1991 PGA of Japan Tour

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

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.

Schedule

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

Money list

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

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

Japan Challenge Tour

1991 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration11 April 1991 (1991-04-11) – 21 November 1991 (1991-11-21)
Number of official events10
Most winsJapan 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

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

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. ^ "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.