1990 PGA of Japan Tour

1990 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	1 March 1990 (1990-03-01) – 9 December 1990 (1990-12-09)
Number of official events	44
Most wins	Masashi Ozaki (4)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 PGA of Japan Tour was the 18th 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 1990 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
4 Mar	Daiichi Fudosan Cup	Miyazaki	100,000,000	Brian Jones (9)	12
11 Mar	Imperial Open	Ibaraki	55,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (18)	12		New to PGA of Japan Tour
18 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	50,000,000	Ryoken Kawagishi (1)	12
25 Mar	Seto Uthumi Open	Okayama	60,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (23)	12
8 Apr	Pocari Sweat Open	Hiroshima	60,000,000	Nobumitsu Yuhara (4)	12
15 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	50,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (26)	10
22 Apr	Dunlop Open	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Frankie Miñoza (1)	14	AGC
29 Apr	The Crowns	Aichi	100,000,000	Noboru Sugai (2)	22
6 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	70,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (48)	12
13 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup	Fukushima	50,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (12)	12
20 May	Pepsi Ube Kosan Open	Yamaguchi	60,000,000	Tadao Nakamura (3)	10
27 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Hyōgo	70,000,000	Isao Aoki (48)	14
3 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	60,000,000	Roger Mackay (2)	12
10 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	60,000,000	Tadao Nakamura (4)	12
17 Jun	Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open	Hyōgo	80,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (10)	10
24 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	65,000,000	Brian Jones (10)	12
1 Jul	Kanto Pro Championship	Tochigi	50,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (32)	4
1 Jul	Kansai Pro Championship	Tottori	40,000,000	Kōki Idoki (1)	4
8 Jul	Yonex Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	60,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (49)	12
15 Jul	Nikkei Cup	Hokkaidō	70,000,000	Satoshi Higashi (2)	12
29 Jul	NST Niigata Open	Niigata	50,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (11)	12
5 Aug	Japan PGA Championship	Osaka	75,000,000	Hideki Kase (1)	12
19 Aug	Maruman Open	Saitama	90,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (50)	22
26 Aug	Daiwa KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (51)	12
2 Sep	Kanto Open	Tochigi	30,000,000	Ryoken Kawagishi (2)	6
2 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	10,000,000	Katsunari Takahashi (9)	4
2 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Yamaguchi	20,000,000	Seiki Okuda (1)	4
2 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	20,000,000	Katsuyoshi Tomori (4)	4
2 Sep	Chubu Open	Ishikawa	20,000,000	Hatsutoshi Sakai (1)	4
2 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	20,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (27)	4
9 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (19)	14
16 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	90,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (33)	16
23 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	75,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (13)	12
30 Sep	Tokai Classic	Aichi	80,000,000	Graham Marsh (20)	12
7 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (34)	14
14 Oct	Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	120,000,000	Noboru Sugai (3)	20
21 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	120,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (11)	12
28 Oct	ABC Lark Cup	Hyōgo	180,000,000	Ryoken Kawagishi (3)	14
4 Nov	Acom P.T.	Mie	70,000,000	Bob Gilder (n/a)	10		New tournament
11 Nov	Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	130,000,000	José María Olazábal (n/a)	46
18 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Larry Mize (n/a)	46
25 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	120,000,000	Mike Reid (n/a)	32
2 Dec	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup	Tokyo	60,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (14)	12
9 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	100,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (28)	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	Masashi Ozaki	129,060,500
2	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	96,979,100
3	Ryoken Kawagishi	87,350,200
4	Naomichi Ozaki	85,060,727
5	Saburo Fujiki	79,143,626

Japan Challenge Tour

1990 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	24 April 1990 (1990-04-24) – 21 November 1990 (1990-11-21)
Number of official events	8
Most wins	Tetsu Nishikawa (2)
← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Japan Challenge Tour was the sixth 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 1990 season. ^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [c]
25 Apr	Korakuen Cup (1st)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Hideyuki Sato (1)
31 May	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	15,000,000	Tetsu Nishikawa (1)
6 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Hiroharu Tokito (1)
11 Jul	Sports Shinko Open	Osaka	15,000,000	Toshiaki Nakagawa (2)
22 Aug	Korakuen Cup (2nd)	Hokkaido	15,000,000	Tetsu Nishikawa (2)
27 Sep	Korakuen Cup (3rd)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Shinichi Arai (1)
24 Oct	Korakuen Cup (4th)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Takaaki Fukuzawa (1)
21 Nov	Korakuen Cup (5th)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Hiromichi Namiki (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. "1990 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
2. Wilson, Mark (1991). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1991 . Macmillan. pp. 92–93. ISBN   0333547330 . Retrieved 23 December 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1990 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
4. "1990 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website