1978 PGA of Japan Tour

1978 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) – 3 December 1978 (1978-12-03)
Number of official events	36
Most wins	Isao Aoki (6)
Money list	Isao Aoki
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The 1978 PGA of Japan Tour was the sixth 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 1978 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	Other tours [b]	Notes
9 Apr	Aso National Park Open	Kumamoto	8,000,000	Tadami Ueno (4)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
16 Apr	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	Osaka	10,000,000	Akira Yabe (1)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
23 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	US$70,000	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1)	AGC
30 Apr	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	60,000,000	Isao Aoki (15)
7 May	Wizard Tournament	Wakayama	25,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (5)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
14 May	Fujisankei Classic	Saitama	30,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (8)
21 May	Pepsi-Wilson Tournament	Yamaguchi	25,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (20)
28 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Kanagawa	30,000,000	Isao Aoki (16)
4 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	23,000,000	Haruo Yasuda (3)
11 Jun	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Iwate	30,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (6)
18 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	25,000,000	Isao Aoki (17)
25 Jun	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	25,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (2)
2 Jul	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (9)
9 Jul	Kansai Open	Shiga	15,000,000	Akio Kanemoto (1)
14 Jul	Chushikoku Open	Hiroshima	3,000,000	Seiji Katayama (1)
15 Jul	Chubu Open	Mie	12,000,000	Kouichi Inoue (1)
16 Jul	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	5,000,000	Norio Suzuki (8)
16 Jul	Kanto Open	Niigata	20,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (2)
23 Jul	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	35,000,000	Kesahiko Uchida (1)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
6 Aug	Kansai Pro Championship	Osaka	10,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (10)
6 Aug	Kanto Pro Championship	Chiba	20,000,000	Isao Aoki (18)
13 Aug	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	Tochigi	30,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (5)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
20 Aug	Japan PGA Championship	Hokkaidō	25,000,000	Fujio Kobayashi (2)
27 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	32,000,000	Kenichi Yamada (2)
27 Aug	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	2,850,000	Koichi Uehara (2)
10 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	40,000,000	Akio Kanemoto (2)
17 Sep	Sanpo Classic	Chiba	20,000,000	Koichi Uehara (3)
24 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	20,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (21)
8 Oct	Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	US$300,000	Gil Morgan (n/a)
15 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	32,000,000	Masaji Kusakabe (3)
21 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	20,000,000	Masaru Amono (1)
29 Oct	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	30,000,000	Hiroshi Ishii (5)
5 Nov	Japan Open Golf Championship	Kanagawa	65,000,000	Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
12 Nov	ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches	Hyōgo	US$150,000	Isao Aoki (19)
26 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	60,000,000	Andy Bean (n/a)
3 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	15,000,000	Isao Aoki (20)

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Isao Aoki	62,987,200
2	Masashi Ozaki	29,017,286
3	Kosaku Shimada	28,217,542
4	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	26,850,810
5	Tōru Nakamura	25,102,008

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. "1978 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 . Doubleday. pp. 244–254, 383–414. ISBN   0385149409 . Retrieved 8 November 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1978 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

External links

• Official website