2016 Japan Golf Tour

2016 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	28 January 2016 (2016-01-28) – 4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	Yuta Ikeda (3) Kim Kyung-tae (3) Hideto Tanihara (3)
Money list	Yuta Ikeda
Most Valuable Player	Yuta Ikeda
Rookie of the Year	Shaun Norris
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Japan Golf Tour was the 44th 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 2016 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
1 Feb	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	US$1,000,000	Song Young-han (1)	28	ASA	New to Japan Golf Tour
7 Feb	Leopalace21 Myanmar Open	Myanmar	US$750,000	Shaun Norris (1)	15	ASA	New to Japan Golf Tour
17 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (11)	16
24 Apr	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Chiba	150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (14)	16	ASA
1 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (12)	16
22 May	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Wakayama	70,000,000	Cho Byung-min (1)	16
29 May	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000	Kim Kyung-tae (13)	16
5 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Yosuke Tsukada (1)	16		Japan major
26 Jun	ISPS Handa Global Cup	Ishikawa	100,000,000	Park Jun-won (1)	20
3 Jul	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (12)	16
10 Jul	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (13)	16		Japan major
24 Jul	Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open	Fukushima	50,000,000	Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)	16
28 Aug	RIZAP KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (14)	16
4 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Cho Min-gyu (2)	16
18 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	Brendan Jones (14)	16
25 Sep	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Osaka	150,000,000	Chan Shih-chang (1)	15	ASA
2 Oct	Top Cup Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Daisuke Kataoka (2)	16
9 Oct	Honma TourWorld Cup	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (15)	16
16 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Saitama	200,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (7)	32		Flagship event [lower-alpha 3]
23 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Satoshi Kodaira (4)	18
30 Oct	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Shingo Katayama (30)	16
6 Nov	Heiwa PGM Championship	Chiba	200,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (14)	16
13 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	200,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (8)	23
20 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Brooks Koepka (n/a)	26
27 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (16)	16
4 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Park Sang-hyun (1)	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$10,000,000	Danny Willett	100		Major championship
8 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	50,000,000	Shingo Katayama	n/a		Pro-Am
19 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$10,000,000	Dustin Johnson	100		Major championship
17 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£6,500,000	Henrik Stenson	100		Major championship
31 Jul	PGA Championship	United States	US$10,000,000	Jimmy Walker	100		Major championship
11 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	Yuta Ikeda	207,901,567
2	Hideto Tanihara	171,902,867
3	Kim Kyung-tae	113,714,688
4	Song Young-han	91,562,130
5	Daisuke Kataoka	86,019,113

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Yuta Ikeda	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Shaun Norris	[4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2016 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) – 21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Number of official events	15
Most wins	Daisuke Maruyama (2) Konosuke Nakazato (2) Yoshinobu Tsukada (2)
Money list	Yoshinobu Tsukada
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Japan Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season. ^[5]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 4]
3 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Tatsuya Kodai (1)
29 Apr	Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup	Shiga	10,000,000	Yoshinobu Tsukada (1)
20 May	Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship	Gifu	10,000,000	Kazuhiro Kida (3)
27 May	FIDRA Classic	Saitama	10,000,000	Kunihiro Kamii (1)
10 Jun	ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup	Chiba	13,000,000	Konosuke Nakazato (1)
17 Jun	Himawari Dragon Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	Yuta Kawakami (1)
24 Jun	Landic Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Shotaro Wada (1)
1 Jul	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)
29 Jul	Minami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge Tournament	Akita	10,000,000	Tomoyo Ikemura (3)
9 Sep	Seven Dreamers Challenge	Chiba	13,000,000	Daisuke Maruyama (2)
23 Sep	Elite Grips Challenge	Gunma	10,000,000	Jinichiro Kozuma (1)
30 Sep	Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship	Hokkaido	10,000,000	Konosuke Nakazato (2)
8 Oct	Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	10,000,000	Yoshinobu Tsukada (2)
14 Oct	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	10,000,000	Daisuke Maruyama (3)
21 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	Takashi Ogiso (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. ^{[6] [7]} The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour. ^[8]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Yoshinobu Tsukada	5,509,115
2	Daisuke Maruyama	5,339,822
3	Konosuke Nakazato	4,497,278
4	Tatsuya Kodai	4,482,357
5	Shotaro Wada	3,574,383
6	Takashi Ogiso	3,206,641
7	Daijiro Izumida	3,143,055

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. "2016 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "2016 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "Yuta Ikeda Tops 2016 Japan Golf Tour Money List With N1-CB Forged Irons". The Golf Wire. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
4. "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧" [Category Ranking Awards, List of Winners and Sponsors] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞　池田勇太... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　ショーン・ノリス[Most Valuable Player Award: Yuta Ikeda... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Shaun Norris]
5. "2016 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
6. "2016 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
7. "戦い終えた塚田と丸山が来シーズンレギュラーツアー復帰を決めた" [After the battle, Tsukada and Maruyama decided to return to the regular tour next season.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023. 嬉しいですよ」と笑顔を見せた塚田。4アンダー9位タイで終え、晴れてチャレンジトーナメント賞金王の座を手にした。[I'm happy," Tsukada said with a smile. He finished in a tie for ninth at 1 under and was crowned the Challenge Tournament money king.]
8. "レギュラーツアーへの切符を手にした上位陣" [Top players who got their ticket to the regular tour] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

External links

• Official website