| Duration | 16 April 2015 – 6 December 2015 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 25 |
| Most wins |  Kim Kyung-tae (5) |
| Money list | Kim Kyung-tae |
| Most Valuable Player | Kim Kyung-tae |
| Rookie of the Year | Song Young-han |
← 2014 2016 → | |
The 2015 Japan Golf Tour was the 43rd 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.
The following table lists official events during the 2015 season. [1]
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 [b] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$10,000,000 |  Jordan Spieth | 100 | Major championship | |
| 10 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 |  Seiki Okuda | n/a | Pro-Am | |
| 21 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$10,000,000 | Jordan Spieth | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £6,300,000 | Zach Johnson | 100 | Major championship | |
| 16 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 |  Jason Day | 100 | Major championship | |
| 13 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | LPGA of Japan Tour | n/a | Team event |
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 | 165,981,625 |
| 2 | Yūsaku Miyazato | 103,999,119 |
| 3 | Yuta Ikeda | 99,380,317 |
| 4 | Yoshinori Fujimoto | 98,642,449 |
| 5 | Shingo Katayama | 90,577,641 |
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Kim Kyung-tae | [4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Song Young-han | [4] |
| Duration | 3 April 2015 – 23 October 2015 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 17 |
| Most wins | Shota Akiyoshi (2) Tomoyo Ikemura (2) Keiichi Kaneko (2) Yu Morimoto (2) |
| Money list | Yu Morimoto |
← 2014 2016 → | |
The 2015 Japan Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2015 season. [5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner [d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Park Il-hwan (1) |
| 1 May | Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup | Shiga | 10,000,000 | Yujiro Ohori (1) |
| 8 May | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Masashi Hidaka (1) |
| 22 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | Tatsunori Nukaga (4) |
| 29 May | Good Job Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Yu Morimoto (1) |
| 11 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Shigeru Nonaka (3) |
| 19 Jun | Musee Platinum Challenge Tournament | Fukushima | 10,000,000 | Yosuke Asaji (2) |
| 26 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Tomoyo Ikemura (1) |
| 3 Jul | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Keiichi Kaneko (1) |
| 31 Jul | Minami Akita Country Club Challenge Tournament | Akita | 10,000,000 | Yu Morimoto (2) |
| 21 Aug | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Keiichi Kaneko (2) |
| 4 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Gunma | 10,000,000 | Tomoyo Ikemura (2) |
| 11 Sep | Himawari Dragon CUP | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Koichi Sugimoto (3) |
| 18 Sep | Seven Dreamers Challenge | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Shota Akiyoshi (2) |
| 10 Oct | Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Shota Akiyoshi (3) |
| 16 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Hiroaki Hirai (1) |
| 23 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (5) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [6] [7] The top 10 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour. [8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yu Morimoto | 4,479,531 |
| 2 | Shota Akiyoshi | 4,476,532 |
| 3 | Tomoyo Ikemura | 4,176,327 |
| 4 | Keiichi Kaneko | 3,933,918 |
| 5 | Park Il-hwan | 3,786,804 |
| 6 | Yosuke Asaji | 3,503,141 |
| 7 | Yujiro Ohori | 3,050,254 |
| 8 | Tatsunori Nukaga | 3,024,346 |
| 9 | Masashi Hidaka | 2,959,583 |
| 10 | Masamichi Uehira | 2,863,443 |
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However, since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with that on the two larger tours. Official events on the Japan Golf Tour count for Official World Golf Ranking points and success on the tour can also qualify members to play in the majors.
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その翌日には各部門別ランキングの1位者のほか、今年顕著な活躍をした選手をたたえる晴れ舞台でもっとも輝いたのが２０１０年に続いて、自身2度目の賞金王に輝いた金庚泰（キムキョンテ）。[Kim Kyung-tae won the prize money for the second time after 2010...]
最優秀選手賞金 庚泰... 最優秀新人賞 島田トロフィ 宋 永漢[Most Valuable Player Award: Kim Kyung-tae... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Younghan Song]
本大会をもって、チャレンジトーナメントの賞金ランキングが確定し、1位の選手には来年のレギュラーツアー1年間の出場優先権が、2位から10位までの選手には前半戦（第1回リランキング）までの出場優先権が与えられる。[With this tournament, the prize money ranking of the Challenge Tournament will be determined, and the 1st place player will be given priority to participate in next year's Regular Tour for one year, and the 2nd to 10th place players will be given priority until the first round (1st reranking).]
