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1996 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour was the 24th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1996 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration7 March 1996 (1996-03-07) – 8 December 1996 (1996-12-08)
Number of official events36
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (8)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
← 1995
1997 →

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
10 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000   Yoshinori Kaneko (3) 20
17 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000   Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1) 16
24 Mar Novell KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000   Toru Suzuki (3) 16
7 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Ibaraki 90,000,000   Masanobu Kimura (3) 16
14 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Peter McWhinney (1) 16
21 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000   Yoshinori Kaneko (4) 16 AGC
28 Apr The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (75) 28
5 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000   Brian Watts (8) 20
12 May Japan PGA Championship Okayama 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (76) 22
19 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000   Hidemichi Tanaka (2) 18
26 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ibaraki 120,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (77) 22
2 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (78) 18
9 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Hajime Meshiai (8) 16
16 Jun Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open Tokyo 100,000,000   Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1) 18
23 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000   Yoshinori Kaneko (5) 18
30 Jun PGA Philanthropy Tournament Nara 100,000,000   Todd Hamilton (6) 16
7 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000   Hideyuki Sato (1) 16
14 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 100,000,000   Hideki Kase (3) 16
28 Jul NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000   Masatoshi Horikawa (1) 16
4 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000   Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2) 16
18 Aug Acom International Fukushima 100,000,000   Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3) 16
25 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (79) 20
1 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 70,000,000   Nobuo Serizawa (4) 18
8 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000   Hajime Meshiai (9) 26
15 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Carlos Franco (3) 16
22 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (80) 16
29 Sep Japan Open Golf Championship Osaka 120,000,000   Peter Teravainen (1) 32 Flagship event
6 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000   Masanobu Kimura (4) 22
13 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 100,000,000   Yoshi Mizumaki (5) 16
20 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000   Shigeki Maruyama (3) 34
27 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (23) 22
10 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000   Lee Westwood (n/a) 24
17 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (81) 38
24 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000   Paul Stankowski (n/a) 30
1 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (82) 22
8 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000   Eduardo Herrera (2) 16

Money list edit

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 209,646,746
2   Yoshinori Kaneko 117,697,448
3   Brian Watts 89,346,882
4   Kazuhiko Hosokawa 79,510,295
5   Shigeki Maruyama 75,961,133

Japan Challenge Tour edit

1996 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration27 March 1996 (1996-03-27) – 16 November 1996 (1996-11-16)
Number of official events12
Most wins  Hitoshi Kato (2)
  Nobuhito Sato (2)
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 Japan Challenge Tour was the 12th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
28 Mar Sanko 72 Open Gunma 10,000,000   Masayuki Okano (1)
18 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Tochigi 10,000,000   Hideyuki Sato (2)
17 May Nishino Cup in Central Ibaraki 10,000,000   Mitsuhiro Watanabe (1)
23 May Kabaya Ohayo Cup Ibaraki 10,000,000   Hitoshi Kato (1)
6 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 10,000,000   Daisuke Serizawa (1)
3 Jul Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000   Toshinori Horiki (1)
24 Jul Twin Fields Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000   Hitoshi Sasaki (1)
5 Sep Kabaya Ohayo Cup Mie 10,000,000   Nobuhito Sato (1)
26 Sep Matsugamine Open Niigata 10,000,000   Nobuhito Sato (2)
28 Sep Korakuen Cup (3rd) Oita 10,000,000   Satoshi Ogawa (1)
5 Oct Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open Yamanashi 10,000,000   Taisei Inagaki (1)
16 Nov Korakuen Cup (4th) Ibaraki 10,000,000   Hitoshi Kato (2)

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ "1996 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Michael (1997). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1997. Macmillan. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0333672143. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1996 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "1996 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links edit

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