1999 Japan Golf Tour

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1999 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration11 March 1999 (1999-03-11) – 12 December 1999 (1999-12-12)
Number of official events32
Most wins Flag of Japan.svg Naomichi Ozaki (3)
Flag of Japan.svg Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (3)
Money list Flag of Japan.svg Naomichi Ozaki
1998
2000

The 1999 Japan Golf Tour was the 27th season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Contents

Japan Golf Tour Organization formation

It was the first season in which the newly formed Japan Golf Tour Organization took over the running of the tour, separating from the PGA of Japan. [1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season. [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
14 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima100,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki (91)16
21 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka100,000,000 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Jong-duck (2)16
28 Mar Georgia KSB Open Okayama70,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshinori Kaneko (6)16
4 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Chiba90,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masayuki Kawamura (3)16
18 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo100,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki (26)16
25 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki100,000,000 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg K. J. Choi (1)18AGC
2 May The Crowns Aichi110,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yasuharu Imano (1)26
9 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka110,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigemasa Higaki (1)16
16 May Japan PGA Championship Ishikawa110,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki (27)18
23 May Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi100,000,000 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg K. J. Choi (2)16
30 May Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Gifu100,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (1)16
6 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi100,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shingo Katayama (2)16
20 Jun Super Mario Yomiuri Open Hyōgo90,000,000 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Jong-duck (3)16
27 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama90,000,000 Flag of Colombia.svg Eduardo Herrera (5)16
11 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima90,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki (92)16
25 Jul Aiful Cup Aomori90,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toshimitsu Izawa (3)16
1 Aug NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata50,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toshimitsu Izawa (4)16
29 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka90,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (2)16
5 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō80,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Mamo Osanai (2)16
12 Sep Suntory Open Chiba90,000,000 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price (n/a)18
19 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiko Hosokawa (5)16
26 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Meshiai (11)16
3 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Hokkaidō120,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Naomichi Ozaki (28)32Flagship event
10 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kaname Yokoo (2)20
24 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba110,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Shigeki Maruyama (9)16
31 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo200,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ryoken Kawagishi (6)16
7 Nov Acom International Ibaraki110,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hidemichi Tanaka (6)16
14 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka140,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hirofumi Miyase (2)40
21 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki200,000,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn (n/a)42
28 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima140,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (3)28
5 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo90,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiko Hosokawa (6)16
12 Dec Fancl Okinawa Open Okinawa90,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Taichi Teshima (1)16

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurseWinner OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
11 Apr Masters Tournament United StatesUS$4,000,000 Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal 100 Major championship
20 Jun U.S. Open United StatesUS$3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart 100 Major championship
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland£2,000,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lawrie 100 Major championship
15 Aug PGA Championship United StatesUS$3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods 100 Major championship

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [3] [4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Flag of Japan.svg Naomichi Ozaki 137,641,796
2 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiko Hosokawa 129,058,283
3 Flag of Japan.svg Shigeki Maruyama 114,958,525
4 Flag of Japan.svg Toshimitsu Izawa 110,927,044
5 Flag of Japan.svg Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 106,872,033

Japan Challenge Tour

1999 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration31 March 1999 (1999-03-31) – 4 November 1999 (1999-11-04)
Number of official events11
Money list Flag of Japan.svg Kosaku Makisaka
1998
2000

The 1999 Japan Challenge Tour was the 15th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season. [5]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner [lower-alpha 3]
1 AprPRGR Cup (East)Tochigi10,000,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Tate (1)
15 AprKourakuen Cup (1st)Ibaraki10,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masayuki Inoue (1)
11 JunAiful Challenge Cup SpringHyōgo10,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshimi Niizeki (2)
18 JunKourakuen Cup (2nd)Hokkaido10,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Taku Sugaya (1)
9 JulNishino Cup OpenIbaraki10,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Sushi Ishigaki (1)
23 JulPRGR Cup (West)Hyōgo10,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tatsuaki Nakamura (1)
19 AugDescente Challenge CupIshikawa10,000,000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kosaku Makisaka (2)
9 SepKourakuen Cup (3rd)Oita10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yoichi Shimizu (1)
22 SepAiful Challenge Cup AutumnChiba10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Oide (1)
15 OctShinwa Golf ClassicHyōgo10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuhiko Takahashi (1)
4 NovKourakuen Cup (4th)Tochigi10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Akazawa (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [6] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kosaku Makisaka 3,461,294
2 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuaki Nakamura 3,252,902
3 Flag of Japan.svg Sushi Ishigaki 3,175,466
4 Flag of Japan.svg Yoichi Shimizu 3,142,242
5 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuhiko Takahashi 2,538,627

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
  2. 1 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 Japan Golf Tour.

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References

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  2. "1999 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "1999 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. "細川の予選落ちで、99年の賞金王は尾崎直道に決定" [After Hosokawa failed in the qualifying round, the 1999 prize money winner was decided as Naomichi Ozaki] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 11 December 1999. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. "1999 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. "1999 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.