1982 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration18 March 1982 (1982-03-18) – 5 December 1982 (1982-12-05)
Number of official events45
Most winsJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (5)
Money listJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981
1983

The 1982 PGA of Japan Tour was the 10th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1982 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
21 MarShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000Japan Eitaro Deguchi (1)
4 AprKuzuha Kokusai TournamentOsaka15,000,000Japan Namio Takasu (3)
11 AprHakuryuko OpenHiroshima15,000,000Japan Toshimitsu Kai (1)
18 AprBridgestone Aso OpenKumamoto30,000,000Japan Tōru Nakamura (10)
25 AprDunlop International OpenIbarakiUS$150,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4)AGC
2 MayChunichi CrownsAichi70,000,000United States Gary Hallberg (n/a)
9 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka40,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (5)
16 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa32,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (33)
23 MayPepsi Ube OpenYamaguchi30,000,000Japan Kikuo Arai (2)
30 MayMitsubishi Galant TournamentOkayama40,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (14)
6 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi30,000,000Japan Shinsaku Maeda (6)
13 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō30,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa (2)
20 JunYomiuri OpenHyōgo30,000,000Australia Terry Gale (1)
27 JunMizuno TournamentIshikawa20,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (16)
1 JulNaganoken OpenNagano20,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
4 JulKanagawa OpenKanagawa15,000,000Japan Akio Toyoda (1)
10 JulToyamaken OpenToyama15,000,000Japan Shigeru Uchida (4)
11 JulNiigata OpenNiigata15,000,000Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (8)
18 JulGunmaken OpenGunma15,000,000Japan Fujio Kobayashi (4)
25 JulJapan PGA ChampionshipShiga32,000,000Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (6)
1 AugKanto Pro ChampionshipTochigi20,000,000Japan Motomasa Aoki (1)
1 AugKansai Pro ChampionshipFukuoka15,000,000Japan Hideto Shigenobu (2)
8 AugDescente Cup Hokkoku OpenIshikawa30,000,000Japan Kikuo Arai (3)
15 AugJPGA East-West TournamentTochigi18,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (7)
22 AugNihon Kokudo Keikaku SummersChiba30,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (17)
29 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka32,000,000Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (1)
4 SepChushikoku OpenHiroshima5,000,000Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (7)
5 SepKanto OpenShizuoka20,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (25)
5 SepKansai OpenHyōgo15,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (18)
5 SepChubu OpenIshikawa12,500,000Japan Shigeru Uchida (5)
5 SepKyusyu OpenFukuoka12,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (15)
5 SepHokkaido OpenHokkaidō5,000,000Japan Koichi Uehara (5)
12 SepSuntory OpenChiba50,000,000Japan Pete Izumikawa (1)
19 SepANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō40,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (16)
26 SepHiroshima OpenHiroshima30,000,000Japan Takashi Kurihara (4)
3 OctGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi50,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (19)
10 OctTokai ClassicAichi35,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (7)
17 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka30,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (8)
24 OctBridgestone TournamentChiba50,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (9)
31 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipSaitama50,000,000Japan Akira Yabe (5)
7 NovGoldwin Cup Japan vs USAChibaUS$440,000United States Bob Gilder (n/a)
United States Calvin Peete (n/a)
Title shared
14 NovTaiheiyo Club MastersShizuoka80,000,000United States Scott Hoch (n/a)
21 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki90,000,000United States Calvin Peete (n/a)
28 NovCasio World OpenKagoshima65,000,000United States Scott Hoch (n/a)
5 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo17,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima68,220,640
2Japan Isao Aoki45,659,150
3Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan45,617,930
4Japan Kikuo Arai43,827,155
5Japan Teruo Sugihara43,673,380

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. "1982 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1983). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1983. Springwood Books. pp. 221–244, 437–483. ISBN 0862541190. Retrieved 8 November 2023 via Archive.org.
  3. "1982 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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