2008 Japan Golf Tour

2008 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	17 April 2008 (2008-04-17) – 7 December 2008 (2008-12-07)
Number of official events	24
Most wins	Shingo Katayama (3) Prayad Marksaeng (3)
Money list	Shingo Katayama
Most Valuable Player	Shingo Katayama
Rookie of the Year	Ryo Ishikawa
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Japan Golf Tour was the 36th 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 2008 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
20 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	110,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (7)	16
27 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Hur Suk-ho (7)	16
4 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Tomohiro Kondo (4)	16
11 May	Pine Valley Beijing Open	China	110,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (6)	16	ASA	New to Japan Golf Tour
18 May	Japan PGA Championship	Gunma	130,000,000	Shingo Katayama (24)	16		Japan major
25 May	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	Okayama	100,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (7)	16
1 Jun	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	Hyōgo	110,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (1)	18
22 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	Hyōgo	130,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (2)	16
6 Jul	UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Hidemasa Hoshino (3)	16		Japan major
27 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (3)	16
3 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Takuya Taniguchi (2)	16
31 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Shintaro Kai (1)	16
7 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	150,000,000	Toyokazu Fujishima (1)	16
21 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	Azuma Yano (2)	16
28 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Osaka	200,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (8)	20	ASA	New tournament
5 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Toshinori Muto (2)	20
12 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	200,000,000	Makoto Inoue (2)	16		New tournament
19 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Fukuoka	200,000,000	Shingo Katayama (25)	32		Flagship event [lower-alpha 3]
26 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Azuma Yano (3)	16
2 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (2)	16
9 Nov	The Championship by Lexus	Ibaraki	200,000,000	Hur Suk-ho (8)	18		New tournament
16 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Shingo Katayama (26)	22
23 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (3)	36
30 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	140,000,000	Koumei Oda (1)	18
7 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (4)	24		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(s)	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
13 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,500,000	Trevor Immelman	100		Major championship
9 May	Sponichi Cup	Chiba	6,000,000	Shunsuke Sonoda (a)	n/a
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,500,000	Tiger Woods	100		Major championship
20 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£4,200,000	Pádraig Harrington	100		Major championship
10 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	Pádraig Harrington	100		Major championship
22 Sep	Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf	Chiba	17,800,000	Dinesh Chand	n/a
13 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	80,000,000	Japan Golf Tour	n/a		Team event

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	180,094,895
2	Azuma Yano	137,064,052
3	Prayad Marksaeng	126,430,825
4	Hideto Tanihara	110,414,719
5	Ryo Ishikawa	106,318,166

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Shingo Katayama	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Ryo Ishikawa	[4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2008 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	10 April 2008 (2008-04-10) – 26 October 2008 (2008-10-26)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Shigeru Nonaka (2) Masamichi Uehira (2)
Money list	Masamichi Uehira
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Japan Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season. ^[5]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 4]
12 Apr	PRGR Cup	Chiba	15,000,000	Tatsunori Nukaga (1)
23 May	Arita Tokyu JGTO Challenge I	Wakayama	13,000,000	Masamichi Uehira (3)
13 Jun	Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II	Nagano	13,000,000	Shigeru Nonaka (1)
29 Jun	Novil Cup	Tokushima	20,000,000	Taichiro Kiyota (3)
10 Jul	Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (1)
26 Jul	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Hirotaro Naito (1)
12 Sep	Sunroyal GC Cup	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Masamichi Uehira (4)
19 Sep	Srixon Challenge	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Shigeru Nonaka (2)
26 Sep	Toshin Challenge Tournament	Mie	10,000,000	Hiro Aoyama (1)
26 Oct	PRGR Cup Final	Chiba	15,000,000	Hiroaki Iijima (3)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. ^{[6] [7]} The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour. ^[8]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Masamichi Uehira	6,329,033
2	Yuta Ikeda	6,040,545
3	Shigeru Nonaka	5,502,620
4	Hiroaki Iijima	4,587,176
5	Taichiro Kiyota	4,286,250
6	Tatsunori Nukaga	3,737,039

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. "2008 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "2008 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "２００８年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式最終章" [The final chapter of the 2008 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2023. さらに自身通算５度目の賞金ランキング賞...[In addition, as his fifth prize money ranking award...]
4. "各部門別ランキング受賞者と全表彰一覧" [List of Ranking Winners and All Awards by Category] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞　片山晋呉... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　石川遼[Most Valuable Player Award: Shingo Katayama... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Ryo Ishikawa]
5. "2008 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
6. "2008 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
7. "上平栄道が２００３年以来５年ぶり２度目のチャレンジトーナメント賞金王に輝いた！" [Masamichi Uehira won the Challenge Tournament for the second time in five years since 2003!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
8. "来年度前半戦の出場優先順位を獲得した５名の選手たち" [Five players who have been prioritized for the first half of next year] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2023. 来年度ツアートーナメント前半戦までの出場優先順位が与えられる賞金ランキング２位から６位までには[From 2nd to 6th in the prize money ranking, which will be given priority until the first half of next year's Tour tournament...]

External links

• Official website