1982 PGA of Japan Tour

1982 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	18 March 1982 (1982-03-18) – 5 December 1982 (1982-12-05)
Number of official events	45
Most wins	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (5)
Money list	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
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The 1982 PGA of Japan Tour was the 10th 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 1982 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	Other tours [b]	Notes
21 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	25,000,000	Eitaro Deguchi (1)
4 Apr	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	Osaka	15,000,000	Namio Takasu (3)
11 Apr	Hakuryuko Open	Hiroshima	15,000,000	Toshimitsu Kai (1)
18 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	30,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (10)
25 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	US$150,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4)	AGC
2 May	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	70,000,000	Gary Hallberg (n/a)
9 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	40,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (5)
16 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Kanagawa	32,000,000	Isao Aoki (33)
23 May	Pepsi Ube Open	Yamaguchi	30,000,000	Kikuo Arai (2)
30 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Okayama	40,000,000	Graham Marsh (14)
6 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	30,000,000	Shinsaku Maeda (6)
13 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Yasuhiro Funatogawa (2)
20 Jun	Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	30,000,000	Terry Gale (1)
27 Jun	Mizuno Tournament	Ishikawa	20,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (16)
1 Jul	Naganoken Open	Nagano	20,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
4 Jul	Kanagawa Open	Kanagawa	15,000,000	Akio Toyoda (1)
10 Jul	Toyamaken Open	Toyama	15,000,000	Shigeru Uchida (4)
11 Jul	Niigata Open	Niigata	15,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (8)
18 Jul	Gunmaken Open	Gunma	15,000,000	Fujio Kobayashi (4)
25 Jul	Japan PGA Championship	Shiga	32,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (6)
1 Aug	Kanto Pro Championship	Tochigi	20,000,000	Motomasa Aoki (1)
1 Aug	Kansai Pro Championship	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Hideto Shigenobu (2)
8 Aug	Descente Cup Hokkoku Open	Ishikawa	30,000,000	Kikuo Arai (3)
15 Aug	JPGA East-West Tournament	Tochigi	18,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (7)
22 Aug	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	Chiba	30,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (17)
29 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	32,000,000	Chen Tze-ming (1)
4 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Hiroshima	5,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (7)
5 Sep	Kanto Open	Shizuoka	20,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (25)
5 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (18)
5 Sep	Chubu Open	Ishikawa	12,500,000	Shigeru Uchida (5)
5 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	12,000,000	Norio Suzuki (15)
5 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	5,000,000	Koichi Uehara (5)
12 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	50,000,000	Pete Izumikawa (1)
19 Sep	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	40,000,000	Norio Suzuki (16)
26 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	30,000,000	Takashi Kurihara (4)
3 Oct	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	50,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (19)
10 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	35,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (7)
17 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	30,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (8)
24 Oct	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	50,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (9)
31 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Saitama	50,000,000	Akira Yabe (5)
7 Nov	Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA	Chiba	US$440,000	Bob Gilder (n/a) Calvin Peete (n/a)		Title shared
14 Nov	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	80,000,000	Scott Hoch (n/a)
21 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	90,000,000	Calvin Peete (n/a)
28 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	65,000,000	Scott Hoch (n/a)
5 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	17,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8)

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	68,220,640
2	Isao Aoki	45,659,150
3	Hsieh Min-Nan	45,617,930
4	Kikuo Arai	43,827,155
5	Teruo Sugihara	43,673,380

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. "1982 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1983). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1983 . Springwood Books. pp. 221–244, 437–483. ISBN   0862541190 . Retrieved 8 November 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1982 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

External links

• Official website