1996 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration7 March 1996 (1996-03-07) – 8 December 1996 (1996-12-08)
Number of official events36
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (8)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour was the 24th 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 1996 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
10 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (3) 20
17 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Japan Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1) 16
24 Mar Novell KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (3) 16
7 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Ibaraki 90,000,000 Japan Masanobu Kimura (3) 16
14 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Australia Peter McWhinney (1) 16
21 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (4) 16 AGC
28 Apr The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (75) 28
5 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000 United States Brian Watts (8) 20
12 May Japan PGA Championship Okayama 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (76) 22
19 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (2) 18
26 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ibaraki 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (77) 22
2 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (78) 18
9 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (8) 16
16 Jun Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open Tokyo 100,000,000 Japan Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1) 18
23 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (5) 18
30 Jun PGA Philanthropy Tournament Nara 100,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton (6) 16
7 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000 Japan Hideyuki Sato (1) 16
14 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Hideki Kase (3) 16
28 Jul NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000 Japan Masatoshi Horikawa (1) 16
4 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2) 16
18 Aug Acom International Fukushima 100,000,000 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3) 16
25 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (79) 20
1 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 70,000,000 Japan Nobuo Serizawa (4) 18
8 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (9) 26
15 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Paraguay Carlos Franco (3) 16
22 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (80) 16
29 Sep Japan Open Golf Championship Osaka 120,000,000 United States Peter Teravainen (1) 32 Flagship event
6 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Masanobu Kimura (4) 22
13 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 100,000,000 Japan Yoshi Mizumaki (5) 16
20 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (3) 34
27 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (23) 22
10 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 24
17 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (81) 38
24 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000 United States Paul Stankowski (n/a) 30
1 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (82) 22
8 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000 Colombia Eduardo Herrera (2) 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 Ozaki209,646,746
2Japan Yoshinori Kaneko117,697,448
3United States Brian Watts89,346,882
4Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa79,510,295
5Japan Shigeki Maruyama75,961,133

Japan Challenge Tour

1996 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration27 March 1996 (1996-03-27) – 16 November 1996 (1996-11-16)
Number of official events12
Most winsJapan Hitoshi Kato (2)
Japan Nobuhito Sato (2)
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 Japan Challenge Tour was the 12th 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 1996 season.[4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 3]
28 MarSanko 72 OpenGunma10,000,000Japan Masayuki Okano (1)
18 AprKorakuen Cup (1st)Tochigi10,000,000Japan Hideyuki Sato (2)
17 MayNishino Cup in CentralIbaraki10,000,000Japan Mitsuhiro Watanabe (1)
23 MayKabaya Ohayo CupIbaraki10,000,000Japan Hitoshi Kato (1)
6 JunMito Green OpenIbaraki10,000,000Japan Daisuke Serizawa (1)
3 JulKorakuen Cup (2nd)Hokkaido10,000,000Japan Toshinori Horiki (1)
24 JulTwin Fields CupIshikawa10,000,000Japan Hitoshi Sasaki (1)
5 SepKabaya Ohayo CupMie10,000,000Japan Nobuhito Sato (1)
26 SepMatsugamine OpenNiigata10,000,000Japan Nobuhito Sato (2)
28 SepKorakuen Cup (3rd)Oita10,000,000Japan Satoshi Ogawa (1)
5 OctDaiwa Cup Yamanashi OpenYamanashi10,000,000Japan Taisei Inagaki (1)
16 NovKorakuen Cup (4th)Ibaraki10,000,000Japan Hitoshi Kato (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. ↑ "1996 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Michael (1997). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1997. Macmillan. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0333672143. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "1996 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "1996 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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