1976 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1976 PGA of Japan Tour was the fourth season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1976 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration22 April 1976 (1976-04-22) – 5 December 1976 (1976-12-05)
Number of official events31
Most winsJapan Shinsaku Maeda (3)
Australia Graham Marsh (3)
Japan Takashi Murakami (3)
Japan Masashi Ozaki (3)
Japan Norio Suzuki (3)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1976 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
25 AprSobu International OpenChibaUS$75,000Philippines Ben Arda (3)AGC
2 MayChunichi CrownsAichi60,000,000Australia David Graham (n/a)
16 MayFujisankei ClassicSaitama30,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (4)
23 MayPepsi-Wilson TournamentYamaguchi25,000,000Australia Peter Thomson (n/a)
30 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa30,000,000Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa (1)
6 JunDunlop TournamentIshikawa20,000,000Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima (1)
13 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō20,000,000Australia Bill Dunk (2)
20 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi23,000,000Japan Haruo Yasuda (2)
4 JulANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō30,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (8)
11 JulKanto OpenSaitama15,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (13)
16 JulChushikoku OpenHiroshima2,100,000Japan Tadami Ueno (2)
16 JulKyusyu OpenFukuoka2,200,000Japan Norio Suzuki (5)
17 JulChubu OpenFukui3,000,000Taiwan Chen Chien-chin (1)
18 JulKansai OpenShiga10,000,000Japan Shinsaku Maeda (2)
25 JulShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (6)
1 AugKansai Pro ChampionshipKagawa10,000,000Japan Shinsaku Maeda (3)
8 AugKanto Pro ChampionshipAkita15,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (9)
29 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka20,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (7)
5 SepHiroshima OpenHiroshima20,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (14)
12 SepSuntory OpenChiba35,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (8)
19 SepSanpo ClassicChiba20,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (15)
26 SepJapan PGA ChampionshipKumamoto20,000,000Japan Seiichi Kanai (1)
10 OctTaiheiyo Club MastersChibaUS$300,000United States Jerry Pate (n/a)
17 OctTokai ClassicAichi32,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (12)
24 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka20,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (1)
31 OctBridgestone TournamentChiba30,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (10)
7 NovSony Charity ClassicKanagawa30,000,000Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (3)
15 NovJapan Open Golf ChampionshipIbaraki65,000,000Japan Kosaku Shimada (4)
21 NovGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo15,000,000Japan Shinsaku Maeda (4)
28 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki60,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (9)
5 DecABC Japan vs USA Golf MatchesHyōgo23,000,000United States Tom Watson (n/a)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Isao Aoki40,985,801
2Japan Takashi Murakami36,469,936
3Japan Masashi Ozaki24,608,872
4Japan Kosaku Shimada21,824,670
5Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto21,816,308

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. "1976 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. "1976 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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