1994 PGA of Japan Tour

1994 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	10 March 1994 (1994-03-10) – 11 December 1994 (1994-12-11)
Number of official events	38
Most wins	Masashi Ozaki (7)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 PGA of Japan Tour was the 22nd 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 1994 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
13 Mar	Token Cup	Kagoshima	100,000,000	Craig Warren (1)	16
20 Mar	Dydo Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (42)	16
27 Mar	United KSB Open	Okayama	70,000,000	Kazuhiro Takami (1)	16
3 Apr	Descente Classic	Hyōgo	80,000,000	Brian Watts (1)	16
10 Apr	Pocari Sweat Open	Hiroshima	80,000,000	Yoshi Mizumaki (3)	16
17 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (43)	16		New tournament
24 Apr	Dunlop Open	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (63)	20	AGC
1 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Roger Mackay (8)	28
8 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	120,000,000	Kiyoshi Murota (3)	16
15 May	Japan PGA Championship	Gifu	100,000,000	Hiroshi Gohda (1)	18
22 May	Pepsi Ube Kosan Open	Yamaguchi	80,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (44)	16
29 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Katsuyoshi Tomori (5)	16
5 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (28)	18
12 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Yoshi Mizumaki (4)	16
19 Jun	Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Tsukasa Watanabe (2)	16
26 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	100,000,000	Brian Watts (2)	16
3 Jul	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Todd Hamilton (3)	16
10 Jul	Yonex Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	80,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (64)	16
24 Jul	Nikkei Cup	Hokkaidō	80,000,000	Toru Suzuki (2)	16
31 Jul	NST Niigata Open	Niigata	60,000,000	Pete Izumikawa (4)	16
14 Aug	Acom International	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (22)	16
21 Aug	Maruman Open	Chiba	120,000,000	David Ishii (13)	16
28 Aug	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Brian Watts (3)	16
4 Sep	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	Hokkaidō	70,000,000	Todd Hamilton (4)	16
11 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	David Ishii (14)	20
18 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (65)	20
25 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	110,000,000	Carlos Franco (1)	18
2 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Mie	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (66)	32		Flagship event
9 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Corey Pavin (n/a)	24
16 Oct	Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Eiji Mizoguchi (1)	20
23 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	120,000,000	Brian Watts (4)	30
30 Oct	Philip Morris Championship	Hyōgo	200,000,000	Brian Watts (5)	20
6 Nov	Daiwa International	Saitama	170,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (67)	24
13 Nov	Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (68)	32
20 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (69)	34
27 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	150,000,000	Robert Gamez (n/a)	28
4 Dec	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Hisayuki Sasaki (1)	16
11 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	120,000,000	Hideki Kase (2)	16

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. ^{[3] [2]}

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Masashi Ozaki	215,468,000
2	Brian Watts	139,052,710
3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	115,771,280
4	Naomichi Ozaki	91,685,057
5	David Ishii	87,271,410

Japan Challenge Tour

1994 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	21 April 1994 (1994-04-21) – 17 November 1994 (1994-11-17)
Number of official events	9
Most wins	Toru Nakayama (2)
← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 Japan Challenge Tour was the 10th 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 1994 season. ^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 3]
21 Apr	Korakuen Cup (1st)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1)
26 May	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	10,000,000	Koji Mitake (1)
2 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Masami Ito (1)
29 Jun	Kansai PGA Philanthropy	Fukui	10,000,000	Hidezumi Shirakata (1)
1 Jul	Kanto PGA Philanthropy	Tochigi	10,000,000	Taisuke Kitajima (1)
28 Jul	Korakuen Cup (2nd)	Hokkaido	10,000,000	Toru Nakayama (1)
8 Sep	Korakuen Cup (3rd)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1)
13 Oct	Korakuen Cup (4th)	Oita	10,000,000	Toru Nakayama (2)
17 Nov	Korakuen Cup (5th)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Yoshio Fumiyama (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. "1994 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. Williams, Michael (1995). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1995 . Macmillan. pp. 107–108. ISBN   0333626818 . Retrieved 23 December 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1994 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
4. "1994 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website