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1991 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1991 PGA of Japan Tour was the 19th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1991 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration7 March 1991 (1991-03-07) – 15 December 1991 (1991-12-15)
Number of official events43
Most winsJapan Naomichi Ozaki (4)
Money listJapan Naomichi Ozaki
← 1990
1992 →

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1991 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
10 Mar Daiichi Fudosan Cup Miyazaki 100,000,000   Saburo Fujiki (12) 12
17 Mar Imperial Open Ibaraki 65,000,000   Yutaka Hagawa (4) 12
24 Mar Dydo Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 80,000,000   Yutaka Hagawa (5) 12
31 Mar KSB Open Kagawa 60,000,000   Masanobu Kimura (2) 12
14 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 60,000,000   Ryoken Kawagishi (4) 10
21 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 50,000,000   Kiyoshi Murota (1) 10
28 Apr Dunlop Open Ibaraki 100,000,000   Roger Mackay (3) 20 AGC
5 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000   Seve Ballesteros (n/a) 20
12 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 87,500,000   Saburo Fujiki (13) 14
19 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup Gifu 50,000,000   Satoshi Higashi (3) 12
26 May Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000   Chen Tze-chung (3) 12
2 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ishikawa 85,000,000   Koichi Suzuki (4) 12
9 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 70,000,000   Tadami Ueno (7) 12
16 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 60,000,000   Rick Gibson (1) 12
23 Jun Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open Hyōgo 80,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (35) 12
30 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 65,000,000   Roger Mackay (4) 10
7 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Chiba 100,000,000   Harumitsu Hamano (1) 12 New tournament
14 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 70,000,000   Eiichi Itai (1) 12
28 Jul Nikkei Cup Fukuoka 80,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (15) 10
4 Aug NST Niigata Open Niigata 60,000,000   Akihito Yokoyama (3) 12
18 Aug Japan PGA Championship Tochigi 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (52) 12
25 Aug Maruman Open Saitama 100,000,000   Tetsu Nishikawa (1) 24
1 Sep Daiwa KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000   Raymond Floyd (n/a) 12
8 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 20,000,000   Toshikazu Sugihara (1) 4
8 Sep Kanto Open Kanagawa 30,000,000   Yoshinori Kaneko (1) 4
8 Sep Chubu Open Aichi 20,000,000   Teruo Nakamura (3) 4
8 Sep Chushikoku Open Ehime 20,000,000   Kosei Miyata (1) 4
8 Sep Kyusyu Open Kagoshima 20,000,000   Kinpachi Yoshimura (4) 4
8 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 10,000,000   Katsunari Takahashi (10) 4
15 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (16) 14
22 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Akiyoshi Ohmachi (4) 20
29 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (53) 12
6 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 100,000,000   Eiichi Itai (2) 12
13 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Yamaguchi 100,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (36) 12
20 Oct Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 120,000,000   Harumitsu Hamano (2) 24
27 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000   Isao Aoki (49) 8
3 Nov ABC Lark Cup Hyōgo 190,000,000   Yoshikazu Yokoshima (6) 12
10 Nov Acom International Chiba 100,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (24) 12
17 Nov Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000   Roger Mackay (5) 42
24 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000   Larry Nelson (n/a) 42
1 Dec Casio World Open Kagoshima 140,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (17) 20
8 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 60,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (18) 12
15 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000   Hiroshi Makino (2) 12

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Naomichi Ozaki 119,507,974
2   Roger Mackay 113,137,135
3   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 111,639,213
4   Masashi Ozaki 99,060,539
5   Isao Aoki 74,237,850

Japan Challenge Tour

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1991 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration11 April 1991 (1991-04-11) – 21 November 1991 (1991-11-21)
Number of official events10
Most wins  Minoru Hatsumi (2)
← 1990
1992 →

The 1991 Japan Challenge Tour was the seventh season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1991 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
12 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Tochigi 15,000,000   Takeshi Matsukawa (1)
30 May Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 15,000,000   Hisayuki Sasaki (1)
6 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 15,000,000   Kazunari Matsunaga (1)
20 Jun Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 15,000,000   Satoshi Furuyama (1)
3 Jul Kanto PGA Philanthropy Takeda Cup Shizuoka 15,000,000   Kazushige Kono (1)
3 Jul Kansai PGA Philanthropy Takeda Cup Hyōgo 15,000,000   Hisashi Terada (1)
10 Jul Sports Shinko Open Osaka 15,000,000   Minoru Hatsumi (1)
26 Jul Korakuen Cup (3rd) Tochigi 15,000,000   Minoru Hatsumi (2)
3 Oct Korakuen Cup (4th) Tochigi 15,000,000   Fujio Kobayashi (1)
21 Nov Korakuen Cup (5th) Tochigi 15,000,000   Osamu Machino (1)

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "1991 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Mark (1992). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1992. Macmillan. pp. 87–88. ISBN 0333573765. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1991 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ "1991 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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