Duration | 8 March 2001 – 2 December 2001 |
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Number of official events | 31 |
Most wins | Toshimitsu Izawa (5) |
Money list | Toshimitsu Izawa |
Most Valuable Player | Toshimitsu Izawa |
Rookie of the Year | Scott Laycock |
← 2000 2002 → |
The 2001 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2001 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th 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.
It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, that began in 2000. [1]
The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. [2]
The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | Winner | OWGR points | Notes |
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8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$5,600,000 | Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship |
18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$5,000,000 | Retief Goosen | 100 | Major championship |
22 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £3,300,000 | David Duval | 100 | Major championship |
19 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$5,200,000 | David Toms | 100 | Major championship |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [3] [4]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
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1 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 217,934,583 |
2 | Shingo Katayama | 133,434,850 |
3 | Dean Wilson | 118,571,075 |
4 | Taichi Teshima | 112,356,544 |
5 | Toru Taniguchi | 111,686,284 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
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Most Valuable Player | Toshimitsu Izawa | [5] |
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Scott Laycock | [5] [6] |
Duration | 8 March 2001 – 1 November 2001 |
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Number of official events | 13 |
Most wins | Hur Suk-ho (3) |
Money list | Hur Suk-ho |
← 2000 2002 → |
The 2001 Japan Challenge Tour was the 17th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. [7]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner [c] |
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9 Mar | PRGR Cup (Cyubu) | Mie | 10,000,000 | Azuma Yano (1) |
13 Apr | JGTO iiyama Challenge 1 | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (1) |
19 Apr | Kourakuen Cup (1st) | Oita | 10,000,000 | Yoshiaki Mano (1) |
25 May | JGTO iiyama Challenge 2 | Ishikawa | 10,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (2) |
8 Jun | Aiful Challenge Cup Spring | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Makoto Inoue (1) |
5 Jul | Kourakuen Cup (2nd) | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (3) |
19 Jul | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Naotoshi Nakamura (1) |
20 Sep | Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn | Fukushima | 10,000,000 | Hiroaki Iijima (1) |
28 Sep | Kasco Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Takeshi Ohyama (2) |
5 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Azuma Yano (2) |
19 Oct | Shinwa Golf Classic | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Hiroaki Iijima (2) |
25 Oct | PGA Cup Challenge | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (1) |
1 Nov | Kourakuen Cup (3rd) | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Gregory Meyer (1) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [8] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2002 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
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1 | Hur Suk-ho | 5,150,264 |
2 | Hiroaki Iijima | 4,329,041 |
3 | Azuma Yano | 4,146,963 |
4 | Takeshi Ohyama | 3,120,712 |
5 | Gregory Meyer | 3,073,860 |
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9試合でトップ10入りした2001年の日本ツアーでは、ルーキー・オブ・ザ・イヤーに選出されている。[On the 2001 Japan Tour, he finished inside the top 10 in 9 events and was selected as the Rookie of the Year.]