2016 Japan Golf Tour

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2016 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration28 January 2016 (2016-01-28) – 4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
Number of official events26
Most wins Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda (3)
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae (3)
Flag of Japan.svg Hideto Tanihara (3)
Money list Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda
Most Valuable Player Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Africa.svg 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.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
1 Feb SMBC Singapore Open SingaporeUS$1,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Song Young-han (1)28 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open MyanmarUS$750,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris (1)15 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
17 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie130,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae (11)16
24 Apr Panasonic Open Golf Championship Chiba150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda (14)16 ASA
1 May The Crowns Aichi120,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae (12)16
22 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Wakayama70,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Byung-min (1)16
29 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama100,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae (13)16
5 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills
Ibaraki150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Tsukada (1)16Japan major
26 Jun ISPS Handa Global Cup Ishikawa100,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jun-won (1)20
3 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hideto Tanihara (12)16
10 Jul Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup Hokkaidō150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hideto Tanihara (13)16Japan major
24 Jul Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima50,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)16
28 Aug RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Ishikawa (14)16
4 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi110,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Min-gyu (2)16
18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō110,000,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Jones (14)16
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Osaka150,000,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chan Shih-chang (1)15 ASA
2 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi110,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Kataoka (2)16
9 Oct Honma TourWorld Cup Ibaraki100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda (15)16
16 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama200,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Matsuyama (7)32Flagship event [lower-alpha 3]
23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Kodaira (4)18
30 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama (30)16
6 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Chiba200,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hideto Tanihara (14)16
13 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka200,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Matsuyama (8)23
20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki200,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka (n/a)26
27 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi200,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda (16)16
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo130,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun (1)18Japan major

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner(s) OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
Notes
10 Apr Masters Tournament United StatesUS$10,000,000 Flag of England.svg Danny Willett 100 Major championship
8 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba50,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama n/aPro-Am
19 Jun U.S. Open United StatesUS$10,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dustin Johnson 100 Major championship
17 Jul The Open Championship Scotland£6,500,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson 100 Major championship
31 Jul PGA Championship United StatesUS$10,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker 100 Major championship
11 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba57,000,000 Japan Golf Tour n/aTeam event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [2] [3]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda 207,901,567
2 Flag of Japan.svg Hideto Tanihara 171,902,867
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae 113,714,688
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Song Young-han 91,562,130
5 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Kataoka 86,019,113

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Most Valuable Player Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Ikeda [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris [4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2016 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) – 21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Number of official events15
Most wins Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Maruyama (2)
Flag of Japan.svg Konosuke Nakazato (2)
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinobu Tsukada (2)
Money list Flag of Japan.svg 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]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner [lower-alpha 4]
3 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kodai (1)
29 AprFuji Home Service Challenge CupShiga10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinobu Tsukada (1)
20 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipGifu10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuhiro Kida (3)
27 MayFIDRA ClassicSaitama10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kunihiro Kamii (1)
10 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupChiba13,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Konosuke Nakazato (1)
17 JunHimawari Dragon CupChiba10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kawakami (1)
24 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Shotaro Wada (1)
1 JulJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)
29 JulMinami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge TournamentAkita10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoyo Ikemura (3)
9 SepSeven Dreamers ChallengeChiba13,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Maruyama (2)
23 SepElite Grips ChallengeGunma10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Jinichiro Kozuma (1)
30 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipHokkaido10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Konosuke Nakazato (2)
8 OctEveryone Project ChallengeTochigi10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinobu Tsukada (2)
14 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Maruyama (3)
21 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg 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]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinobu Tsukada 5,509,115
2 Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Maruyama 5,339,822
3 Flag of Japan.svg Konosuke Nakazato 4,497,278
4 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kodai 4,482,357
5 Flag of Japan.svg Shotaro Wada 3,574,383
6 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Ogiso 3,206,641
7 Flag of Japan.svg 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. 1 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.

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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. 1 2 "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.