2003 Japan Golf Tour

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The 2003 Japan Golf Tour was the 31st season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

2003 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration19 December 2002 (2002-12-19) – 7 December 2003 (2003-12-07)
Number of official events29
Most winsUnited States Todd Hamilton (4)
Money listJapan Toshimitsu Izawa
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Toshimitsu Izawa
Rookie of the YearJapan Hideto Tanihara
2002
2004

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
22 Dec Asia Japan Okinawa Open Okinawa 100,000,000   Hiroyuki Fujita (3) 12 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
6 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 100,000,000   Andre Stolz (1) 16
27 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Hirofumi Miyase (5) 16
4 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000   Hidemasa Hoshino (1) 16
11 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 110,000,000   Todd Hamilton (8) 16
18 May Japan PGA Championship Ibaraki 110,000,000   Shingo Katayama (13) 16 Japan major
25 May Munsingwear Open KSB Cup Hyōgo 120,000,000   Hirofumi Miyase (6) 16
1 Jun Diamond Cup Tournament Ibaraki 110,000,000   Todd Hamilton (9) 16
8 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000   Katsuyoshi Tomori (7) 16
22 Jun Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Hideto Tanihara (1) 16
29 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000   Todd Hamilton (10) 16
6 Jul Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Ibaraki 120,000,000   Toshimitsu Izawa (13) 16 Japan major
13 Jul Woodone Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 100,000,000   Toshimitsu Izawa (14) 16
27 Jul Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Niigata 50,000,000   Katsumasa Miyamoto (5) 16
3 Aug Aiful Cup Ishikawa 120,000,000   Taichi Teshima (3) 16
10 Aug Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 130,000,000   Brendan Jones (2) 16
31 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000   Soushi Tajima (1) 16
7 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Hokkaidō 80,000,000   Todd Hamilton (11) 16
14 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000   Jyoti Randhawa (1) 16
21 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Yeh Wei-tze (1) 16
28 Sep Acom International Ibaraki 120,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (30) 16
12 Oct Georgia Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000   Nozomi Kawahara (1) 16
19 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Tochigi 120,000,000   Keiichiro Fukabori (6) 32 Flagship event[c]
26 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 110,000,000   Naomichi Ozaki (30) 16
2 Nov ABC Championship Hyōgo 120,000,000   Shingo Katayama (14) 16
16 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000   Kiyoshi Murota (6) 16
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000   Thomas Bjørn (n/a) 20
30 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 140,000,000   Katsumune Imai (1) 16
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 100,000,000   Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1) 16 Japan major

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
13 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$6,000,000   Mike Weir 100 Major championship
15 Jun U.S. Open United States US$6,000,000   Jim Furyk 100 Major championship
20 Jul The Open Championship England £3,900,000   Ben Curtis 100 Major championship
17 Aug PGA Championship United States US$6,000,000   Shaun Micheel 100 Major championship

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Toshimitsu Izawa 135,454,300
2   Tetsuji Hiratsuka 122,227,033
3   Todd Hamilton 117,547,151
4   Shingo Katayama 117,192,413
5   Taichi Teshima 93,688,731

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player   Toshimitsu Izawa [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)   Hideto Tanihara [5]

Japan Challenge Tour

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2003 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration17 April 2003 (2003-04-17) – 23 October 2003 (2003-10-23)
Number of official events11
Money list  Masamichi Uehira
2002
2004

The 2003 Japan Challenge Tour was the 19th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[d]
18 Apr PRGR Cup (Kanto) Ibaraki 10,000,000   Kim Hyung-tae (1)
8 May Tokyo Dome Cup (1st) Tochigi 10,000,000   Kazuhiro Fukunaga (3)
13 Jun Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000   Takuya Taniguchi (1)
27 Jun PGA Cup Challenge Tournament Hiroshima 10,000,000   Toyokazu Hioki (1)
10 Jul Tokyo Dome Cup (2nd) Chiba 10,000,000   Yudai Maeda (1)
20 Jul Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament Miyagi 10,000,000   Kodai Ichihara (1)
12 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Aomori 10,000,000   Masamichi Uehira (1)
26 Sep Kasco Cup Chiba 10,000,000   Thammanoon Sriroj (1)
3 Oct PRGR Cup (Kansai) Hyōgo 10,000,000   Masayoshi Yamazoe (2)
9 Oct Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament (2nd) Miyagi 10,000,000   Takuya Ogawa (1)
23 Oct Tokyo Dome Cup (3rd) Tochigi 10,000,000   Tomonori Takahashi (1)

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2004 Japan Golf Tour.

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Masamichi Uehira 3,082,833
2   Takuya Ogawa 2,846,847
3   Kazuhiro Fukunaga 2,836,507
4   Thammanoon Sriroj 2,665,179
5   Kim Hyung-tae 2,533,141

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
  2. ^ a b ASA − Asian PGA Tour.
  3. ^ Also a Japan major championship.
  4. ^ 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 Japan Golf Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2003 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2003 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "賞金ランキング賞" [Prize Ranking Prize] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023. 1億3545万4300円を獲得して、2001年以来2度目の賞金王に輝いた伊沢利光には、… [Toshimitsu Izawa, who won 135,454,300 yen and became the prize money king for the second time since 2001…]
  4. ^ "最優秀選手賞" [Most Valuable Player Award] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ "2003ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式の風景(2)最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィ受賞、谷原秀人" [2003 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony (2) Best Rookie of the Year Award, Shimada Trophy Winner, Hideto Tanihara] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ "2003 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "2003 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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