1979 PGA of Japan Tour

1979 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	29 March 1979 (1979-03-29) – 2 December 1979 (1979-12-02)
Number of official events	37
Most wins	Isao Aoki (4)
Money list	Isao Aoki
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The 1979 PGA of Japan Tour was the seventh 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 1979 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	Other tours [b]	Notes
1 Apr	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	25,000,000	Akira Yabe (2)
8 Apr	Aso National Park Open	Kumamoto	10,000,000	Takashi Kurihara (3)
15 Apr	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	Osaka	12,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (3)
22 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	US$100,000	Hiroshi Ishii (6)	AGC
29 Apr	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	60,000,000	Isao Aoki (21)
13 May	Fujisankei Classic	Saitama	30,000,000	Shoichi Sato (1)
20 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Kanagawa	30,000,000	Isao Aoki (22)
27 May	Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	30,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (11)
3 Jun	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Ibaraki	30,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (7)
10 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	25,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (8)
17 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	25,000,000	Yasuhiro Miyamoto (7)
24 Jun	Pepsi-Wilson Tournament	Aomori	25,000,000	Mya Aye (2)
1 Jul	Kanto Pro Championship	Ibaraki	20,000,000	Isao Aoki (23)
1 Jul	Kansai Pro Championship	Ishikawa	12,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (9)
5 Aug	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	Tochigi	30,000,000	Norio Mikami (1)
12 Aug	Mizuno Tournament	Ishikawa	20,000,000	Mitsuhiro Kitta (1)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
19 Aug	JPGA East-West Tournament	Miyagi	12,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (7)
26 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	32,000,000	Masaji Kusakabe (4)
27 Aug	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	4,100,000	Shoichi Sato (2)
2 Sep	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Graham Marsh (11)
9 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	40,000,000	Masaji Kusakabe (5)
16 Sep	Japan PGA Championship	Ibaraki	25,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (4)
23 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Yasuhiro Miyamoto (8)
23 Sep	Kanto Open	Gunma	20,000,000	Masaru Amono (2)
23 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Nagasaki	5,000,000	Yurio Akitomi (1)
23 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Yamaguchi	5,050,000	Hideto Shigenobu (1)
23 Sep	Chubu Open	Gifu	12,000,000	Kenichi Matsuoka (1)
30 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	20,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (6)
7 Oct	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	35,000,000	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (2)
14 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	33,500,000	Tsutomu Irie (1)
21 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	25,000,000	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
28 Oct	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	30,000,000	Lanny Wadkins (n/a)
4 Nov	Japan Open Golf Championship	Shiga	50,000,000	Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4)
11 Nov	ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches	Hyōgo	30,000,000	Tom Purtzer (n/a)
18 Nov	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	US$300,000	Norio Suzuki (9)
25 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	60,000,000	Bobby Wadkins (n/a)
2 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	16,000,000	Isao Aoki (24)

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	45,554,211
2	Tōru Nakamura	34,707,816
3	Masaji Kusakabe	30,521,932
4	Norio Suzuki	29,258,974
5	Hsieh Min-Nan	23,471,810

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. "1979 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. pp. 219–232, 377–403. ISBN   0905947835.
3. "1979 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

External links

• Official website