2024 Japan Golf Tour

2024 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	28 March 2024 (2024-03-28) – 1 December 2024 (2024-12-01)
Number of official events	24
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Japan Golf Tour is the 51st 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 2024 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
31 Mar	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (6)	6.95
28 Apr	ISPS Handa Championship	Shizuoka	US$2,250,000		20.72	EUR
5 May	The Crowns	Aichi	110,000,000
12 May	For The Players by The Players	Gunma	50,000,000
19 May	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Shiga	80,000,000
26 May	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000
9 Jun	BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup	Ibaraki	150,000,000				Japan major
16 Jun	Hana Bank Invitational	South Korea	₩1,300,000,000			KOR
23 Jun	Japan Players Championship	Tochigi	50,000,000
7 Jul	Japan PGA Championship	Gifu	150,000,000				Japan major
14 Jul	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000
11 Aug	Yokohama Minato Championship	Kanagawa	120,000,000
25 Aug	Sansan KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000
1 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000
8 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,400,000,000			ASA, KOR
15 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000
22 Sep	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	100,000,000
29 Sep	Vantelin Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000
6 Oct	ACN Championship	Hyōgo	100,000,000
13 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Saitama	210,000,000				Japan major
10 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	200,000,000
17 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000
24 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000
1 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000				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
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$20,000,000	Scottie Scheffler	100		Major championship
19 May	PGA Championship	United States			100		Major championship
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States			100		Major championship
21 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland			100		Major championship
8 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000		n/a		Team event

Japan Challenge Tour

2024 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	3 April 2024 (2024-04-03) – 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)
Number of official events	12
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2024 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 39th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. ^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 3]	OWGR points
5 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Tatsuya Kodai (2)	2.10
26 Apr	i Golf Shaper Challenge	Fukuoka	18,000,000		2.01
3 May	Japan Players Championship Challenge	Fukui	15,000,000
31 May	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	15,000,000
7 Jun	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	18,000,000
14 Jun	Landic Challenge 11	Fukuoka	18,000,000
26 Jun	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	15,000,000
31 Aug	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge	Fukushima	15,000,000
6 Sep	PGM Challenge	Fukuoka	15,000,000
27 Sep	Elite Grips Challenge	Hyōgo	15,000,000
4 Oct	Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	15,000,000
18 Oct	Delight Works JGTO Final	Ibaraki	20,000,000

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; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
3. 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. "2024 Tournament schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. "2024年のジャパンゴルフツアートーナメント日程を発表しました" [2024 Japan Golf Tour Tournament Dates Announced] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
3. "2024 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

External links

• Official website