The 2004 Japan Golf Tour was the 32nd 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.
| Duration | 18 December 2003 – 5 December 2004 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29 |
| Most wins |  Hur Suk-ho (2) Brendan Jones (2) Shingo Katayama (2) Paul Sheehan (2) Toru Taniguchi (2) Yang Yong-eun (2) |
| Money list | Shingo Katayama |
| Most Valuable Player | Toru Taniguchi |
| Rookie of the Year | Takuya Taniguchi |
← 2003 2005 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | Okinawa | 100,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (2)
|
12 | ASA | |
| 28 Mar | Token Homemate Cup | Mie | 100,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (4)
|
16 | ||
| 25 Apr | Tsuruya Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | Brendan Jones (3)
|
16 | ||
| 2 May | The Crowns | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (15)
|
16 | ||
| 9 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 110,000,000 | Paul Sheehan (1)
|
16 | ||
| 16 May | Japan PGA Championship | Kōchi | 110,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (2)
|
16 | Japan major | |
| 23 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Tatsuya Mitsuhashi (1)
|
16 | ||
| 30 May | Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf | Ibaraki | 110,000,000 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2)
|
16 | ||
| 6 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | Miyagi | 100,000,000 | Takashi Kamiyama (1)
|
16 | ||
| 20 Jun | Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 |  Dinesh Chand (3)
|
16 | ||
| 27 Jun | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Brendan Jones (4)
|
16 | ||
| 4 Jul | Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup | Ibaraki | 120,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (3)
|
16 | Japan major | |
| 11 Jul | Woodone Open Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 100,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (16)
|
16 | ||
| 25 Jul | Sato Foods NST Niigata Open | Niigata | 50,000,000 | Kim Jong-duck (4)
|
16 | ||
| 1 Aug | Aiful Cup | Tottori | 120,000,000 | Takuya Taniguchi (1)
|
16 | ||
| 8 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Yang Yong-eun (1)
|
16 | ||
| 29 Aug | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | Steven Conran (1)
|
16 | ||
| 12 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 100,000,000 | Hideki Kase (4)
|
16 | ||
| 19 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 |  Chawalit Plaphol (1)
|
16 | ||
| 3 Oct | Acom International | Ibaraki | 120,000,000 | Toru Suzuki (7)
|
16 | ||
| 10 Oct | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Katsumune Imai (2)
|
16 | ||
| 17 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Ishikawa | 120,000,000 | Toru Taniguchi (8)
|
32 | Flagship event[c] | |
| 24 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 110,000,000 | Toru Taniguchi (9)
|
16 | ||
| 31 Oct | ABC Championship | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 | Makoto Inoue (1)
|
16 | ||
| 7 Nov | Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | Yang Yong-eun (2)
|
16 | New tournament | |
| 14 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 150,000,000 |  Darren Clarke (n/a)
|
18 | ||
| 21 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 |  Tiger Woods (n/a)
|
40 | ||
| 28 Nov | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 140,000,000 |  David Smail (3)
|
16 | ||
| 5 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 100,000,000 | Paul Sheehan (2)
|
16 | Japan major |
Unofficial events edit
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 | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$6,000,000 | Phil Mickelson
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,250,000 |  Retief Goosen
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 18 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,000,000 | Todd Hamilton
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 15 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$6,250,000 | Vijay Singh
|
100 | Major championship |
Money list edit
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shingo Katayama |
119,512,374 |
| 2 | Toru Taniguchi |
101,773,301 |
| 3 | Yang Yong-eun |
99,540,333 |
| 4 | Hur Suk-ho |
90,176,104 |
| 5 | Paul Sheehan |
85,020,125 |
Awards edit
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Toru Taniguchi |
[4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Takuya Taniguchi |
[5] |
Japan Challenge Tour edit
| Duration | 15 April 2004 – 21 October 2004 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 10 |
| Money list | Yoshiaki Kimura |
← 2003 2005 → | |
The 2004 Japan Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Isao Narukawa (1)
|
| 25 Jun | PGA Cup Challenge Tournament | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Mitsuo Harada (1)
|
| 9 Jul | 1st PGM Series Wakagi Challenge | Saga | 10,000,000 | Yutaka Horinouchi (1)
|
| 30 Jul | 2nd PGM Series Lions Challenge | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Toshihiro Aizawa (1)
|
| 6 Aug | 3rd PGM Series Segovia Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Toshio Ozaki (1)
|
| 27 Aug | 4th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Taichiro Kiyota (1)
|
| 10 Sep | 4th PGM Series Ohinata Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Takeshi Kajikawa (1)
|
| 2 Oct | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament | Miyagi | 20,000,000 | Yoshiaki Kimura (1)
|
| 8 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Masanori Ushiyama (1)
|
| 21 Oct | Tokyo Dome Cup | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Gohei Sato (5)
|
Money list edit
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2005 Japan Golf Tour.
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshiaki Kimura |
4,199,650 |
| 2 | Mitsuo Harada |
3,596,022 |
| 3 | Yutaka Horinouchi |
2,789,508 |
| 4 | Toshihiro Aizawa |
2,767,949 |
| 5 | Taichiro Kiyota |
2,635,826 |
Notes edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour.
- ^ Also a Japan major championship.
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ "2004 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "2004 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "2004年のキング誕生！！" [King was born in 2004!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
しかし2000年以来、自身2度目の賞金王は、昨年の今大会終了時から掲げていた目標のひとつ。
[However, his second prize money title since 2000 is one of the goals he has set since the end of this tournament last year.] - ^ "Taniguchi nails second MVP award". The Japan Times. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "2004年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式今年の最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィは、底抜けに明るい25歳・谷口拓也が受賞" [The 2004 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony Best Rookie of the Year award, the Shimada Trophy, was won by 25-year-old Takuya Taniguchi, who was extremely cheerful.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "2004 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "2004 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.