2026 Japan Golf Tour

2026 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	5 March 2026 (2026-03-05) – 6 December 2026 (2026-12-06)
Number of official events	22
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The 2026 Japan Golf Tour will be the 53rd 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.

Changes for 2026

The season marked a switch of format from the traditional money list to a points list. ^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2026 season. ^{[2] [3]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
8 Mar	ISPS Handa Japan-Australasia Championship	New Zealand	A$1,200,000			ANZ	New tournament
12 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000
26 Apr	Maezawa Cup	Chiba	200,000,000
3 May	The Crowns	Aichi	110,000,000
17 May	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Osaka	80,000,000
24 May	Japan PGA Championship Senko Group Cup	Shiga	150,000,000				Japan major
31 May	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000
7 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup	Ibaraki	150,000,000				Japan major
5 Jul	Japan Players Championship	Tochigi	50,000,000
23 Aug	ISPS Handa Explosion in the Summer	Gunma	100,000,000
30 Aug	Sansan KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000
13 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,500,000,000			ASA, KOR
20 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000
27 Sep	Richard Mille Charity Tournament	Ishikawa	100,000,000
18 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Shiga	210,000,000				Japan major
25 Oct	Fortinet Players Cup	Chiba	150,000,000
1 Nov	Vantelin Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000
8 Nov	ACN Championship	Hyōgo	120,000,000
15 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	200,000,000
22 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000
29 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	180,000,000
6 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000				Japan major

Japan Challenge Tour

2026 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	1 April 2026 (2026-04-01) – 30 October 2026 (2026-10-30)
Number of official events	13
← 2025 2027 →

The 2026 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2026 ACN Tour, will be the 41st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2026 season. ^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [c]	OWGR points
3 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000
17 Apr	Newtus Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000
9 May	Japan Players Championship Challenge	Fukui	15,000,000
29 May	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	15,000,000
12 Jun	Landic Challenge 13	Fukuoka	18,000,000
19 Jun	i Golf Shaper Challenge	Fukuoka	18,000,000
26 Jun	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	15,000,000
10 Jul	Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament	Tochigi	15,000,000
29 Aug	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge	Fukushima	15,000,000
11 Sep	K'2nd Challenge Cup		20,000,000
9 Oct	Elite Grips Challenge	Hyōgo	15,000,000
23 Oct	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	20,000,000
30 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. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian 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. "2026年ツアー日程を発表。来季よりレギュラーツアーでもポイント制導入へ" [Announced 2026 tour dates. From next season, a point system will be introduced on regular tours] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
2. "2026 Tournament schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
3. "2026年ジャパンゴルフツアートーナメントの日程を発表しました" [The dates for the 2026 Japan Golf Tour Tournament have been announced] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
4. "2026 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 24 December 2025.

External links

• Official website