2023 Japan Golf Tour

The 2023 Japan Golf Tour is the 50th season of the Japan Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

2023 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration30 March 2023 (2023-03-30) – 3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)
Number of official events26
2022
2024

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
2 AprToken Homemate CupMie130,000,000Japan Shugo Imahira (8)6.93
16 AprKansai Open Golf ChampionshipOsaka80,000,000Japan Taiga Semikawa (3)5.43
23 AprISPS Handa Championship in JapanIbarakiUS$2,000,000Australia Lucas Herbert (n/a)19.22EUR
30 AprThe CrownsAichi110,000,000Japan Hiroshi Iwata (5)6.30
21 MayGolf Partner Pro-Am TournamentIbaraki60,000,000Philippines Juvic Pagunsan (2)5.09Pro-Am
28 MayGateway to The Open Mizuno OpenOkayama80,000,000Japan Kensei Hirata (1)6.39
4 JunBMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building CupIbaraki150,000,000Japan Takumi Kanaya (4)6.64Japan major
11 JunASO Iizuka Challenged Golf TournamentFukuoka100,000,000Japan Keita Nakajima (2)5.67
18 JunHana Bank InvitationalChiba100,000,000South Korea Yang Ji-ho (1)7.33KORNew to Japan Golf Tour
25 JunJapan Players ChampionshipTochigi50,000,000Japan Hideto Tanihara (18)5.63
2 JulShigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy CupHokkaidō150,000,000South Africa Jbe' Kruger (2)6.52
30 JulJapan PGA ChampionshipHokkaidō150,000,000Japan Kensei Hirata (2)5.89Japan major
6 AugYokohama Minato ChampionshipKanagawa100,000,000Japan Keita Nakajima (3)6.09New tournament
27 AugSansan KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000South Korea Song Young-han (2)6.07
3 SepFujisankei ClassicYamanashi110,000,000Japan Takumi Kanaya (5)6.07
10 SepShinhan Donghae OpenSouth Korea₩1,400,000,000South Korea Koh Gun-taek (n/a)8.52ASA, KOR
17 SepANA OpenHokkaidō100,000,000Japan Hideto Tanihara (19)5.36
24 SepPanasonic Open Golf ChampionshipHyōgo100,000,000Japan Tomoharu Otsuki (3)5.56
1 OctVantelin Tokai ClassicAichi110,000,000Japan Yuta Kinoshita (2)5.88
8 OctACN ChampionshipHyōgo100,000,000Japan Yuki Inamori (5)4.40
15 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipOsaka210,000,000Japan Aguri Iwasaki (1)6.64Japan major
5 NovMynavi ABC ChampionshipHyōgo120,000,000
12 NovMitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka200,000,000
19 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000
26 NovCasio World OpenKōchi200,000,000
3 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo130,000,000Japan 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$18,000,000Spain Jon Rahm100Major championship
21 MayPGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$17,500,000United States Brooks Koepka100Major championship
18 JunU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$20,000,000United States Wyndham Clark100Major championship
23 JulThe Open ChampionshipEnglandUS$16,500,000United States Brian Harman100Major championship
22 OctZozo ChampionshipChibaUS$8,500,000United States Collin Morikawa30.19PGAT
10 DecHitachi 3Tours ChampionshipChiba57,000,000n/aTeam event

Japan Challenge Tour

2023 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) – 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20)
Number of official events12
Most winsJapan Tatsunori Shogenji (2)
Japan Kosuke Suzuki (2)
Money listJapan Tatsunori Shogenji
2022
2024

The 2023 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2023 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 3]OWGR
points
7 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000Japan Taiga Sugihara (2)2.75
21 Apri Golf Shaper ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000Japan Kosuke Suzuki (1)2.51
12 MayJapan Players Championship ChallengeFukui15,000,000Japan Kosuke Suzuki (2)2.51
26 MayTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama15,000,000Japan Shinji Tomimura (2)1.49
9 JunLandic Challenge 10Fukuoka15,000,000Japan Sho Nagasawa (1)1.68
16 JunJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000Japan Tatsunori Shogenji (1)2.06
14 JulMinami Akita CC Michinoku ChallengeAkita15,000,000Japan Tatsunori Shogenji (2)2.09
2 SepDunlop Phoenix Tournament ChallengeFukushima15,000,000Japan Yuta Sugiura (a) (1)1.53
8 SepPGM ChallengeHyōgo15,000,000Japan Daiki Imano (1)1.75
29 SepElite Grips ChallengeHyōgo15,000,000Japan Taichi Kimura (1)1.33
6 OctRyo Ishikawa Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi15,000,000Japan Kuranosuke Shimizu (a) (1)1.15
20 OctDelight Works JGTO FinalIbaraki20,000,000Japan Yushi Ito (1)1.82

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3] The top 20 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2024 Japan Golf Tour.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Tatsunori Shogenji11,253,106
2Japan Kosuke Suzuki5,604,835
3Japan Sejung Hiramoto4,484,230
4Japan Shinji Tomimura4,470,755
5Japan Masamichi Ito4,250,833

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; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  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 Japan Golf Tour.

References

  1. "2023 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "2023 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. "2023 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. "徳元中らが滑り込みで来季の優先出場資格を獲得!" [Tokumoto Naka and others won the priority qualification for next season by sliding in!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023. 最終戦で2位、もしくは2位タイに入れば賞金ランキングで20位以内に滑り込む可能性がある状況下で [Under the situation that if you enter the 2nd place or 2nd place tie in the final game, you may slip within 20th place in the prize money ranking…]
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