1975 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1975 PGA of Japan Tour was the third season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1975 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration7 February 1975 (1975-02-07) – 30 November 1975 (1975-11-30)
Number of official events33
Most winsJapan Takashi Murakami (4)
Money listJapan Takashi Murakami
← 1974
1976 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1975 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
9 FebJPGA East-West MatchOkinawa15,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (5)
20 AprSobu International OpenChibaUS$50,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (6)AGC
29 AprChunichi CrownsAichi35,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (10)
11 MayFujisankei ClassicSaitama30,000,000Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan (4)
18 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa30,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (4)New tournament
25 MayPepsi-Wilson TournamentKanagawa25,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo (1)
1 JunDunlop TournamentIshikawa20,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (2)
8 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi20,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (12)
15 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō20,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (6)
6 JulANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō20,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo (2)
13 JulKanto OpenChiba15,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (11)
18 JulKyusyu OpenFukuoka2,200,000Japan Norio Suzuki (3)
19 JulChubu OpenMie3,000,000Japan Hideo Noguchi (1)
19 JulKansai OpenHyōgo5,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (7)
25 JulChushikoku OpenYamaguchi2,100,000Japan Tadami Ueno (1)
27 JulSports Shinko InternationalHyōgo30,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (2)
3 AugKanto Pro ChampionshipHokkaidō15,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (1)
3 AugKansai Pro ChampionshipHyōgo8,500,000Japan Hiroshi Ishii (3)
24 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka24,000,000Japan Shinsaku Maeda (1)
31 AugHiroshima OpenHiroshima20,000,000Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan (5)
7 SepSuntory OpenChiba30,000,000Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (1)
14 SepSanpo ClassicChiba20,000,000Australia Bill Dunk (1)
21 SepShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000Myanmar Mya Aye (1)
28 SepJapan Open Golf ChampionshipAichi50,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (5)
5 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka20,000,000Japan Kenichi Yamada (1)
12 OctTaiheiyo Club MastersChibaUS$300,000United States Gene Littler (n/a)
19 OctJapan PGA ChampionshipOkayama20,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (6)
26 OctTokai ClassicAichi32,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (3)
2 NovBridgestone TournamentChiba30,000,000Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2)
9 NovSony Charity ClassicKanagawa30,000,000Japan Masaji Kusakabe (1)
16 NovGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo15,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (7)
24 NovABC Japan vs USA Golf MatchesOsaka23,000,000Japan Tōru Nakamura (4)
30 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki60,000,000United States Hubert Green (n/a)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Takashi Murakami38,705,551
2Japan Masashi Ozaki27,658,148
3Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto26,954,176
4Japan Isao Aoki26,375,833
5Japan Kosaku Shimada21,431,599

Notes
  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.

References
  1. "1975 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. "1975 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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