1974 PGA of Japan Tour

1974 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	16 February 1974 (1974-02-16) – 8 December 1974 (1974-12-08)
Number of official events	31
Most wins	Masashi Ozaki (6)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
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The 1974 PGA of Japan Tour was the second 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 1974 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
17 Feb	JPGA East-West Match	Okinawa	12,000,000	Isao Aoki (6)
21 Apr	Sobu International Open	Chiba	US$50,000	Lu Liang-Huan (2)	AGC	New to PGA of Japan Tour
29 Apr	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	28,000,000	Takashi Murakami (2)
12 May	Fujisankei Classic	Saitama	30,000,000	Graham Marsh (2)
19 May	Dunlop Tournament	Chiba	20,000,000	Graham Marsh (3)
26 May	Pepsi Tournament	Ishikawa	25,000,000	Graham Marsh (4)
2 Jun	Sports Shinko International	Hyōgo	25,000,000	Shozo Miyamoto (1)		New tournament
16 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	20,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (2)
23 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	17,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (6)
7 Jul	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	20,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (7)
11 Jul	Kyusyu Open	Nagasaki	1,800,000	Norio Suzuki (1)
11 Jul	Kansai Open	Nara	3,500,000	Teruo Sugihara (3)
11 Jul	Chushikoku Open	Hiroshima	1,300,000	Mitsuhiko Masuda (2)
12 Jul	Chubu Open	Hiroshima	3,000,000	Tadashi Kitta (1)
14 Jul	Kanto Open	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Isao Aoki (7)
21 Jul	Tokyo Charity Classic	Chiba	30,000,000	Haruo Yasuda (1)
4 Aug	Kanto Pro Championship	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Isao Aoki (8)
18 Aug	Japan PGA Championship	Miyagi	13,500,000	Masashi Ozaki (8)
25 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	23,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (3)
1 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	20,000,000	Lu Liang-Huan (2)
8 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	25,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (9)
15 Sep	Sanpo Classic	Chiba	25,000,000	Isao Aoki (9)
22 Sep	Kansai Pro Championship	Osaka	8,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (2)
29 Sep	Japan Open Golf Championship	Ibaraki	30,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (10)
6 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	20,000,000	Takashi Murakami (3)
27 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	25,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (3)
3 Nov	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	21,500,000	Graham Marsh (5)
17 Nov	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	15,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (11)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
24 Nov	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	20,000,000	Takashi Kurihara (2)
1 Dec	ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches	Wakayama	23,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (4)
8 Dec	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	51,000,000	Johnny Miller (n/a)

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	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
13 Oct	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Chiba	US$300,000	Gene Littler

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. ^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Masashi Ozaki	41,846,908
2	Takashi Murakami	31,603,626
3	Teruo Sugihara	21,121,901
4	Isao Aoki	20,711,666
5	Tōru Nakamura	20,079,777

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
2. AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.

References

1. "1974 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf. Collins. pp. 252–257, 427–443. ISBN   0002119552.
3. "1974 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

External links

• Official website