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1997 PGA of Japan Tour

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The 1997 PGA of Japan Tour was the 25th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1997 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration13 March 1997 (1997-03-13) – 14 December 1997 (1997-12-14)
Number of official events36
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (5)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
← 1996
1998 →

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
16 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (83) 22
23 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000   Hisayuki Sasaki (3) 18
30 Mar Just System KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000   Keiichiro Fukabori (1) 16
6 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Ibaraki 100,000,000   Peter Teravainen (2) 16
20 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Mitsuo Harada (1) 16
27 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000   Kim Jong-duck (1) 22 AGC
4 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (84) 36
11 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000   Kenichi Kuboya (1) 22
18 May Japan PGA Championship Ibaraki 100,000,000   Shigeki Maruyama (4) 22
25 May Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 100,000,000   Shigenori Mori (2) 16
1 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Hyōgo 120,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (85) 18
8 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000   Nobuhito Sato (1) 18
15 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Hirofumi Miyase (1) 16
22 Jun Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Shigeki Maruyama (5) 18
29 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000   Brian Watts (9) 22
6 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Yamanashi 100,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (24) 16
13 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (25) 16
27 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 100,000,000   Yeh Chang-ting (1) 20
3 Aug NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000   Kazuhiko Hosokawa (4) 16
10 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000   Shoichi Kuwabara (1) 16
17 Aug Acom International Fukushima 100,000,000   Kazuo Kanayama (1) 16
31 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (86) 18
7 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 80,000,000   Shigeki Maruyama (6) 18
14 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000   Hiroyuki Fujita (1) 26
21 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Shinichi Yokota (1) 28
28 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000   Eduardo Herrera (3) 22
5 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Fukuoka 120,000,000   Craig Parry (n/a) 32 Flagship event
12 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000   Brandt Jobe (2) 24
19 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 100,000,000   Brandt Jobe (3) 16
26 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (87) 28
2 Nov Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000   Brian Watts (10) 26
16 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000   Lee Westwood (n/a) 36
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000   Tom Watson (n/a) 38
30 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000   Mitsutaka Kusakabe (2) 28
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000   Shigeki Maruyama (7) 22
14 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000   Kenichi Kuboya (2) 16

Money list edit

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Masashi Ozaki 170,847,633
2   Shigeki Maruyama 152,774,420
3   Brian Watts 111,153,198
4   Naomichi Ozaki 96,994,361
5   Tateo Ozaki 77,555,311

Japan Challenge Tour edit

1997 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration27 March 1997 (1997-03-27) – 20 November 1997 (1997-11-20)
Number of official events14
Most wins  Hiroyuki Fujita (2)
  Shoichi Yamamoto (2)
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 Japan Challenge Tour was the 13th 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 1997 season.[3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
28 Mar Sanko 72 Open Gunma 10,000,000   Hiroshi Tominaga (1)
17 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Ibaraki 10,000,000   Shoichi Yamamoto (1)
25 Apr Nishino Cup in Central Ibaraki 10,000,000   Toshiaki Odate (1)
8 May Kabaya Ohayo Cup Shizuoka 10,000,000   Minoru Kawahara (1)
30 May Daiwa Cup Kochi Open Kochi 10,000,000   Go Higaki (1)
5 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 10,000,000   Hiroyuki Fujita (1)
26 Jun Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000   Yoshikatsu Saito (2)
26 Jul Twin Fields Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000   Hiroyuki Fujita (2)
30 Jul Komatsu Country Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000   Richard Backwell (1)
12 Sep World Wood Golf Club Cup Aichi 10,000,000   Kunihiko Masuda (1)
2 Oct Matsugamine Open Niigata 10,000,000   Shoichi Yamamoto (2)
9 Oct Korakuen Cup (3rd) Oita 10,000,000   Yukio Noguchi (3)
23 Oct Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open Yamanashi 10,000,000   Shuichi Sano (1)
20 Nov Korakuen Cup (4th) Tochigi 10,000,000   Takanori Hano (1)

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
  3. ^ 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

  1. ^ "1997 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "1997 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "1997 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links edit

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