2004 Japan Golf Tour

2004 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	18 December 2003 (2003-12-18) – 5 December 2004 (2004-12-05)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Hur Suk-ho (2) Brendan Jones (2) Shingo Katayama (2) Paul Sheehan (2) Toru Taniguchi (2) Yang Yong-eun (2)
Money list	Shingo Katayama
Most Valuable Player	Toru Taniguchi
Rookie of the Year	Takuya Taniguchi
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Japan Golf Tour was the 32nd 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 2004 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
21 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Okinawa	100,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (2)	12	ASA
28 Mar	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	100,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (4)	16
25 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Brendan Jones (3)	16
2 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Shingo Katayama (15)	16
9 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	110,000,000	Paul Sheehan (1)	16
16 May	Japan PGA Championship	Kōchi	110,000,000	Hur Suk-ho (2)	16		Japan major
23 May	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	Okayama	100,000,000	Tatsuya Mitsuhashi (1)	16
30 May	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	Ibaraki	110,000,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2)	16
6 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Takashi Kamiyama (1)	16
20 Jun	Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Dinesh Chand (3)	16
27 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000	Brendan Jones (4)	16
4 Jul	Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Hur Suk-ho (3)	16		Japan major
11 Jul	Woodone Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	100,000,000	Shingo Katayama (16)	16
25 Jul	Sato Foods NST Niigata Open	Niigata	50,000,000	Kim Jong-duck (4)	16
1 Aug	Aiful Cup	Tottori	120,000,000	Takuya Taniguchi (1)	16
8 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Yang Yong-eun (1)	16
29 Aug	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Steven Conran (1)	16
12 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	Hideki Kase (4)	16
19 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Chawalit Plaphol (1)	16
3 Oct	Acom International	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Toru Suzuki (7)	16
10 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Katsumune Imai (2)	16
17 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Ishikawa	120,000,000	Toru Taniguchi (8)	32		Flagship event [c]
24 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	110,000,000	Toru Taniguchi (9)	16
31 Oct	ABC Championship	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Makoto Inoue (1)	16
7 Nov	Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Yang Yong-eun (2)	16		New tournament
14 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Darren Clarke (n/a)	18
21 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	40
28 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	140,000,000	David Smail (3)	16
5 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Paul Sheehan (2)	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 [b]	Notes
11 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$6,000,000	Phil Mickelson	100		Major championship
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$6,250,000	Retief Goosen	100		Major championship
18 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,000,000	Todd Hamilton	100		Major championship
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$6,250,000	Vijay Singh	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	Shingo Katayama	119,512,374
2	Toru Taniguchi	101,773,301
3	Yang Yong-eun	99,540,333
4	Hur Suk-ho	90,176,104
5	Paul Sheehan	85,020,125

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Toru Taniguchi	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Takuya Taniguchi	[5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2004 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	15 April 2004 (2004-04-15) – 21 October 2004 (2004-10-21)
Number of official events	10
Money list	Yoshiaki Kimura
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Japan Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season. ^[6]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [d]
16 Apr	PRGR Cup (Kanto)	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Isao Narukawa (1)
25 Jun	PGA Cup Challenge Tournament	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Mitsuo Harada (1)
9 Jul	1st PGM Series Wakagi Challenge	Saga	10,000,000	Yutaka Horinouchi (1)
30 Jul	2nd PGM Series Lions Challenge	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Toshihiro Aizawa (1)
6 Aug	3rd PGM Series Segovia Challenge	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Toshio Ozaki (1)
27 Aug	4th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Taichiro Kiyota (1)
10 Sep	4th PGM Series Ohinata Challenge	Tochigi	10,000,000	Takeshi Kajikawa (1)
2 Oct	Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament	Miyagi	20,000,000	Yoshiaki Kimura (1)
8 Oct	PRGR Cup (Kansai)	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Masanori Ushiyama (1)
21 Oct	Tokyo Dome Cup	Tochigi	10,000,000	Gohei Sato (5)

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 2005 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Yoshiaki Kimura	4,199,650
2	Mitsuo Harada	3,596,022
3	Yutaka Horinouchi	2,789,508
4	Toshihiro Aizawa	2,767,949
5	Taichiro Kiyota	2,635,826

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 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. "2004 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "2004 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "2004年のキング誕生！！" [King was born in 2004!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2023. しかし2000年以来、自身2度目の賞金王は、昨年の今大会終了時から掲げていた目標のひとつ。[However, his second prize money title since 2000 is one of the goals he has set since the end of this tournament last year.]
4. "Taniguchi nails second MVP award". The Japan Times. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
5. "2004年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式今年の最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィは、底抜けに明るい25歳・谷口拓也が受賞" [The 2004 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony Best Rookie of the Year award, the Shimada Trophy, was won by 25-year-old Takuya Taniguchi, who was extremely cheerful.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
6. "2004 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
7. "2004 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

External links

• Official website