Japan Golf Tour

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The Japan Golf Tour is one of the most important tournament series in professional golf . Since 1999 this series has been carried out by the JGTO (Japanese Golf Tour Organization), which was founded in the same year. The tour has the third highest level of prize money, after the North American PGA TOUR and the European PGA European Tour .

Official events of this tour count towards the golf world ranking and tour members can also qualify for the majors if they are successful . Most of the leading players on the Japan Golf Tour are naturally Japanese, but professional golfers from many other countries also work there.

Since the early 1990s , however, the Japan Golf Tour has not been able to keep up with the rapid increases in prize money in the two leading tournament series.

The JGTO also organizes a second level tournament series, the Japan Challenge Tour , comparable to the North American Nationwide Tour and the European Challenge Tour . It has been held since 1999.

Japan Golf Tour Money Ranking

year player nation Prize money ( ¥ )
2018 Shugo Imahira JapanJapan Japan 139,119,332
2017 Yūsaku Miyazato JapanJapan Japan 182,831,982
2016 Yuta Ikeda JapanJapan Japan 207,901,567
2015 Kim Kyung-tae Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 165,981,625
2014 Koumei Oda JapanJapan Japan 137,318,693
2013 Hideki Matsuyama JapanJapan Japan 201,076,781
2012 Hiroyuki Fujita JapanJapan Japan 175,159,972
2011 Bae Sang-moon Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 151,078,958
2010 Kim Kyung-tae Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 181,103,799

All winners from 1973 to 2009 are Japanese.

2009 Ryō Ishikawa 183,524,051 yen
2008 Shingo Katayama 180,094,895 yen
2007 Toru Taniguchi 171,744,498 yen
2006 Shingo Katayama 178,402,190 yen
2005 Shingo Katayama 134,075,280 yen
2004 Shingo Katayama 119,512,374 yen
2003 Toshimitsu Izawa 135,454,300 yen
2002 Toru Taniguchi 145,440,341 yen
2001 Toshimitsu Izawa 217,934,583 yen
2000 Shingo Katayama 177,116,489 yen
1999 Naomichi Ozaki 137,641,796
1998 Masashi Ozaki 179,627,400
1997 Masashi Ozaki 170,847,633
1996 Masashi Ozaki 209,646,746
1995 Masashi Ozaki 192,319,800
1994 Masashi Ozaki 215,468,000
1993 Hajime Meshiai 148,718,200
1992 Masashi Ozaki 186,816,466
1991 Naomichi Ozaki 119,507,974
1990 Masashi Ozaki 129,060,500
1989 Masashi Ozaki 108,715,733
1988 Masashi Ozaki 125,162,540
1987 David Ishii 86,554,421
1986 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 90,202,066
1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 101,609,333
1984 Shinsaku Maeda 57,040,357
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 85,514,183
1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 68,220,640
1981 Isao Aoki 57,262,941
1980 Isao Aoki 60,532,660
1979 Isao Aoki 45,554,211
1978 Isao Aoki 62,987,200
1977 Masashi Ozaki 35,932,608
1976 Isao Aoki 40,985,801
1975 Takashi Murakami 38,705,551
1974 Masashi Ozaki 41,846,908
1973 Masashi Ozaki 43,814,000

The prize money also includes income from the majors and the events of the World Golf Championships .

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