1985 PGA of Japan Tour

1985 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	21 March 1985 (1985-03-21) – 15 December 1985 (1985-12-15)
Number of official events	40
Most wins	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
Money list	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 PGA of Japan Tour was the 13th 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 1985 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
24 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	30,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (7)
14 Apr	Pocari Sweat Open	Hiroshima	40,000,000	Motomasa Aoki (2)
21 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	35,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (10)
28 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	45,000,000	Chen Tze-chung (2)	AGC
5 May	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	80,000,000	Seiji Ebihara (1)
12 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	40,000,000	Mark O'Meara (n/a)
19 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Ibaraki	32,000,000	Katsunari Takahashi (3)
26 May	Pepsi Ube Open	Yamaguchi	40,000,000	Chen Tze-ming (4)
2 Jun	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Okayama	50,000,000	Brian Jones (2)
9 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	35,000,000	David Ishii (1)
16 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	40,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (22)
23 Jun	Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open	Hyōgo	40,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (19)
30 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	40,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (3) Katsunari Takahashi (4)		Title shared
7 Jul	Kansai Pro Championship	Osaka	20,000,000	Keiichi Kobayashi (1)
7 Jul	Kanto Pro Championship	Shizuoka	27,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (20)
4 Aug	NST Niigata Open	Niigata	35,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (11)
11 Aug	Japan PGA Championship	Ibaraki	40,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (4)
18 Aug	Nikkei Cup	Saitama	40,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (4)		New tournament
25 Aug	Maruman Open	Ishikawa	40,000,000	Brian Jones (3)
1 Sep	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	42,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (1)
8 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	12,000,000	Kinpachi Yoshimura (1)
8 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	20,000,000	Tsutomu Irie (2)
8 Sep	Kanto Open	Saitama	30,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (8)
8 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Hiroshima	10,000,000	Mitoshi Tomita (1)
8 Sep	Chubu Open	Mie	15,000,000	Masahiro Shiota (1)
8 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	7,280,000	Katsunari Takahashi (5)
15 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	60,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (5)
22 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	50,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (21)
29 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	50,000,000	Kazushige Kono (1) Masahiro Kuramoto (12) Payne Stewart (n/a)		Title shared
6 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	50,000,000	Graham Marsh (16)
13 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Aichi	60,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (22)
20 Oct	Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	60,000,000	D. A. Weibring (n/a)
27 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	70,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (13)
3 Nov	ABC Japan-U.S. Match	Hyōgo	65,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (6) Corey Pavin (n/a)		Title shared
10 Nov	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	40,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (10)
17 Nov	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	80,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (23)
24 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	120,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (24)
1 Dec	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	80,000,000	Hubert Green (n/a)
8 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	30,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (7)
15 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	60,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (9)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. ^[2]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	101,609,333
2	Masahiro Kuramoto	58,767,582
3	Tateo Ozaki	42,782,235
4	Seiichi Kanai	41,341,664
5	Teruo Sugihara	39,703,266

Japan Challenge Tour

1985 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	29 August 1985 (1985-08-29) – 8 November 1985 (1985-11-08)
Number of official events	2
1986 →

The 1985 Japan Challenge Tour was the inaugural season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1985 season. ^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 3]
30 Aug	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	12,000,000	Isamu Sugita (1)
8 Nov	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	12,000,000	Tomohiro Maruyama (1)

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.
3. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Japan Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA of Japan Tour.

References

1. "1985 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
2. "1985 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
3. "1985 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website