Duration | 18 January 2018 – 2 December 2018 |
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Number of official events | 24 [lower-alpha 1] |
Most wins | Kodai Ichihara (2) |
Money list | Shugo Imahira |
Most Valuable Player | Shugo Imahira |
Rookie of the Year | Rikuya Hoshino |
← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 Japan Golf Tour was the 46th 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 2018 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 [lower-alpha 3] | Notes |
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8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$11,000,000 | Patrick Reed | 100 | Major championship | |
6 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Shugo Imahira | n/a | Pro-Am | |
17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$12,000,000 | Brooks Koepka | 100 | Major championship | |
22 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | US$10,500,000 | Francesco Molinari | 100 | Major championship | |
12 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$11,000,000 | Brooks Koepka | 100 | Major championship | |
9 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | Japan PGA Senior Tour | n/a | Team event |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [3] [4]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | Shugo Imahira | 139,119,332 |
2 | Shaun Norris | 103,942,450 |
3 | Yuki Inamori | 85,301,742 |
4 | Kodai Ichihara | 82,245,918 |
5 | Yuta Ikeda | 79,671,825 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
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Most Valuable Player | Shugo Imahira | [5] |
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Rikuya Hoshino | [5] |
Duration | 30 March 2018 – 26 October 2018 |
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Number of official events | 12 |
Most wins | Taihei Sato (2) |
Money list | Taihei Sato |
← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2018 AbemaTV Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
In January, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with AbemaTV, being renamed as the AbemaTV Tour. [6]
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season. [7]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner [lower-alpha 7] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Park Bae-jong (1) |
20 Apr | i Golf Shaper Challenge | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Naoto Takayanagi (1) |
27 Apr | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Shoji Kawai (1) |
18 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Keisuke Kondo (1) |
8 Jun | ISPS Handa Challenge Cup | Chiba | 20,000,000 | Ryosuke Kinoshita (1) |
22 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Taihei Sato (1) |
29 Jun | Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge | Akita | 15,000,000 | Kazuki Higa (1) |
14 Sep | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Tottori | 15,000,000 | Dodge Kemmer (1) |
21 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Hyōgo | 15,000,000 | Taihei Sato (2) |
6 Oct | Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | Taiji Maekawa (1) |
19 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 15,000,000 | Tomohiro Umeyama (2) |
26 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Yuki Kono (3) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. [8] [9] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2019 Japan Golf Tour. [10]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | Taihei Sato | 7,256,163 |
2 | Tomohiro Umeyama | 5,338,803 |
3 | Naoto Takayanagi | 4,813,256 |
4 | Ryosuke Kinoshita | 4,251,987 |
5 | Takaya Onoda | 3,736,339 |
The Japan Challenge Tour, currently titled as the Abema Tour for sponsorships reasons, is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. It has been in operation since 1985.
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華やかな受賞式の最後は、賞金王がスピーチするのが恒例だ。賞金ランキング賞のほかに、...[At the end of the glamorous awards ceremony, it is customary for the prize king to give a speech. In addition to the prize money ranking award...]
最優秀選手賞 今平周吾... 最優秀新人賞 島田トロフィ 星野陸也[Most Valuable Player Award: Shugo Imahira... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Rikuya Hoshino]
2019年度からツアートーナメントの出場資格が変更になり、賞金ランキング上位19名の選手(ランキング1位選手は除く)には2019年の第1回リランキングまでのツアートーナメント出場権を得ることが出来るようになった。[From 2019, the eligibility for tour tournaments has changed, and the top 19 players in the prize money ranking (excluding the first ranked player) will be able to qualify for the tour tournament until the first reranking in 1.]