1995 PGA of Japan Tour

1995 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration	12 April 1995 – 16 November 1995
Number of official events	11
Most wins	<img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700"> Yasunobu Kuramoto (2); <img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700"> Hidemichi Tanaka (2); <img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700"> Taichi Teshima (2)
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1995 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration	9 March 1995 – 10 December 1995
Number of official events	37
Most wins	Masashi Ozaki (5)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
	← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 PGA of Japan Tour was the 23rd season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.^[1]^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
12 Mar	Token Corporation Cup	Kagoshima	100,000,000	Todd Hamilton (5)	20
19 Mar	Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Brian Watts (6)	16
26 Mar	Novell KSB Open	Okayama	70,000,000	Rick Gibson (2)	16
2 Apr	Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup	Hyōgo	80,000,000	Satoshi Higashi (4)	16
16 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Satoshi Higashi (5)	16
23 Apr	Dunlop Open	Ibaraki	90,000,000	Peter Senior (3)	20	AGC
30 Apr	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (70)	22
7 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	120,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (45)	18
14 May	Japan PGA Championship	Aomori	100,000,000	Hisayuki Sasaki (2)	16
21 May	Pepsi Ube Kosan Open	Yamaguchi	80,000,000	Mitsutaka Kusakabe (1)	16
28 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Kumamoto	100,000,000	Brandt Jobe (1)	18
4 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Ryoken Kawagishi (5)	16
11 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Carlos Franco (2)	16
18 Jun	Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Eduardo Herrera (1)	16
25 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	100,000,000	Brian Watts (7)	16
2 Jul	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	Ishikawa	100,000,000	Kazuhiro Takami (2)	18
9 Jul	Yonex Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	80,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (71)	16
16 Jul	Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Tetsu Nishikawa (3)	16
30 Jul	NST Niigata Open Golf Championship	Niigata	60,000,000	Tomohiro Maruyama (3)	16
6 Aug	Sanko Grand Summer Championship	Gunma	100,000,000	Frankie Miñoza (3)	16
20 Aug	Acom International	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Katsunori Kuwabara (1)	16
27 Aug	Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1)	16
3 Sep	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	Hokkaidō	70,000,000	Katsuyoshi Tomori (6)	16
10 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	90,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (29)	24
17 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (72)	26
24 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	110,000,000	Satoshi Higashi (6)	18
1 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Saitama	100,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (1)	32		Flagship event
8 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Masayuki Kawamura (1)	18
15 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	100,000,000	Stewart Ginn (1)	16
22 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	120,000,000	Shigeki Maruyama (2)	20
29 Oct	Philip Morris Championship	Hyōgo	200,000,000	Hidemichi Tanaka (1)	22
5 Nov	Daiwa International	Yamanashi	170,000,000	Shigenori Mori (1)	20
12 Nov	Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Satoshi Higashi (7)	40
19 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (73)	40
26 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	150,000,000	Seiki Okuda (6)	30
3 Dec	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (74)	18
10 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	120,000,000	Frankie Miñoza (4)	16

Money list edit

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Masashi Ozaki	192,319,800
2	Satoshi Higashi	136,854,183
3	Shigeki Maruyama	103,209,036
4	Masahiro Kuramoto	88,227,209
5	Katsuyoshi Tomori	86,693,831

Japan Challenge Tour edit

The 1995 Japan Challenge Tour was the 11th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner^[c]
13 Apr	Sanko 72 Open	Gunma	10,000,000	Taichi Teshima (1)
20 Apr	Korakuen Cup (1st)	Gunma	10,000,000	Gohei Sato (2)
25 May	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	10,000,000	Yasunobu Kuramoto (1)
1 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Hidemichi Tanaka (1)
14 Jun	Kanto PGA Philanthropy	Tochigi	10,000,000	Kazuhiro Fukunaga (2)
22 Jun	Kansai PGA Philanthropy	Fukui	10,000,000	Kosaku Makisaka (1)
5 Jul	Korakuen Cup (2nd)	Hokkaido	10,000,000	Hidemichi Tanaka (2)
7 Sep	Korakuen Cup (3rd)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Yoshikatsu Saito (1)
28 Sep	Matsugamine Open	Niigata	10,000,000	Yasunobu Kuramoto (2)
5 Oct	Korakuen Cup (4th)	Oita	10,000,000	Taichi Teshima (2)
16 Nov	Korakuen Cup (5th)	Tochigi	10,000,000	Shingo Katayama (2)

Notes edit

^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
^ 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 PGA of Japan Tour.

References edit

^ "1995 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Michael (1996). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1996. Macmillan. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0333653319. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
^ "1995 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "1995 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links edit

Official website

[totals-3] The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.

[tour-4] AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.

[totals2-7] 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 PGA of Japan Tour.

[1] "1995 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[randa-2] Williams, Michael (1996). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1996. Macmillan. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0333653319. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.

[5] "1995 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[6] "1995 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

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Duration	9 March 1995 (1995-03-09) – 10 December 1995 (1995-12-10)
Number of official events	37
Most wins	Masashi Ozaki (5)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
← 1994 1996 →

Duration	12 April 1995 (1995-04-12) – 16 November 1995 (1995-11-16)
Number of official events	11
Most wins	Yasunobu Kuramoto (2) Hidemichi Tanaka (2) Taichi Teshima (2)
← 1994 1996 →