The 1985 PGA of Japan Tour was the 13th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.
| Duration | 21 March 1985 – 15 December 1985 |
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| Number of official events | 40 |
| Most wins |  Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6) |
| Money list | Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
← 1984 1986 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 1985 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar | Shizuoka Open | Shizuoka | 30,000,000 | Seiichi Kanai (7) |
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| 14 Apr | Pocari Sweat Open | Hiroshima | 40,000,000 | Motomasa Aoki (2) |
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| 21 Apr | Bridgestone Aso Open | Kumamoto | 35,000,000 |  Hsieh Min-Nan (10) |
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| 28 Apr | Dunlop International Open | Ibaraki | US$200,000 | Chen Tze-chung (2) |
AGC | |
| 5 May | Chunichi Crowns | Aichi | 80,000,000 | Seiji Ebihara (1) |
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| 12 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 40,000,000 |  Mark O'Meara (n/a) |
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| 19 May | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | Ibaraki | 32,000,000 | Katsunari Takahashi (3) |
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| 26 May | Pepsi Ube Open | Yamaguchi | 40,000,000 | Chen Tze-ming (4) |
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| 2 Jun | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | Okayama | 50,000,000 |  Brian Jones (2) |
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| 9 Jun | Tohoku Classic | Miyagi | 35,000,000 | David Ishii (1) |
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| 16 Jun | Sapporo Tokyu Open | Hokkaidō | 40,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (22) |
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| 23 Jun | Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open | Hyōgo | 40,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (19) |
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| 30 Jun | Mizuno Open | Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Tateo Ozaki (3) Katsunari Takahashi (4) |
Title shared | |
| 7 Jul | Kansai Pro Championship | Osaka | 20,000,000 | Keiichi Kobayashi (1) |
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| 7 Jul | Kanto Pro Championship | Shizuoka | 27,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (20) |
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| 4 Aug | NST Niigata Open | Niigata | 35,000,000 | Hsieh Min-Nan (11) |
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| 11 Aug | Japan PGA Championship | Ibaraki | 40,000,000 | Tateo Ozaki (4) |
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| 18 Aug | Nikkei Cup | Saitama | 40,000,000 | Naomichi Ozaki (4) |
New tournament | |
| 25 Aug | Maruman Open | Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Brian Jones (3) |
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| 1 Sep | KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 42,000,000 | Hajime Meshiai (1) |
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| 8 Sep | Kyusyu Open | Fukuoka | 12,000,000 | Kinpachi Yoshimura (1) |
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| 8 Sep | Kansai Open | Hyōgo | 20,000,000 | Tsutomu Irie (2) |
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| 8 Sep | Kanto Open | Saitama | 30,000,000 | Seiichi Kanai (8) |
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| 8 Sep | Chushikoku Open | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | Mitoshi Tomita (1) |
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| 8 Sep | Chubu Open | Mie | 15,000,000 | Masahiro Shiota (1) |
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| 8 Sep | Hokkaido Open | Hokkaidō | 7,280,000 | Katsunari Takahashi (5) |
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| 15 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 60,000,000 | Tateo Ozaki (5) |
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| 22 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 50,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (21) |
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| 29 Sep | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | Tochigi | 50,000,000 | Kazushige Kono (1) Masahiro Kuramoto (12) Payne Stewart (n/a) |
Title shared | |
| 6 Oct | Tokai Classic | Aichi | 50,000,000 | Graham Marsh (16) |
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| 13 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Aichi | 60,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (22) |
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| 20 Oct | Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament | Shizuoka | 60,000,000 | D. A. Weibring (n/a) |
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| 27 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 70,000,000 | Masahiro Kuramoto (13) |
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| 3 Nov | ABC Japan-U.S. Match | Hyōgo | 65,000,000 | Tateo Ozaki (6) Corey Pavin (n/a) |
Title shared | |
| 10 Nov | Hiroshima Open | Hiroshima | 40,000,000 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto (10) |
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| 17 Nov | Taiheiyo Club Masters | Shizuoka | 80,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (23) |
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| 24 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 120,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (24) |
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| 1 Dec | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 80,000,000 | Hubert Green (n/a) |
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| 8 Dec | Golf Nippon Series | Tokyo | 30,000,000 | Tateo Ozaki (7) |
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| 15 Dec | Daikyo Open | Okinawa | 60,000,000 | Seiichi Kanai (9) |
Money list
editThe money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
101,609,333 |
| 2 | Masahiro Kuramoto |
58,767,582 |
| 3 | Tateo Ozaki |
42,782,235 |
| 4 | Seiichi Kanai |
41,341,664 |
| 5 | Teruo Sugihara |
39,703,266 |
Japan Challenge Tour
edit| Duration | 29 August 1985 – 8 November 1985 |
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| Number of official events | 2 |
1986 → | |
The 1985 Japan Challenge Tour was the inaugural season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 1985 season.[3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[c] |
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| 30 Aug | Kanto Kokusai Open | Tochigi | 12,000,000 | Isamu Sugita (1)
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| 8 Nov | Mito Green Open | Ibaraki | 12,000,000 | Tomohiro Maruyama (1)
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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.
- ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
- ^ 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
edit- ^ "1985 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "1985 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "1985 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.