1996 PGA of Japan Tour

1996 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	7 March 1996 (1996-03-07) – 8 December 1996 (1996-12-08)
Number of official events	36
Most wins	Masashi Ozaki (8)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour was the 24th 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 1996 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
10 Mar	Token Corporation Cup	Kagoshima	100,000,000	Yoshinori Kaneko (3)	20
17 Mar	Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1)	16
24 Mar	Novell KSB Open	Okayama	70,000,000	Toru Suzuki (3)	16
7 Apr	Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup	Ibaraki	90,000,000	Masanobu Kimura (3)	16
14 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Peter McWhinney (1)	16
21 Apr	Kirin Open	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Yoshinori Kaneko (4)	16	AGC
28 Apr	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (75)	28
5 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	120,000,000	Brian Watts (8)	20
12 May	Japan PGA Championship	Okayama	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (76)	22
19 May	Pepsi Ube Kosan Open	Yamaguchi	80,000,000	Hidemichi Tanaka (2)	18
26 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (77)	22
2 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (78)	18
9 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (8)	16
16 Jun	Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open	Tokyo	100,000,000	Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1)	18
23 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	100,000,000	Yoshinori Kaneko (5)	18
30 Jun	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	Nara	100,000,000	Todd Hamilton (6)	16
7 Jul	Yonex Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	80,000,000	Hideyuki Sato (1)	16
14 Jul	Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Hideki Kase (3)	16
28 Jul	NST Niigata Open Golf Championship	Niigata	60,000,000	Masatoshi Horikawa (1)	16
4 Aug	Sanko Grand Summer Championship	Gunma	100,000,000	Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2)	16
18 Aug	Acom International	Fukushima	100,000,000	Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3)	16
25 Aug	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (79)	20
1 Sep	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	Hokkaidō	70,000,000	Nobuo Serizawa (4)	18
8 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (9)	26
15 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Carlos Franco (3)	16
22 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	110,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (80)	16
29 Sep	Japan Open Golf Championship	Osaka	120,000,000	Peter Teravainen (1)	32		Flagship event
6 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Masanobu Kimura (4)	22
13 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Yoshi Mizumaki (5)	16
20 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	120,000,000	Shigeki Maruyama (3)	34
27 Oct	Philip Morris Championship	Hyōgo	200,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (23)	22
10 Nov	Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Lee Westwood (n/a)	24
17 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (81)	38
24 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	150,000,000	Paul Stankowski (n/a)	30
1 Dec	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (82)	22
8 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	120,000,000	Eduardo Herrera (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	209,646,746
2	Yoshinori Kaneko	117,697,448
3	Brian Watts	89,346,882
4	Kazuhiko Hosokawa	79,510,295
5	Shigeki Maruyama	75,961,133

Japan Challenge Tour

1996 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	27 March 1996 (1996-03-27) – 16 November 1996 (1996-11-16)
Number of official events	12
Most wins	Hitoshi Kato (2) Nobuhito Sato (2)
← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Japan Challenge Tour was the 12th 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 1996 season. ^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [c]
28 Mar	Sanko 72 Open	Gunma	10,000,000	Masayuki Okano (1)
18 Apr	Korakuen Cup (1st)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Hideyuki Sato (2)
17 May	Nishino Cup in Central	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Mitsuhiro Watanabe (1)
23 May	Kabaya Ohayo Cup	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Hitoshi Kato (1)
6 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Daisuke Serizawa (1)
3 Jul	Korakuen Cup (2nd)	Hokkaido	10,000,000	Toshinori Horiki (1)
24 Jul	Twin Fields Cup	Ishikawa	10,000,000	Hitoshi Sasaki (1)
5 Sep	Kabaya Ohayo Cup	Mie	10,000,000	Nobuhito Sato (1)
26 Sep	Matsugamine Open	Niigata	10,000,000	Nobuhito Sato (2)
28 Sep	Korakuen Cup (3rd)	Oita	10,000,000	Satoshi Ogawa (1)
5 Oct	Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open	Yamanashi	10,000,000	Taisei Inagaki (1)
16 Nov	Korakuen Cup (4th)	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Hitoshi Kato (2)

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. "1996 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. Williams, Michael (1997). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1997 . Macmillan. pp. 112–113. ISBN   0333672143 . Retrieved 23 December 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "1996 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
4. "1996 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website