1986 PGA of Japan Tour

1986 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	20 March 1986 (1986-03-20) – 14 December 1986 (1986-12-14)
Number of official events	40
Most wins	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
Money list	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 PGA of Japan Tour was the 14th 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 1986 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
23 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	35,000,000	Akiyoshi Ohmachi (1)	10
13 Apr	Pocari Sweat Open	Hiroshima	40,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (2)	10
20 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	35,000,000	Brian Jones (4)	10
27 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	50,000,000	Hideto Shigenobu (5)	20	AGC
4 May	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	90,000,000	David Ishii (2)	40
11 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	40,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (28)	20
18 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Ibaraki	40,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (25)	20
24 May	Pepsi Ube Open	Yamaguchi	40,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (5)	20
1 Jun	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Ibaraki	56,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (26)	20
8 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	40,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (23)	20
15 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	40,000,000	Isao Aoki (38)	20
22 Jun	Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open	Hyōgo	50,000,000	Koichi Suzuki (1)	20
29 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	50,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (27)	20
6 Jul	Kansai Pro Championship	Okayama	25,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (24)	4
6 Jul	Kanto Pro Championship	Miyagi	30,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (28)	10
27 Jul	Japan PGA Championship	Gifu	50,000,000	Isao Aoki (39)	40
3 Aug	NST Niigata Open	Niigata	35,000,000	David Ishii (3)	20
17 Aug	Nikkei Cup	Shiga	40,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (29)	20
24 Aug	Maruman Open	Ishikawa	50,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (30)	20
31 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	42,000,000	Isao Aoki (40)	20
7 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Yamaguchi	15,000,000	Tadami Ueno (5)	4
7 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	20,000,000	Yoshiyuki Isomura (1)	4
7 Sep	Kanto Open	Ibaraki	30,000,000	Isao Aoki (41)	10
7 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Kagoshima	15,000,000	Kinpachi Yoshimura (2)	4
7 Sep	Chubu Open	Aichi	15,000,000	Eitaro Deguchi (4)	4
7 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	7,000,000	Katsunari Takahashi (6)	4
14 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	60,000,000	Graham Marsh (17)	20
21 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	50,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (14)	20
28 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	56,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (31)	20
5 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	50,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (15)	20
12 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Kanagawa	60,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (29)	40
19 Oct	Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	60,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (30)	20
26 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	70,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (8)	40
2 Nov	ABC Japan-U.S. Match	Hyōgo	65,000,000	Curtis Strange (n/a)	n/a
9 Nov	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	40,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (15)	10
16 Nov	Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	80,000,000	Yasuhiro Funatogawa (4)	40
23 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Shizuoka	130,000,000	Bobby Wadkins (n/a)	46
30 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	85,000,000	Scott Hoch (n/a)	40
7 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	30,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (16)	20
14 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	60,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (9)	10

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	90,202,066
2	Masashi Ozaki	80,356,632
3	Isao Aoki	78,341,666
4	Masahiro Kuramoto	53,812,650
5	David Ishii	52,454,085

Japan Challenge Tour

1986 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	4 June 1986 (1986-06-04) – 31 July 1986 (1986-07-31)
Number of official events	2
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Japan Challenge Tour was the second 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 1986 season. ^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [c]
5 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	12,000,000	Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)
31 Jul	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	12,000,000	Kiyoshi Nomura (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. "1986 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987 . Collins Willow. pp. 262–282, 473–505. ISBN   0002182572 . Retrieved 8 November 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1986 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
4. "1986 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website