1997 PGA of Japan Tour

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

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

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

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Masashi Ozaki170,847,633
2Japan Shigeki Maruyama152,774,420
3United States Brian Watts111,153,198
4Japan Naomichi Ozaki96,994,361
5Japan Tateo Ozaki77,555,311

Japan Challenge Tour
1997 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration27 March 1997 (1997-03-27) – 20 November 1997 (1997-11-20)
Number of official events14
Most winsJapan Hiroyuki Fujita (2)
Japan 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

The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.[3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 3]
28 MarSanko 72 OpenGunma10,000,000Japan Hiroshi Tominaga (1)
17 AprKorakuen Cup (1st)Ibaraki10,000,000Japan Shoichi Yamamoto (1)
25 AprNishino Cup in CentralIbaraki10,000,000Japan Toshiaki Odate (1)
8 MayKabaya Ohayo CupShizuoka10,000,000Japan Minoru Kawahara (1)
30 MayDaiwa Cup Kochi OpenKochi10,000,000Japan Go Higaki (1)
5 JunMito Green OpenIbaraki10,000,000Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (1)
26 JunKorakuen Cup (2nd)Hokkaido10,000,000Japan Yoshikatsu Saito (2)
26 JulTwin Fields CupIshikawa10,000,000Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (2)
30 JulKomatsu Country CupIshikawa10,000,000Australia Richard Backwell (1)
12 SepWorld Wood Golf Club CupAichi10,000,000Japan Kunihiko Masuda (1)
2 OctMatsugamine OpenNiigata10,000,000Japan Shoichi Yamamoto (2)
9 OctKorakuen Cup (3rd)Oita10,000,000Japan Yukio Noguchi (3)
23 OctDaiwa Cup Yamanashi OpenYamanashi10,000,000Japan Shuichi Sano (1)
20 NovKorakuen Cup (4th)Tochigi10,000,000Japan Takanori Hano (1)

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.
  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
  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.
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