1996 PGA of Japan Tour
The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 7 March to 8 December. The season consisted of 36 official money events in Japan.
Tournament results[]
The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 1996 season. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
| Date | Tournament | Prize fund (￥) |
Winner | OWGR points[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar | Token Corporation Cup | 100,000,000 |  Yoshinori Kaneko (3)
|
20 |
| 17 Mar | Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open | 100,000,000 | (1)
|
16 |
| 24 Mar | Novell KSB Open | 70,000,000 | Toru Suzuki (3)
|
16 |
| 7 Apr | Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup | 90,000,000 | Masanobu Kimura (3)
|
16 |
| 14 Apr | Tsuruya Open | 100,000,000 |  Peter McWhinney (1)
|
16 |
| 21 Apr | Kirin Open | 100,000,000 | Yoshinori Kaneko (4)
|
– |
| 28 Apr | The Crowns | 120,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (75)
|
28 |
| 5 May | Fujisankei Classic | 120,000,000 |  Brian Watts (8)
|
20 |
| 12 May | Japan PGA Championship | 100,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (76)
|
22 |
| 19 May | Pepsi Ube Kosan Open | 80,000,000 | Hidemichi Tanaka (2)
|
18 |
| 26 May | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | 120,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (77)
|
22 |
| 2 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | 100,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (78)
|
18 |
| 9 Jun | Sapporo Tokyu Open | 100,000,000 | Hajime Meshiai (8)
|
16 |
| 16 Jun | Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open | 100,000,000 | (1)
|
18 |
| 23 Jun | Mizuno Open | 100,000,000 | Yoshinori Kaneko (5)
|
18 |
| 30 Jun | PGA Philanthropy Tournament | 100,000,000 | Todd Hamilton (6)
|
16 |
| 7 Jul | Yonex Open Hiroshima | 80,000,000 | (1)
|
16 |
| 14 Jul | Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial | 100,000,000 | Hideki Kase (3)
|
16 |
| 28 Jul | NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | 60,000,000 | (1)
|
16 |
| 4 Aug | Sanko Grand Summer Championship | 100,000,000 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2)
|
16 |
| 18 Aug | Acom International | 100,000,000 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3)
|
16 |
| 25 Aug | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | 100,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (79)
|
20 |
| 1 Sep | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | 70,000,000 | Nobuo Serizawa (4)
|
18 |
| 8 Sep | Suntory Open | 100,000,000 | Hajime Meshiai (9)
|
26 |
| 15 Sep | ANA Open | 100,000,000 |  Carlos Franco (3)
|
16 |
| 22 Sep | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | 110,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (80)
|
16 |
| 29 Sep | Japan Open Golf Championship | 120,000,000 | Peter Teravainen (1)
|
32 |
| 6 Oct | Tokai Classic | 110,000,000 | Masanobu Kimura (4)
|
22 |
| 13 Oct | Golf Digest Tournament | 100,000,000 | Yoshi Mizumaki (5)
|
16 |
| 20 Oct | Bridgestone Open | 120,000,000 | Shigeki Maruyama (3)
|
34 |
| 27 Oct | Philip Morris Championship | 200,000,000 | Naomichi Ozaki (23)
|
22 |
| 10 Nov | Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | 150,000,000 |  Lee Westwood (n/a)
|
24 |
| 17 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | 200,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (81)
|
38 |
| 24 Nov | Casio World Open | 150,000,000 | Paul Stankowski (n/a)
|
30 |
| 1 Dec | Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup | 100,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (82)
|
22 |
| 8 Dec | Daikyo Open | 120,000,000 |  Eduardo Herrera (2)
|
16 |
Source:[2]
Money list leaders[]
| 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 |
Source:[3]
References[]
- ^ "1996 Japan Golf Tour Events". OWGR. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "1996 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.
- ^ "1996 Prize Money List". JGTO.
External links[]
Categories:
- Japan Golf Tour
- 1996 in golf
- 1996 in Japanese sport