2009 Japan Golf Tour

2009 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	16 April 2009 (2009-04-16) – 6 December 2009 (2009-12-06)
Number of official events	24
Most wins	Yuta Ikeda (4) Ryo Ishikawa (4)
Money list	Ryo Ishikawa
Most Valuable Player	Ryo Ishikawa
Rookie of the Year	Yuta Ikeda
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Japan Golf Tour was the 37th 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 2009 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
19 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Koumei Oda (2)	16
26 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Masaya Tomida (1)	18
3 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Tetsuji Hiratsuka (5)	20
31 May	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Takashi Kanemoto (1)	20
7 Jun	UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Yuji Igarashi (1)	20		Japan major
14 Jun	Japan PGA Championship	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (1)	16		Japan major
28 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	Hyōgo	130,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (3)	18
26 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (7)	18
2 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (4)	16
23 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	50,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (8)	16
30 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (2)	18
6 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (5)	18
20 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	Toru Taniguchi (15)	16
27 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Kyoto	150,000,000	Daisuke Maruyama (2)	20	ASA
4 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (6)	18
11 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (3)	18
18 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Saitama	200,000,000	Ryuichi Oda (1)	32		Flagship event [lower-alpha 3]
25 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (4)	20
1 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Toru Suzuki (8)	16
8 Nov	The Championship by Lexus	Ibaraki	200,000,000	Toshinori Muto (3)	16
15 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	200,000,000	Yasuharu Imano (7)	20
22 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Edoardo Molinari (n/a)	28
29 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Koumei Oda (3)	22
6 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Shigeki Maruyama (10)	24		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
12 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,500,000	Ángel Cabrera	100		Major championship
22 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,500,000	Lucas Glover	100		Major championship
19 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,200,000	Stewart Cink	100		Major championship
16 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	Yang Yong-eun	100		Major championship
14 Sep	Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf	Chiba	18,000,000	Kaname Yokoo	n/a
13 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	50,000,000	Japan PGA Senior Tour	n/a		Team event

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Ryo Ishikawa	183,524,051
2	Yuta Ikeda	158,556,695
3	Koumei Oda	118,774,176
4	Shingo Katayama	113,678,535
5	Hiroyuki Fujita	91,244,625

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Ryo Ishikawa	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Yuta Ikeda	[4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2009 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	10 April 2009 (2009-04-10) – 23 October 2009 (2009-10-23)
Number of official events	11
Most wins	Chris Campbell (2) Kazuhiro Kida (2) Achi Sato (2)
Money list	Chris Campbell
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Japan Challenge Tour was the 25th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season. ^[5]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner [lower-alpha 4]
12 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	20,000,000	Achi Sato (2)
22 May	Sashima JGTO Challenge I	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Chris Campbell (1)
20 Jun	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Chris Campbell (2)
26 Jun	Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II	Nagano	10,000,000	Junpei Takayama (1)
10 Jul	Boso Country Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	Katsumi Kubo (1)
16 Jul	Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Kazuhiro Kida (1)
11 Sep	Srixon Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Toru Morita (1)
18 Sep	Asakura JGTO Challenge III	Chiba	10,000,000	Kazuhiro Kida (2)
25 Sep	Toshin Challenge Tournament	Mie	10,000,000	Yuta Kinoshita (1)
9 Oct	Sunroyal GC Cup	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Achi Sato (3)
23 Oct	PRGR Novil Cup Final	Ibaraki	13,000,000	Lu Wei-chih (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 2010 Japan Golf Tour. ^[8]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Chris Campbell	6,136,154
2	Achi Sato	6,119,944
3	Lu Wei-chih	4,890,916
4	Kazuhiro Kida	4,491,550
5	Kodai Ichihara	4,259,750
6	Yoshikazu Haku	3,594,500
7	Junpei Takayama	3,395,371

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.
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.

References

1. "2009 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "2009 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
3. "Golf-Ishikawa becomes youngest Japanese Tour money list winner". Reuters. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
4. "各部門別ランキング受賞者と全表彰一覧" [List of Ranking Winners and All Awards by Category] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞　石川遼... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　池田勇太[Most Valuable Player Award: Ryo Ishikawa... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Yuta Ikeda]
5. "2009 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
6. "2009 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
7. "C・キャンベル　／　２０１０年、１年間の優先出場権を獲得　賞金ランキング１位" [C. Campbell / 2010, 1st place in the prize money ranking, 1 place in the prize money ranking] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
8. "２００９年チャレンジ賞金ランキング１位はC・キャンベルが。佐藤、呂、貴田、市原、白、高山が第１回リランキングまでのツアー優先出場権を獲得" [The first place in the 2009 Challenge prize money ranking is C. Campbell. Sato, Lu, Kida, Ichihara, Haku, and Takayama earn priority berth on the tour until the first reranking] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

External links

• Official website