1995 PGA of Japan Tour

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The 1995 PGA of Japan Tour was the 23rd season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1995 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration9 March 1995 (1995-03-09) – 10 December 1995 (1995-12-10)
Number of official events37
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (5)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
1994
1996

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
12 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000   Todd Hamilton (5) 20
19 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000   Brian Watts (6) 16
26 Mar Novell KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000   Rick Gibson (2) 16
2 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Hyōgo 80,000,000   Satoshi Higashi (4) 16
16 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Satoshi Higashi (5) 16
23 Apr Dunlop Open Ibaraki 90,000,000   Peter Senior (3) 20 AGC
30 Apr The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (70) 22
7 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (45) 18
14 May Japan PGA Championship Aomori 100,000,000   Hisayuki Sasaki (2) 16
21 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000   Mitsutaka Kusakabe (1) 16
28 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Kumamoto 100,000,000   Brandt Jobe (1) 18
4 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000   Ryoken Kawagishi (5) 16
11 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Carlos Franco (2) 16
18 Jun Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Eduardo Herrera (1) 16
25 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000   Brian Watts (7) 16
2 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Ishikawa 100,000,000   Kazuhiro Takami (2) 18
9 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (71) 16
16 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 100,000,000   Tetsu Nishikawa (3) 16
30 Jul NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000   Tomohiro Maruyama (3) 16
6 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000   Frankie Miñoza (3) 16
20 Aug Acom International Ibaraki 100,000,000   Katsunori Kuwabara (1) 16
27 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000   Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1) 16
3 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 70,000,000   Katsuyoshi Tomori (6) 16
10 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 90,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (29) 24
17 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (72) 26
24 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000   Satoshi Higashi (6) 18
1 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 100,000,000   Toshimitsu Izawa (1) 32 Flagship event
8 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000   Masayuki Kawamura (1) 18
15 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 100,000,000   Stewart Ginn (1) 16
22 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000   Shigeki Maruyama (2) 20
29 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000   Hidemichi Tanaka (1) 22
5 Nov Daiwa International Yamanashi 170,000,000   Shigenori Mori (1) 20
12 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000   Satoshi Higashi (7) 40
19 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (73) 40
26 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000   Seiki Okuda (6) 30
3 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (74) 18
10 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000   Frankie Miñoza (4) 16

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   Masashi Ozaki 192,319,800
2   Satoshi Higashi 136,854,183
3   Shigeki Maruyama 103,209,036
4   Masahiro Kuramoto 88,227,209
5   Katsuyoshi Tomori 86,693,831

Japan Challenge Tour

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1995 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration12 April 1995 (1995-04-12) – 16 November 1995 (1995-11-16)
Number of official events11
Most wins  Yasunobu Kuramoto (2)
  Hidemichi Tanaka (2)
  Taichi Teshima (2)
1994
1996

The 1995 Japan Challenge Tour was the 11th 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 1995 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[c]
13 Apr Sanko 72 Open Gunma 10,000,000   Taichi Teshima (1)
20 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Gunma 10,000,000   Gohei Sato (2)
25 May Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 10,000,000   Yasunobu Kuramoto (1)
1 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 10,000,000   Hidemichi Tanaka (1)
14 Jun Kanto PGA Philanthropy Tochigi 10,000,000   Kazuhiro Fukunaga (2)
22 Jun Kansai PGA Philanthropy Fukui 10,000,000   Kosaku Makisaka (1)
5 Jul Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000   Hidemichi Tanaka (2)
7 Sep Korakuen Cup (3rd) Tochigi 10,000,000   Yoshikatsu Saito (1)
28 Sep Matsugamine Open Niigata 10,000,000   Yasunobu Kuramoto (2)
5 Oct Korakuen Cup (4th) Oita 10,000,000   Taichi Teshima (2)
16 Nov Korakuen Cup (5th) Tochigi 10,000,000   Shingo Katayama (2)

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. ^ "1995 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Michael (1996). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1996. Macmillan. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0333653319. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1995 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "1995 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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