1995 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration9 March 1995 (1995-03-09) – 10 December 1995 (1995-12-10)
Number of official events37
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (5)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
← 1994
1996 →

The 1995 PGA of Japan Tour was the 23rd 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 1995 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
12 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton (5) 20
19 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 United States Brian Watts (6) 16
26 Mar Novell KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000 Canada Rick Gibson (2) 16
2 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Hyōgo 80,000,000 Japan Satoshi Higashi (4) 16
16 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Satoshi Higashi (5) 16
23 Apr Dunlop Open Ibaraki 90,000,000 Australia Peter Senior (3) 20 AGC
30 Apr The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (70) 22
7 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (45) 18
14 May Japan PGA Championship Aomori 100,000,000 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki (2) 16
21 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000 Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe (1) 16
28 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Kumamoto 100,000,000 United States Brandt Jobe (1) 18
4 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Ryoken Kawagishi (5) 16
11 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Paraguay Carlos Franco (2) 16
18 Jun Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Colombia Eduardo Herrera (1) 16
25 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000 United States Brian Watts (7) 16
2 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Ishikawa 100,000,000 Japan Kazuhiro Takami (2) 18
9 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (71) 16
16 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Tetsu Nishikawa (3) 16
30 Jul NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000 Japan Tomohiro Maruyama (3) 16
6 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000 Philippines Frankie Miñoza (3) 16
20 Aug Acom International Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Katsunori Kuwabara (1) 16
27 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1) 16
3 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 70,000,000 Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori (6) 16
10 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 90,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (29) 24
17 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (72) 26
24 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000 Japan Satoshi Higashi (6) 18
1 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 100,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (1) 32 Flagship event
8 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Masayuki Kawamura (1) 18
15 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 100,000,000 Australia Stewart Ginn (1) 16
22 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (2) 20
29 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (1) 22
5 Nov Daiwa International Yamanashi 170,000,000 Japan Shigenori Mori (1) 20
12 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Satoshi Higashi (7) 40
19 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (73) 40
26 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000 Japan Seiki Okuda (6) 30
3 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (74) 18
10 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000 Philippines Frankie Miñoza (4) 16

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Masashi Ozaki192,319,800
2Japan Satoshi Higashi136,854,183
3Japan Shigeki Maruyama103,209,036
4Japan Masahiro Kuramoto88,227,209
5Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori86,693,831

Japan Challenge Tour

1995 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration12 April 1995 (1995-04-12) – 16 November 1995 (1995-11-16)
Number of official events11
Most winsJapan Yasunobu Kuramoto (2)
Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (2)
Japan Taichi Teshima (2)
← 1994
1996 →

The 1995 Japan Challenge Tour was the 11th 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 1995 season.[4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 3]
13 AprSanko 72 OpenGunma10,000,000Japan Taichi Teshima (1)
20 AprKorakuen Cup (1st)Gunma10,000,000Japan Gohei Sato (2)
25 MayKanto Kokusai OpenTochigi10,000,000Japan Yasunobu Kuramoto (1)
1 JunMito Green OpenIbaraki10,000,000Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (1)
14 JunKanto PGA PhilanthropyTochigi10,000,000Japan Kazuhiro Fukunaga (2)
22 JunKansai PGA PhilanthropyFukui10,000,000Japan Kosaku Makisaka (1)
5 JulKorakuen Cup (2nd)Hokkaido10,000,000Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (2)
7 SepKorakuen Cup (3rd)Tochigi10,000,000Japan Yoshikatsu Saito (1)
28 SepMatsugamine OpenNiigata10,000,000Japan Yasunobu Kuramoto (2)
5 OctKorakuen Cup (4th)Oita10,000,000Japan Taichi Teshima (2)
16 NovKorakuen Cup (5th)Tochigi10,000,000Japan Shingo Katayama (2)

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. ↑ "1995 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Michael (1996). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1996. Macmillan. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0333653319. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "1995 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "1995 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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