1977 PGA of Japan Tour

1977 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	21 April 1977 (1977-04-21) – 4 December 1977 (1977-12-04)
Number of official events	31
Most wins	Masashi Ozaki (4)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
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The 1977 PGA of Japan Tour was the fifth 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 1977 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	Other tours [b]	Notes
24 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	US$80,000	Ben Arda (4)	AGC
1 May	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	60,000,000	Graham Marsh (10)
15 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Kanagawa	30,000,000	Tadashi Kitta (2)
22 May	Fujisankei Classic	Saitama	30,000,000	Yasuhiro Miyamoto (4)
29 May	Pepsi-Wilson Tournament	Kanagawa	25,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (16)
5 Jun	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Ishikawa	30,000,000	Hsu Sheng-san (1)
12 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	23,000,000	Isao Aoki (13)
19 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	25,000,000	Yasuhiro Miyamoto (5)
26 Jun	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	25,000,000	Lu Liang-Huan (6)
3 Jul	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (8)
10 Jul	Kansai Open	Shiga	12,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (4)
15 Jul	Chushikoku Open	Hiroshia	2,100,000	Tadami Ueno (3)
16 Jul	Chubu Open	Aichi	5,000,000	Hiroshi Ishii (4)
17 Jul	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	5,000,000	Norio Suzuki (7)
24 Jul	Kanto Open	Shizuoka	20,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (17)
7 Aug	Kanto Pro Championship	Tochigi	20,000,000	Kenji Mori (1)
7 Aug	Kansai Pro Championship	Yamaguchi	10,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (5)
28 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	32,000,000	Brian Jones (1)
28 Aug	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	1,700,000	Koichi Uehara (1)
4 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	20,000,000	Yasuhiro Miyamoto (6)
11 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	40,000,000	Masaji Kusakabe (2)
18 Sep	Sanpo Classic	Chiba	20,000,000	Shigeru Uchida (1)
25 Sep	Japan PGA Championship	Gifu	25,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)
9 Oct	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	US$300,000	Bill Rogers (n/a)
16 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	32,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (18)
23 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	20,000,000	Takashi Murakami (11)
30 Oct	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	30,000,000	Fujio Kobayashi (1)
13 Nov	ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches	Hyōgo	US$120,000	Isao Aoki (14)
20 Nov	Japan Open Golf Championship	Chiba	65,000,000	Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
27 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	60,000,000	Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
4 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	15,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (19)

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	35,932,608
2	Isao Aoki	31,425,073
3	Teruo Sugihara	28,135,386
4	Yasuhiro Miyamoto	27,027,699
5	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	24,440,839

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. "1977 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
2. Simms, George (1978). World of Golf 1978. Queen Anne Press. pp. 116–125. ISBN   0354090356 . Retrieved 24 November 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1977 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

External links

• Official website