The 1973 PGA of Japan Tour was the inaugural season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan.
| Duration | 26 April 1973 – 9 December 1973 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 30 |
| Most wins |  Isao Aoki (5) Masashi Ozaki (5) |
| Money list | Masashi Ozaki |
1974 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 1973 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner(s)[a] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr | Chunichi Crowns | Aichi | 18,000,000 | Isao Aoki (1) |
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| 13 May | Kanto Pro Championship | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (1) |
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| 20 May | Pepsi Tournament | Kanagawa | 25,000,000 | Isao Aoki (2) |
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| 27 May | Dunlop Tournament | Chiba | 15,000,000 |  Ben Arda (1) |
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| 3 Jun | World Friendship | Nara | 10,000,000 |  Lu Liang-Huan (1) |
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| 17 Jun | Sapporo Tokyu Open | Hokkaidō | 10,000,000 | Isao Aoki (3) |
New tournament |
| 8 Jul | ANA Sapporo Open | Hokkaidō | 15,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (2) |
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| 15 Jul | Aero Masters | Tokyo | 25,000,000 | Fumio Tanaka (1) |
New tournament |
| 19 Jul | Kansai Open | Hyōgo | 6,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (1) |
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| 29 Jul | All Japan Doubles | Hokkaidō | 10,000,000 | Takashi Murakami (1) and Hideyo Sugimoto (1) |
Team event |
| 5 Aug | Tohoku Classic | Miyagi | 10,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (3) |
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| 9 Aug | Kyusyu Open | Fukuoka | 2,000,000 | Kunio Koike (1) |
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| 12 Aug | Fujisankei Classic | Saitama | 30,000,000 |  Graham Marsh (1) |
New tournament |
| 19 Aug | Suntory Open | Shizuoka | 30,000,000 | Hideyo Sugimoto (2) |
New tournament |
| 24 Aug | Chushikoku Open | Yamaguchi | 1,000,000 | Mitsuhiko Masuda (1) |
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| 26 Aug | KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Isao Aoki (4) |
New tournament |
| 30 Aug | Chubu Open | Gifu | 2,000,000 | Hiroshi Ishii (1) |
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| 2 Sep | Hiroshima Open | Hiroshima | 8,000,000 | Tōru Nakamura (1) |
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| 8 Sep | Kansai Pro Championship | Saga | 8,000,000 | Kosaku Shimada (1) |
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| 9 Sep | Kanto Open | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Takashi Kurihara (1) |
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| 16 Sep | Sanpo Classic | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Namio Takasu (1) |
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| 23 Sep | First Flight Tournament | Shizuoka | 12,000,000 | Takaaki Kono (1) |
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| 30 Sep | Japan Open Golf Championship | Osaka | 20,000,000 | Ben Arda (2) |
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| 7 Oct | Golf Digest Tournament | Shizuoka | 10,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (2) |
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| 14 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Masters | Chiba | 90,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (4) |
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| 21 Oct | Japan PGA Championship | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Isao Aoki (5) |
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| 28 Oct | Tokai Classic | Aichi | 16,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (5) |
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| 4 Nov | Bridgestone Tournament | Tokyo | 15,000,000 | Hiroshi Ishii (2) |
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| 25 Nov | ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches | Wakayama | 23,000,000 |  Al Geiberger (n/a) |
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| 9 Dec | ANA Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 10,000,000 | Yasuhiro Miyamoto (1) |
New tournament |
Money list edit
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masashi Ozaki |
43,814,000 |
| 2 | Isao Aoki |
31,595,926 |
| 3 | Teruo Sugihara |
13,965,796 |
| 4 | Tōru Nakamura |
13,806,190 |
| 5 | Kosaku Shimada |
13,518,570 |
Notes edit
- ^ 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.
References edit
- ^ "1973 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "1973 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Aoki takes golf award". Waycross Journal-Herald. Waycross, Georgia. 22 December 1973. p. 6 (P-6 in paper). Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
The leading money winner on the Japanese Tour, Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, finished second to Aoki in the voting.