Japan Challenge Tour

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Japan Challenge Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Golf current event.svg 2024 Japan Challenge Tour
FormerlyAbemaTV Tour
Sport Golf
Founded1985
First season1985
CountriesBased in Japan
Most titlesTournament wins:
Flag of Japan.svg Gohei Sato (5)
Flag of Japan.svg Masamichi Uehira (5)
Related
competitions		 Japan Golf Tour

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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In 2023, the schedule featured 12 tournaments, with prize funds of mostly ¥ 15,000,000. [1] This is about a tenth of the level of prize money per event on offer on the main Japan Golf Tour, with the main tour also having a longer season.

In January 2018, the tour signed a sponsor title agreement with AbemaTV, being renamed as the AbemaTV Tour for the 2018 season onwards. [2]

In July 2018, it was also announced that the tour would be included into the Official World Golf Ranking starting in 2019, with the winner receiving a minimum of 4 points for a 54-hole event. [3]

The top 20 players earn entry into the Japan Golf Tour.

Money list winners

SeasonWinnerPrize money (¥)
2024 Flag of Japan.svg Taisei Yamada 5,259,789
2023 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsunori Shogenji 11,253,106
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Yujiro Ohori 7,798,551
2020–21 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Hisatsune 10,922,467
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikazu Haku 6,797,444
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Taihei Sato 7,256,163
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoharu Otsuki 3,787,591
2016 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinobu Tsukada 5,509,115
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Yu Morimoto 4,479,531
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Shugo Imahira 7,444,288
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Ki-taek 5,326,885
2012 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Koko 4,607,237
2011 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsunori Nukaga 5,846,275
2010 Flag of Fiji.svg Dinesh Chand 4,780,625
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Campbell 6,136,154
2008 Flag of Japan.svg Masamichi Uehira 6,329,033
2007 Flag of Japan.svg Michio Matsumura 6,685,183
2006 Flag of Japan.svg Takaki Ono 7,710,069
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Shoichi Ideguchi 5,070,263
2004 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiaki Kimura 4,199,650
2003 Flag of Japan.svg Masamichi Uehira 3,082,833
2002 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuhiko Ichihara 4,124,935
2001 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Hur Suk-ho 5,150,264
2000 Flag of Japan.svg Masanori Kobayashi 3,851,250
1999 Flag of Japan.svg Kosaku Makisaka 3,461,294
1998 No information known
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References

  1. ↑ "2023 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "ス 「AbemaTV」がJGTO主催「チャレンジトーナメント」との年間特別スポンサー契約を締結 現「チャレンジトーナメント」から「AbemaTVツアー」へ名称を変更" ["AbemaTV" signs annual special sponsorship agreement with "Challenge Tournament" sponsored by JGTO Changed name from "Challenge Tournament" to "AbemaTV Tour"] (in Japanese). Abema. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Board Announcement". Official World Golf Ranking. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2022. The Abema TV Tour will be introduced to the OWGR at minimum points levels of 4 first place points for its tournaments that are played over 54 holes.
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