2010 Japan Golf Tour

2010 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	15 April 2010 (2010-04-15) – 5 December 2010 (2010-12-05)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	Yuta Ikeda (4)
Money list	Kim Kyung-tae
Most Valuable Player	Hiroyuki Fujita
Rookie of the Year	Shunsuke Sonoda
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Japan Golf Tour was the 38th 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 2010 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
18 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Koumei Oda (4)	18
25 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (9)	18
2 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (7)	20
16 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	Nagasaki	140,000,000	Toru Taniguchi (16)	20		Japan major
30 May	Diamond Cup Golf	Saitama	120,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (1)	20
6 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (8)	22		Japan major
27 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	Hyōgo	130,000,000	Shunsuke Sonoda (1)	22
4 Jul	Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood	Mie	60,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (5)	18		New tournament
11 Jul	The Championship by Lexus	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Takashi Kanemoto (2)	16
25 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	Mamo Osanai (4)	18
1 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Tadahiro Takayama (3)	20
22 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Kyoto	50,000,000	Shigeru Nonaka (1)	16
29 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (9)	18
5 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (8)	18
19 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (6)	18
26 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Brendan Jones (9)	22	ASA
3 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Michio Matsumura (1)	18
10 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	150,000,000	Shinichi Yokota (2)	18
17 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Aichi	200,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (2)	32		Flagship event [lower-alpha 3]
24 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (7)	22
31 Oct	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (3)	20
14 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (9)	20
21 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (8)	30
28 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Michio Matsumura (2)	24
5 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (10)	26		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
11 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,500,000	Phil Mickelson	100		Major championship
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,500,000	Graeme McDowell	100		Major championship
18 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,800,000	Louis Oosthuizen	100		Major championship
12 Aug	Handa Cup Promising Golfers Tournament Under 30	Chiba	20,000,000	Shogo Kimura	n/a
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	Martin Kaymer	100		Major championship
12 Sep	Hyundai Capital Korea-Japan Team Championship	South Korea	US$700,000	Team Japan	n/a		Team event
12 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	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	Kim Kyung-tae	181,103,799
2	Hiroyuki Fujita	157,932,927
3	Ryo Ishikawa	151,461,479
4	Yuta Ikeda	145,043,030
5	Michio Matsumura	108,908,063

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Hiroyuki Fujita	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Shunsuke Sonoda	[5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2010 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	9 April 2010 (2010-04-09) – 22 October 2010 (2010-10-22)
Number of official events	11
Most wins	Dinesh Chand (2)
Money list	Dinesh Chand
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Japan Challenge Tour was the 26th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season. ^[6]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 4]
11 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Soushi Tajima (1)
21 May	Toshin Challenge	Gifu	10,000,000	Akira Endo (1)
28 May	Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	Dinesh Chand (1)
11 Jun	Tohoku Yakurai Cup	Miyagi	10,000,000	Dinesh Chand (2)
19 Jun	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Sushi Ishigaki (2)
25 Jun	Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge	Tochigi	10,000,000	Chiang Chen-chih (1)
15 Jul	Boso Country Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	Masayoshi Nakayama (1)
20 Aug	Hatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge Tournament	Saitama	10,000,000	Satoshi Kodaira (a) (1)
10 Sep	Srixon Challenge	Miyagi	10,000,000	Shunta Maeawakura (1)
17 Sep	Itsuurateien JGTO Challenge 2	Fukushima	10,000,000	Hirohito Koizumi (1)
22 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	Park Sung-joon (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. ^{[7] [8]} The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2011 Japan Golf Tour. ^[8]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Dinesh Chand	4,780,625
2	Sushi Ishigaki	4,350,520
3	Masanori Kobayashi	3,258,022
4	Shunta Maeawakura	3,157,313
5	Soushi Tajima	3,090,963
6	Hirohito Koizumi	2,966,274
7	Park Sung-joon	2,864,850

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. "2010 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "2010 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "金庚泰（キムキョンテ）が２０１０年の賞金王に" [Kim Kyung-tae is the 2010 prize winner] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
4. "藤田寛之が最優秀選手賞受賞" [Hiroyuki Fujita wins the Most Valuable Player Award] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
5. "今年の最優秀新人賞島田トロフィは薗田峻輔" [This year's Best Newcomer Shimada Trophy goes to Shunsuke Sonoda] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
6. "2010 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
7. "2010 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
8. "朴星俊が逆転優勝！来年のツアー前期の出場優先権を獲得" [Park Sung-joon wins the come-from-behind victory! Priority for next year's first half of the Tour] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023. ...チャレンジ賞金王のデッネッシュ･チャンド（今大会は欠場）が来年のツアーシード権、チャレンジ賞金ランキング２位から７位までのすし石垣、小林正則、前粟蔵俊太、田島創志、小泉洋人、朴星俊の6人が来年前期のツアー出場優先権を獲得した。[...and the Challenge Prize King Dinesh Chand (who will not participate in this tournament) has been seeded for next year's tour, and the six players ranked 2nd to 7th in the Challenge Prize Money Rankings: Sushi Ishigaki, Masanori Kobayashi, Shunta Maeawakura, Soji Tajima, Hiroto Koizumi, and Sung Joon Park have been given priority to participate in the Tour in the first half of next year.]

External links

• Official website