2016 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration28 January 2016 (2016-01-28) – 4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
Number of official events26
Most winsJapan Yuta Ikeda (3)
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (3)
Japan Hideto Tanihara (3)
Money listJapan Yuta Ikeda
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Yuta Ikeda
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa Shaun Norris
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 Japan Golf Tour was the 44th 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 2016 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
1 Feb SMBC Singapore Open Singapore US$1,000,000 South Korea Song Young-han (1) 28 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar US$750,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (1) 15 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
17 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (11) 16
24 Apr Panasonic Open Golf Championship Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (14) 16 ASA
1 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (12) 16
22 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Wakayama 70,000,000 South Korea Cho Byung-min (1) 16
29 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (13) 16
5 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills		 Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Yosuke Tsukada (1) 16 Japan major
26 Jun ISPS Handa Global Cup Ishikawa 100,000,000 South Korea Park Jun-won (1) 20
3 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (12) 16
10 Jul Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (13) 16 Japan major
24 Jul Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) 16
28 Aug RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (14) 16
4 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 South Korea Cho Min-gyu (2) 16
18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (14) 16
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Osaka 150,000,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (1) 15 ASA
2 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Daisuke Kataoka (2) 16
9 Oct Honma TourWorld Cup Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (15) 16
16 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 200,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (7) 32 Flagship event[c]
23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Satoshi Kodaira (4) 18
30 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (30) 16
6 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Chiba 200,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (14) 16
13 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (8) 23
20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (n/a) 26
27 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (16) 16
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1) 18 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[b]		 Notes
10 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$10,000,000 England Danny Willett 100 Major championship
8 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba 50,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama n/a Pro-Am
19 Jun U.S. Open United States US$10,000,000 United States Dustin Johnson 100 Major championship
17 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £6,500,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson 100 Major championship
31 Jul PGA Championship United States US$10,000,000 United States Jimmy Walker 100 Major championship
11 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 Japan Golf 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 Japan Yuta Ikeda 207,901,567
2 Japan Hideto Tanihara 171,902,867
3 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 113,714,688
4 South Korea Song Young-han 91,562,130
5 Japan Daisuke Kataoka 86,019,113

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Yuta Ikeda [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) South Africa Shaun Norris [4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2016 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) – 21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Number of official events15
Most winsJapan Daisuke Maruyama (2)
Japan Konosuke Nakazato (2)
Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada (2)
Money listJapan Yoshinobu Tsukada
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 Japan Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[d]
3 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Japan Tatsuya Kodai (1)
29 Apr Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup Shiga 10,000,000 Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada (1)
20 May Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship Gifu 10,000,000 Japan Kazuhiro Kida (3)
27 May FIDRA Classic Saitama 10,000,000 Japan Kunihiro Kamii (1)
10 Jun ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup Chiba 13,000,000 Japan Konosuke Nakazato (1)
17 Jun Himawari Dragon Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Yuta Kawakami (1)
24 Jun Landic Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Japan Shotaro Wada (1)
1 Jul Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)
29 Jul Minami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge Tournament Akita 10,000,000 Japan Tomoyo Ikemura (3)
9 Sep Seven Dreamers Challenge Chiba 13,000,000 Japan Daisuke Maruyama (2)
23 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Gunma 10,000,000 Japan Jinichiro Kozuma (1)
30 Sep Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship Hokkaido 10,000,000 Japan Konosuke Nakazato (2)
8 Oct Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada (2)
14 Oct Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 10,000,000 Japan Daisuke Maruyama (3)
21 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Takashi Ogiso (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 2017 Japan Golf Tour.[8]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada 5,509,115
2 Japan Daisuke Maruyama 5,339,822
3 Japan Konosuke Nakazato 4,497,278
4 Japan Tatsuya Kodai 4,482,357
5 Japan Shotaro Wada 3,574,383
6 Japan Takashi Ogiso 3,206,641
7 Japan Daijiro Izumida 3,143,055

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. ^ a b 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. ^ "2016 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2016 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Yuta Ikeda Tops 2016 Japan Golf Tour Money List With N1-CB Forged Irons". The Golf Wire. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧" [Category Ranking Awards, List of Winners and Sponsors] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞　池田勇太... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　ショーン・ノリス [Most Valuable Player Award: Yuta Ikeda... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Shaun Norris]
  5. ^ "2016 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ^ "2016 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ "戦い終えた塚田と丸山が来シーズンレギュラーツアー復帰を決めた" [After the battle, Tsukada and Maruyama decided to return to the regular tour next season.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023. 嬉しいですよ」と笑顔を見せた塚田。4アンダー9位タイで終え、晴れてチャレンジトーナメント賞金王の座を手にした。 [I'm happy," Tsukada said with a smile. He finished in a tie for ninth at 1 under and was crowned the Challenge Tournament money king.]
  8. ^ "レギュラーツアーへの切符を手にした上位陣" [Top players who got their ticket to the regular tour] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

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