2011 Japan Golf Tour

2011 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	14 April 2011 (2011-04-14) – 4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	Bae Sang-moon (3)
Money list	Bae Sang-moon
Most Valuable Player	Bae Sang-moon
Rookie of the Year	Park Jae-bum
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Japan Golf Tour was the 39th 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 2011 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
17 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Tadahiro Takayama (4)	20
24 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Tomohiro Kondo (5)	22
1 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Brendan Jones (10)	18
15 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	Hyogo	150,000,000	Hiroo Kawai (1)	22		Japan major
22 May	Totoumi Hamamatsu Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Masanori Kobayashi (1)	18		New tournament
29 May	Diamond Cup Golf	Chiba	120,000,000	Koumei Oda (5)	22
5 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Park Jae-bum (1)	18		Japan major
26 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	110,000,000	Hwang Jung-gon (1)	22
24 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (4)	20
31 Jul	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (9)	18
21 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyogo	50,000,000	Cho Min-gyu (1)	16
28 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (1)	20
4 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Masatsugu Morofuji (1)	16
11 Sep	Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood	Mie	70,000,000	Lee Dong-hwan (2)	16
18 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	Kurt Barnes (1)	22
25 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Shiga	150,000,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (6)	22	ASA
2 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (2)	18
9 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	150,000,000	Kenichi Kuboya (5)	20
16 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Chiba	200,000,000	Bae Sang-moon (3)	32		Flagship event [lower-alpha 3]
23 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Toru Taniguchi (17)	22
30 Oct	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Koichiro Kawano (1)	22
13 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (a) (1)	26
20 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Toshinori Muto (4)	28
27 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Tadahiro Takayama (5)	16
4 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (11)	18		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
10 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$8,000,000	Charl Schwartzel	100		Major championship
8 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	25,000,000	Kiyoshi Murota	n/a		Pro-Am
19 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,850,000	Rory McIlroy	100		Major championship
3 Jul	Million Yard Cup	South Korea	US$200,000	Team South Korea	n/a		Team event
17 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£5,000,000	Darren Clarke	100		Major championship
14 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$8,000,000	Keegan Bradley	100		Major championship
11 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	LPGA of Japan 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	Bae Sang-moon	151,078,958
2	Tadahiro Takayama	98,718,202
3	Ryo Ishikawa	98,282,603
4	Toru Taniguchi	96,888,944
5	Hiroyuki Fujita	94,355,200

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Bae Sang-moon	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Park Jae-bum	[4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2011 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	8 April 2011 (2011-04-08) – 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Tatsunori Nukaga (2)
Money list	Tatsunori Nukaga
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Japan Challenge Tour was the 27th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season. ^[5]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 4]
10 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Tatsunori Nukaga (2)
22 Apr	Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament	Chiba	10,000,000	Takanobu Kondo (1)
27 May	Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	Hidezumi Shirakata (2)
9 Jun	Boso Country Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	Hirohito Koizumi (2)
1 Jul	Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge	Tochigi	10,000,000	Chinnarat Phadungsil (1)
9 Jul	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Koichi Sugimoto (1)
22 Jul	Srixon Challenge	Hokkaido	10,000,000	Hidemichi Haginomori (1)
16 Sep	Toshoen GC JGTO Challenge II	Tochigi	10,000,000	Taro Hiroi (1)
22 Sep	Elite grips JGTO Challenge III	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Yudai Maeda (2)
21 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	Tatsunori Nukaga (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 2012 Japan Golf Tour. ^[8]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Tatsunori Nukaga	5,846,275
2	Hidezumi Shirakata	3,795,466
3	Koichi Sugimoto	3,352,733
4	Chinnarat Phadungsil	3,270,937
5	Yudai Maeda	2,487,107
6	Toru Morita	2,331,320

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. "2011 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "2011 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "大会恒例の全員参加の閉会式" [The Closing Ceremony of the Convention's annual all-hands event] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 裵相文（ベサンムン）も、そのうちの一人であった。８月にツアー初Ｖを飾ると、それから一気に破竹の勢いで、最多の３勝を上げて賞金王に輝いた。[Baesang-moon was one of them. After making his first tour victory in August, he quickly broke down and won the prize money with a record three wins.]
4. "２０１１年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式を開催" [2011 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞 裵相文（ベサンムン）... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ Ｊ・Ｂ・パク[Most Valuable Player Award: Baesang-moon... Best Rookie Award Shimada Trophy: J.B. Park]
5. "2011 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
6. "2011 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
7. "額賀辰徳が逆転優勝、チャレンジ賞金王も獲得！" [Tatsunori Nukaga wins the come-from-behind victory, and also wins the challenge prize king!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
8. "森田徹、ひやひやの賞金ランキング6位" [Toru Morita, 6th in Hiyahiya's prize money ranking] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2023. 来年の第一回リランキングまでのツアー前期出場優先権を懸けた戦い（チャレンジ賞金ランキング2位から6位）は熾烈を極めた。[The battle for priority to participate in the first half of the tour until the first reranking next year (from 2nd to 6th in the challenge prize money ranking) was fierce.]

External links

• Official website