2017 Japan Golf Tour

The 2017 Japan Golf Tour was the 45th season of the Japan Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

2017 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration19 January 2017 (2017-01-19) – 3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)
Number of official events26
Most winsJapan Yūsaku Miyazato (4)
Money listJapan Yūsaku Miyazato
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Yūsaku Miyazato
Rookie of the YearUnited States Chan Kim
2016
2018

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
22 JanSMBC Singapore OpenSingaporeUS$1,000,000Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (6)26ASA
29 JanLeopalace21 Myanmar OpenMyanmarUS$750,000Australia Todd Sinnott (1)19ASA
16 AprToken Homemate CupMie130,000,000China Liang Wenchong (2)16
23 AprPanasonic Open Golf ChampionshipChiba150,000,000Japan Kenichi Kuboya (7)15ASA
30 AprThe CrownsAichi120,000,000Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (4)16
14 MayJapan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles CupOkinawa150,000,000Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (5)16Japan major
21 MayKansai Open Golf ChampionshipKyoto70,000,000Japan Shugo Imahira (1)16
28 MayGateway to The Open Mizuno OpenOkayama100,000,000United States Chan Kim (1)16
4 JunJapan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills
Ibaraki150,000,000South Africa Shaun Norris (2)16Japan major
9 JulShigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy CupHokkaidō150,000,000United States Chan Kim (2)16
30 JulDunlop Srixon Fukushima OpenFukushima50,000,000Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (11)16
27 AugRIZAP KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000Japan Yuta Ikeda (17)16
3 SepFujisankei ClassicYamanashi110,000,000South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo (2)16
10 Sep[lower-alpha 3]ISPS Handa Match PlayChiba210,000,000Japan Shingo Katayama (31)16
17 SepANA OpenHokkaidō110,000,000Japan Yuta Ikeda (18)16
24 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfChiba150,000,000Japan Daisuke Kataoka (3)15ASA
1 OctTop Cup Tokai ClassicAichi110,000,000Japan Satoshi Kodaira (5)16
8 OctHonma TourWorld CupAichi100,000,000Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (6)16
15 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipGifu200,000,000Japan Yuta Ikeda (19)32Flagship event; Japan major
22 OctBridgestone OpenChiba150,000,000Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu (2)16[lower-alpha 4]
29 OctMynavi ABC ChampionshipHyōgo150,000,000Japan Tatsuya Kodai (1)16
5 NovHeiwa PGM ChampionshipOkinawa200,000,000United States Chan Kim (3)16
12 NovMitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka200,000,000Japan Satoshi Kodaira (6)18
19 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000United States Brooks Koepka (n/a)32
26 NovCasio World OpenKōchi200,000,000United States Seungsu Han (1)19
3 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo130,000,000Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (7)20Japan major

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner(s)OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
9 AprMasters TournamentUnited StatesUS$11,000,000Spain Sergio García100Major championship
7 MayLegend Charity Pro-AmChiba50,000,000Japan Kaname Yokoon/aPro-Am
18 JunU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$12,000,000United States Brooks Koepka100Major championship
23 JulThe Open ChampionshipEnglandUS$10,250,000United States Jordan Spieth100Major championship
13 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$10,500,000United States Justin Thomas100Major championship
10 DecHitachi 3Tours ChampionshipChiba57,000,000Japan Golf Tourn/aTeam event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Yūsaku Miyazato182,831,982
2Japan Satoshi Kodaira161,463,405
3United States Chan Kim132,326,556
4Japan Yuta Ikeda126,240,438
5United States Seungsu Han112,798,464

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Yūsaku Miyazato[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)United States Chan Kim[4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2017 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration31 March 2017 (2017-03-31) – 20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)
Number of official events12
Money listJapan Tomoharu Otsuki
2016
2018

The 2017 Japan Challenge Tour was the 33rd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[5]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 5]
2 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000Japan Rikuya Hoshino (1)
28 AprJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Yasunobu Fukunaga (2)
19 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipIbaraki10,000,000Japan Terumichi Kakazu (1)
9 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupShizuoka13,000,000Japan Daisuke Matsubara (1)
16 JunRoyal Golf Club ChallengeIbaraki13,000,000Japan Tomoharu Otsuki (1)
23 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Tomohiro Umeyama (1)
30 JunMinami Akita CC Michinoku ChallengeAkita10,000,000Japan Keiichi Kaneko (3)
15 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipTottori10,000,000South Korea Kang Ji-man (1)
29 SepElite Grips ChallengeMie10,000,000Japan Shigeru Nonaka (4)
7 OctRyo Ishikawa Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi10,000,000Japan Konosuke Nakazato (3)
13 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama10,000,000India Ajeetesh Sandhu (1)
20 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000Japan Yosuke Iwamoto (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top seven players on the tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour.[8]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Tomoharu Otsuki3,787,591
2Japan Daisuke Matsubara3,262,465
3Japan Yasunobu Fukunaga3,244,872
4Japan Rikuya Hoshino2,966,811
5Japan Shigeru Nonaka2,912,518
6Japan Konosuke Nakazato2,891,770
7Japan Tatsunori Nukaga2,821,563
8South Korea Kang Ji-man2,548,817

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. ASA − Asian Tour.
  3. First two rounds played in August.
  4. Points reduced from 20 to 16 due to tournament being shortened to 36 holes because of weather.
  5. 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

  1. "2017 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "2017 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "Okinawa's Yusaku Miyazato No.1 on JPGA 2017 money list". Japan Update. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧" [Category Ranking Awards, List of Winners and Sponsors] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞 宮里優作... 最優秀新人賞 島田トロフィ チャン・キム [Most Valuable Player Award: Yusaku Miyazato... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Chan Kim]
  5. "2017 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. "2017 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. "チャレンジ賞金王は大槻智春" [The challenge prize winner is Tomoharu Otsuki] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. "松原大輔、中里光之介 2人の若者が来年ツアーでの活躍を" [Daisuke Matsubara and Konosuke Nakazato Two young people will be active on tour next year] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2023. ンジ賞金ランキング2位から7位までの選手には来年のツアー前半戦の出場優先権(第1回リランキングまで)が与えられる。今年は4位の星野陸也がレギュラーツアーの賞金ランキングで現在33位につけており、来年のシード権獲得をほぼ濃厚にしている。したがって、その場合は8位の姜志満(カンジマン)が繰り上がって、出場優先権を得る。 [Players ranked 2nd to 7th in the prize money rankings will be given priority for the first half of next year's Tour (until the first reranking). This year, No. 4 Rikuya Hoshino is currently ranked 33rd in the regular tour money rankings, almost all but close to earning a seeding for next year. Therefore, in that case, 8th place Kang Ji-man will advance and get priority for the competition.]
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