as the ACN Tour.
In July 2018, it was also announced that the tour would be included into the Official World Golf Ranking starting in 2019, with the winner receiving a minimum of 4 points for a 54-hole event.
The top 20 players earn entry into the Japan Golf Tour.
Money and points list winners Season Points list Points2025 Ryota Wakahara 1,292Season Money list Prize money (¥)2024 Taisei Yamada 5,259,7892023 Tatsunori Shogenji 11,253,1062022 Yujiro Ohori 7,798,5512020–21 Ryo Hisatsune 10,922,4672019 Yoshikazu Haku 6,797,4442018 Taihei Sato 7,256,1632017 Tomoharu Otsuki 3,787,5912016 Yoshinobu Tsukada 5,509,1152015 Yu Morimoto 4,479,5312014 Shugo Imahira 7,444,2882013 Kwon Ki-taek 5,326,8852012 Yuki Koko 4,607,2372011 Tatsunori Nukaga 5,846,2752010 Dinesh Chand 4,780,6252009 Chris Campbell 6,136,1542008 Masamichi Uehira 6,329,0332007 Michio Matsumura 6,685,1832006 Takaki Ono 7,710,0692005 Shoichi Ideguchi 5,070,2632004 Yoshiaki Kimura 4,199,6502003 Masamichi Uehira 3,082,8332002 Tatsuhiko Ichihara 4,124,9352001 Hur Suk-ho 5,150,2642000 Masanori Kobayashi 3,851,2501999 Kosaku Makisaka 3,461,2941998 No information known1997199619951994199319921991199019891988198719861985
References
External links Current season schedule on the Japan Golf Tour's official site