1987 PGA of Japan Tour

1987 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	19 March 1987 (1987-03-19) – 13 December 1987 (1987-12-13)
Number of official events	40
Most wins	David Ishii (6)
Money list	David Ishii
← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 PGA of Japan Tour was the 15th 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 1987 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
22 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	35,000,000	Lu Liang-Huan (8)	10
12 Apr	Pocari Sweat Open	Hiroshima	40,000,000	Kinpachi Yoshimura (3)	10
19 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	35,000,000	Norio Mikami (2)	10
26 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	50,000,000	Isao Aoki (42)	24	AGC
3 May	The Crowns	Ibaraki	90,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (32)	42
10 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	60,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (33)	22
17 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup	Ibaraki	40,000,000	Katsunari Takahashi (7)	22
24 May	Pepsi Ube Open	Yamaguchi	45,000,000	Chen Tze-ming (5)	20
31 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Hyōgo	56,000,000	Brian Jones (5)	22
7 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	42,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (10)	16
14 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	40,000,000	David Ishii (4)	18
21 Jun	Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open	Hyōgo	50,000,000	Satoshi Higashi (1)	16
28 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	50,000,000	David Ishii (5)	20
5 Jul	Kanto Pro Championship	Gunma	30,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (6)	6
5 Jul	Kansai Pro Championship	Kōchi	25,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (11)	4
12 Jul	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	40,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (3)	10
26 Jul	Japan PGA Championship	Chiba	60,000,000	David Ishii (6)	36
2 Aug	NST Niigata Open	Niigata	40,000,000	Tadao Nakamura (1)	10
16 Aug	Nikkei Cup	Gifu	40,000,000	Nobuo Serizawa (1)	10
23 Aug	Maruman Open	Saitama	60,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (16)	10
30 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	50,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (7)	18
6 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)	4
6 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	20,000,000	Masanobu Kimura (1)	4
6 Sep	Kanto Open	Chiba	30,000,000	Yoshikazu Yokoshima (3)	10
6 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Okayama	15,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (17)	4
6 Sep	Chubu Open	Gifu	15,000,000	Eitaro Deguchi (5)	4
6 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	10,000,000	Akihiko Kojima (1)	4
13 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	60,000,000	Noboru Sugai (1)	20
20 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	50,000,000	Isao Aoki (43)	18
27 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	56,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (34)	14
4 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	60,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (31)	22
11 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	60,000,000	Isao Aoki (44)	36
18 Oct	Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	60,000,000	Ian Baker-Finch (1)	20
25 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	80,000,000	David Ishii (7)	38
1 Nov	ABC Japan-U.S. Match	Hyōgo	65,000,000	Andy Bean (n/a)	n/a
15 Nov	Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	90,000,000	Graham Marsh (18)	44
22 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	140,000,000	Craig Stadler (n/a)	46
29 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	90,000,000	David Ishii (8)	42
6 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	30,000,000	Isao Aoki (45) David Ishii (9)	20		Title shared [c]
13 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	70,000,000	Isamu Sugita (1)	12

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	David Ishii	86,554,421
2	Masashi Ozaki	76,981,199
3	Hajime Meshiai	49,854,133
4	Masahiro Kuramoto	49,171,300
5	Isao Aoki	47,939,450

Japan Challenge Tour

1987 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	3 June 1987 (1987-06-03) – 1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)
Number of official events	3
← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Japan Challenge Tour was the third 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 1987 season. ^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [d]
4 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	13,000,000	Hiroshi Gohda (1)
30 Jul	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	12,000,000	Minoru Kawakami (1)
1 Oct	Sports Shinko Open	Osaka	13,000,000	Toshimitsu Kai (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. Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to snow; with the final round being cancelled Aoki and Ishii were declared joint winners.
4. 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. "1987 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
2. McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988 . Collins Willow. pp. 254–273, 462–496. ISBN   0002182831 . Retrieved 8 November 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1987 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
4. "1987 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website