1978 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1978 PGA of Japan Tour was the sixth season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1978 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) – 3 December 1978 (1978-12-03)
Number of official events36
Most winsJapan Isao Aoki (6)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
1977
1979

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1978 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
Notes
9 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 8,000,000   Tadami Ueno (4) New to PGA of Japan Tour
16 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 10,000,000   Akira Yabe (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
23 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$70,000   Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1) AGC
30 Apr Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000   Isao Aoki (15)
7 May Wizard Tournament Wakayama 25,000,000   Tōru Nakamura (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour
14 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000   Kosaku Shimada (8)
21 May Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Yamaguchi 25,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (20)
28 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000   Isao Aoki (16)
4 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 23,000,000   Haruo Yasuda (3)
11 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Iwate 30,000,000   Tōru Nakamura (6)
18 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 25,000,000   Isao Aoki (17)
25 Jun Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000   Hsieh Min-Nan (2)
2 Jul ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000   Teruo Sugihara (9)
9 Jul Kansai Open Shiga 15,000,000   Akio Kanemoto (1)
14 Jul Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 3,000,000   Seiji Katayama (1)
15 Jul Chubu Open Mie 12,000,000   Kouichi Inoue (1)
16 Jul Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 5,000,000   Norio Suzuki (8)
16 Jul Kanto Open Niigata 20,000,000   Seiichi Kanai (2)
23 Jul Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 35,000,000   Kesahiko Uchida (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
6 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Osaka 10,000,000   Teruo Sugihara (10)
6 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Chiba 20,000,000   Isao Aoki (18)
13 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Tochigi 30,000,000   Yoshitaka Yamamoto (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour
20 Aug Japan PGA Championship Hokkaidō 25,000,000   Fujio Kobayashi (2)
27 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000   Kenichi Yamada (2)
27 Aug Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 2,850,000   Koichi Uehara (2)
10 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000   Akio Kanemoto (2)
17 Sep Sanpo Classic Chiba 20,000,000   Koichi Uehara (3)
24 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (21)
8 Oct Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka US$300,000   Gil Morgan (n/a)
15 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 32,000,000   Masaji Kusakabe (3)
21 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 20,000,000   Masaru Amono (1)
29 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000   Hiroshi Ishii (5)
5 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Kanagawa 65,000,000   Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
12 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo US$150,000   Isao Aoki (19)
26 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000   Andy Bean (n/a)
3 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 15,000,000   Isao Aoki (20)

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Isao Aoki 62,987,200
2   Masashi Ozaki 29,017,286
3   Kosaku Shimada 28,217,542
4   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 26,850,810
5   Tōru Nakamura 25,102,008

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.

References

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  1. ^ "1978 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday. pp. 244–254, 383–414. ISBN 0385149409. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1978 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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