2001 Japan Golf Tour

2001 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	8 March 2001 (2001-03-08) – 2 December 2001 (2001-12-02)
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]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Notes
11 Mar	Token Corporation Cup	Mie	100,000,000	Shingo Katayama (8)	16
18 Mar	Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Eiji Mizoguchi (2)	16
15 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Hidemichi Tanaka (9)	16
22 Apr	Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Shingo Katayama (9)	16
29 Apr	The Crowns	Aichi	110,000,000	Darren Clarke (n/a)	20
6 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	110,000,000	Frankie Miñoza (6)	16
13 May	Japan PGA Championship	Fukuoka	110,000,000	Dean Wilson (2)	16	Japan major
20 May	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Dinesh Chand (2)	16
27 May	Diamond Cup Tournament	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (8)	16
3 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Toshiaki Odate (2)	16
17 Jun	Tamanoi Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	90,000,000	Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa (1)	16
24 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000	Hidemichi Tanaka (10)	16
1 Jul	Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup	Tochigi	120,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (3)	16	Japan major
8 Jul	Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	90,000,000	Keiichiro Fukabori (5)	16
15 Jul	Aiful Cup	Aomori	90,000,000	Lin Keng-chi (1)	16
29 Jul	Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship	Niigata	50,000,000	Go Higaki (1)	16
5 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (2)	16
26 Aug	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	90,000,000	Takenori Hiraishi (1)	16
2 Sep	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	Hokkaidō	80,000,000	Dean Wilson (3)	16
9 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	90,000,000	Shingo Katayama (10)	16
16 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Lin Keng-chi (2)	16
23 Sep	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	140,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (9)	16
30 Sep	Acom International	Ibaraki	110,000,000	Kazuhiko Hosokawa (7)	16
7 Oct	Georgia Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (10)	16
14 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Saitama	120,000,000	Taichi Teshima (2)	32	Flagship event [b]
21 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	110,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (11)	16
28 Oct	Philip Morris K.K. Championship	Hyōgo	200,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (12)	16
4 Nov	Ube Kosan Open	Yamaguchi	140,000,000	Dean Wilson (4)	16
11 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	David Duval (n/a)	28
25 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	140,000,000	Kiyoshi Murota (4)	22
2 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	90,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (4)	16	Japan major

Unofficial events

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
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

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
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

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Toshimitsu Izawa	[5]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Scott Laycock	[5] [6]

Japan Challenge Tour

2001 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	8 March 2001 (2001-03-08) – 1 November 2001 (2001-11-01)
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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. ^[7]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [c]
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)

Money list

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 (¥)
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

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. Also a Japan major championship.
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.

References

1. "年間スポンサーのイーヤマ撤退を正式発表" [Official announcement of the withdrawal of annual sponsor iiyama]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 11 May 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
2. "2001 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "2001 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
4. "獲得賞金史上最多の2億1793万4583円" [The highest prize money in history: 217,934,583 yen] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 December 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
5. "2001年ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式" [2001 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 7 December 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
6. "Ｓ・レイコック" [Scott Laycock] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 January 2024. 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.]
7. "2001 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
8. "2001 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

External links

• Official website