The 2016 Japan Golf Tour was the 44th season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.
| Duration | 28 January 2016 – 4 December 2016 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 26 |
| Most wins |  Yuta Ikeda (3) Kim Kyung-tae (3) Hideto Tanihara (3) |
| Money list | Yuta Ikeda |
| Most Valuable Player | Yuta Ikeda |
| Rookie of the Year |  Shaun Norris |
← 2015 2017 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb | SMBC Singapore Open | Singapore | US$1,000,000 | Song Young-han (1) |
28 | ASA | New to Japan Golf Tour |
| 7 Feb | Leopalace21 Myanmar Open | Myanmar | US$750,000 | Shaun Norris (1) |
15 | ASA | New to Japan Golf Tour |
| 17 Apr | Token Homemate Cup | Mie | 130,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (11) |
16 | ||
| 24 Apr | Panasonic Open Golf Championship | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (14) |
16 | ASA | |
| 1 May | The Crowns | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (12) |
16 | ||
| 22 May | Kansai Open Golf Championship | Wakayama | 70,000,000 | Cho Byung-min (1) |
16 | ||
| 29 May | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (13) |
16 | ||
| 5 Jun | Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills |
Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Yosuke Tsukada (1) |
16 | Japan major | |
| 26 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Cup | Ishikawa | 100,000,000 | Park Jun-won (1) |
20 | ||
| 3 Jul | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (12) |
16 | ||
| 10 Jul | Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (13) |
16 | Japan major | |
| 24 Jul | Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open | Fukushima | 50,000,000 | Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) |
16 | ||
| 28 Aug | RIZAP KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | Ryo Ishikawa (14) |
16 | ||
| 4 Sep | Fujisankei Classic | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | Cho Min-gyu (2) |
16 | ||
| 18 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 |  Brendan Jones (14) |
16 | ||
| 25 Sep | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf | Osaka | 150,000,000 |  Chan Shih-chang (1) |
15 | ASA | |
| 2 Oct | Top Cup Tokai Classic | Aichi | 110,000,000 | Daisuke Kataoka (2) |
16 | ||
| 9 Oct | Honma TourWorld Cup | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (15) |
16 | ||
| 16 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Saitama | 200,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (7) |
32 | Flagship event[c] | |
| 23 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Satoshi Kodaira (4) |
18 | ||
| 30 Oct | Mynavi ABC Championship | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (30) |
16 | ||
| 6 Nov | Heiwa PGM Championship | Chiba | 200,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (14) |
16 | ||
| 13 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 200,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (8) |
23 | ||
| 20 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 |  Brooks Koepka (n/a) |
26 | ||
| 27 Nov | Casio World Open | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (16) |
16 | ||
| 4 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | Park Sang-hyun (1) |
18 | Japan major |
Unofficial events
editThe following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$10,000,000 |  Danny Willett |
100 | Major championship | |
| 8 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Shingo Katayama |
n/a | Pro-Am | |
| 19 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$10,000,000 | Dustin Johnson |
100 | Major championship | |
| 17 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £6,500,000 |  Henrik Stenson |
100 | Major championship | |
| 31 Jul | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 | Jimmy Walker |
100 | Major championship | |
| 11 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | Japan Golf Tour | n/a | Team event |
Money list
editThe money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuta Ikeda |
207,901,567 |
| 2 | Hideto Tanihara |
171,902,867 |
| 3 | Kim Kyung-tae |
113,714,688 |
| 4 | Song Young-han |
91,562,130 |
| 5 | Daisuke Kataoka |
86,019,113 |
Awards
edit| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Yuta Ikeda |
[4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Shaun Norris |
[4] |
Japan Challenge Tour
edit| Duration | 1 April 2016 – 21 October 2016 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins | Daisuke Maruyama (2) Konosuke Nakazato (2) Yoshinobu Tsukada (2) |
| Money list | Yoshinobu Tsukada |
← 2015 2017 → | |
The 2016 Japan Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Tatsuya Kodai (1)
|
| 29 Apr | Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup | Shiga | 10,000,000 | Yoshinobu Tsukada (1)
|
| 20 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Kazuhiro Kida (3)
|
| 27 May | FIDRA Classic | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Kunihiro Kamii (1)
|
| 10 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Konosuke Nakazato (1)
|
| 17 Jun | Himawari Dragon Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yuta Kawakami (1)
|
| 24 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Shotaro Wada (1)
|
| 1 Jul | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)
|
| 29 Jul | Minami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge Tournament | Akita | 10,000,000 | Tomoyo Ikemura (3)
|
| 9 Sep | Seven Dreamers Challenge | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (2)
|
| 23 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Gunma | 10,000,000 | Jinichiro Kozuma (1)
|
| 30 Sep | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Konosuke Nakazato (2)
|
| 8 Oct | Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Yoshinobu Tsukada (2)
|
| 14 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (3)
|
| 21 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Takashi Ogiso (1)
|
Money list
editThe money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshinobu Tsukada |
5,509,115 |
| 2 | Daisuke Maruyama |
5,339,822 |
| 3 | Konosuke Nakazato |
4,497,278 |
| 4 | Tatsuya Kodai |
4,482,357 |
| 5 | Shotaro Wada |
3,574,383 |
| 6 | Takashi Ogiso |
3,206,641 |
| 7 | Daijiro Izumida |
3,143,055 |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour.
- ^ Also a Japan major championship.
- ^ 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
edit- ^ "2016 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "2016 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Yuta Ikeda Tops 2016 Japan Golf Tour Money List With N1-CB Forged Irons". The Golf Wire. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ a b "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. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
最優秀選手賞 池田勇太... 最優秀新人賞 島田トロフィ ショーン・ノリス
[Most Valuable Player Award: Yuta Ikeda... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Shaun Norris] - ^ "2016 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "2016 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "戦い終えた塚田と丸山が来シーズンレギュラーツアー復帰を決めた" [After the battle, Tsukada and Maruyama decided to return to the regular tour next season.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
嬉しいですよ」と笑顔を見せた塚田。4アンダー9位タイで終え、晴れてチャレンジトーナメント賞金王の座を手にした。
[I'm happy," Tsukada said with a smile. He finished in a tie for ninth at 1 under and was crowned the Challenge Tournament money king.] - ^ "レギュラーツアーへの切符を手にした上位陣" [Top players who got their ticket to the regular tour] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023.