2003 Japan Golf Tour

2003 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	19 December 2002 (2002-12-19) – 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Todd Hamilton (4)
Money list	Toshimitsu Izawa
Most Valuable Player	Toshimitsu Izawa
Rookie of the Year	Hideto Tanihara
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Japan Golf Tour was the 31st 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
22 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Okinawa	100,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (3)	12	ASA	New to Japan Golf Tour
6 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	100,000,000	Andre Stolz (1)	16
27 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Hirofumi Miyase (5)	16
4 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Hidemasa Hoshino (1)	16
11 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	110,000,000	Todd Hamilton (8)	16
18 May	Japan PGA Championship	Ibaraki	110,000,000	Shingo Katayama (13)	16		Japan major
25 May	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Hirofumi Miyase (6)	16
1 Jun	Diamond Cup Tournament	Ibaraki	110,000,000	Todd Hamilton (9)	16
8 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Katsuyoshi Tomori (7)	16
22 Jun	Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (1)	16
29 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000	Todd Hamilton (10)	16
6 Jul	Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (13)	16		Japan major
13 Jul	Woodone Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	100,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (14)	16
27 Jul	Sato Foods NST Niigata Open	Niigata	50,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (5)	16
3 Aug	Aiful Cup	Ishikawa	120,000,000	Taichi Teshima (3)	16
10 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	Brendan Jones (2)	16
31 Aug	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Soushi Tajima (1)	16
7 Sep	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Hokkaidō	80,000,000	Todd Hamilton (11)	16
14 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	Jyoti Randhawa (1)	16
21 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Yeh Wei-tze (1)	16
28 Sep	Acom International	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (30)	16
12 Oct	Georgia Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Nozomi Kawahara (1)	16
19 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Tochigi	120,000,000	Keiichiro Fukabori (6)	32		Flagship event [lower-alpha 3]
26 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	110,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (30)	16
2 Nov	ABC Championship	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Shingo Katayama (14)	16
16 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Kiyoshi Murota (6)	16
23 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Thomas Bjørn (n/a)	20
30 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	140,000,000	Katsumune Imai (1)	16
7 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1)	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	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
13 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$6,000,000	Mike Weir	100		Major championship
15 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$6,000,000	Jim Furyk	100		Major championship
20 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£3,900,000	Ben Curtis	100		Major championship
17 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$6,000,000	Shaun Micheel	100		Major championship

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Toshimitsu Izawa	135,454,300
2	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	122,227,033
3	Todd Hamilton	117,547,151
4	Shingo Katayama	117,192,413
5	Taichi Teshima	93,688,731

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Toshimitsu Izawa	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Hideto Tanihara	[5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2003 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	17 April 2003 (2003-04-17) – 23 October 2003 (2003-10-23)
Number of official events	11
Money list	Masamichi Uehira
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Japan Challenge Tour was the 19th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season. ^[6]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 4]
18 Apr	PRGR Cup (Kanto)	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Kim Hyung-tae (1)
8 May	Tokyo Dome Cup (1st)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Kazuhiro Fukunaga (3)
13 Jun	Aiful Challenge Cup Spring	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Takuya Taniguchi (1)
27 Jun	PGA Cup Challenge Tournament	Hiroshima	10,000,000	Toyokazu Hioki (1)
10 Jul	Tokyo Dome Cup (2nd)	Chiba	10,000,000	Yudai Maeda (1)
20 Jul	Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament	Miyagi	10,000,000	Kodai Ichihara (1)
12 Sep	Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn	Aomori	10,000,000	Masamichi Uehira (1)
26 Sep	Kasco Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	Thammanoon Sriroj (1)
3 Oct	PRGR Cup (Kansai)	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Masayoshi Yamazoe (2)
9 Oct	Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament (2nd)	Miyagi	10,000,000	Takuya Ogawa (1)
23 Oct	Tokyo Dome Cup (3rd)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Tomonori Takahashi (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. ^[7] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2004 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Masamichi Uehira	3,082,833
2	Takuya Ogawa	2,846,847
3	Kazuhiro Fukunaga	2,836,507
4	Thammanoon Sriroj	2,665,179
5	Kim Hyung-tae	2,533,141

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. ASA − Asian PGA Tour.
3. Also a Japan major championship.
4. 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. "2003 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "2003 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "賞金ランキング賞" [Prize Ranking Prize] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023. 1億3545万4300円を獲得して、2001年以来2度目の賞金王に輝いた伊沢利光には、…[Toshimitsu Izawa, who won 135,454,300 yen and became the prize money king for the second time since 2001…]
4. "最優秀選手賞" [Most Valuable Player Award] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
5. "2003ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式の風景(2)最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィ受賞、谷原秀人" [2003 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony (2) Best Rookie of the Year Award, Shimada Trophy Winner, Hideto Tanihara] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
6. "2003 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
7. "2003 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

External links

• Official website