1997 PGA of Japan Tour

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The 1997 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 13 March to 14 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 1997 season.[1] 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[2]
16 Mar Token Corporation Cup 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (83) 22
23 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open 100,000,000 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki (3) 18
30 Mar Just System KSB Open 70,000,000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori (1) 16
6 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup 100,000,000 United States Peter Teravainen (2) 16
20 Apr Tsuruya Open 100,000,000 Japan Mitsuo Harada (1) 16
27 Apr Kirin Open[a] 100,000,000 South Korea Kim Jong-duck (1) 22
4 May The Crowns 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (84) 36
11 May Fujisankei Classic 120,000,000 Japan Kenichi Kuboya (1) 22
18 May Japan PGA Championship 100,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (4) 22
25 May Ube Kosan Open 100,000,000 Japan Shigenori Mori (2) 16
1 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (85) 18
8 Jun JCB Classic Sendai 100,000,000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (1) 18
15 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open 100,000,000 Japan Hirofumi Miyase (1) 16
22 Jun Yomiuri Open 100,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (5) 18
29 Jun Mizuno Open 100,000,000 United States Brian Watts (9) 22
6 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament 100,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (24) 16
13 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima 80,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (25) 16
27 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial 100,000,000 Taiwan Yeh Chang-ting (1) 20
3 Aug NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 60,000,000 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (4) 16
10 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship 100,000,000 Japan Shoichi Kuwabara (1) 16
17 Aug Acom International 100,000,000 Japan Kazuo Kanayama (1) 16
31 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (86) 18
7 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 80,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (6) 18
14 Sep Suntory Open 100,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (1) 26
21 Sep ANA Open 100,000,000 Japan Shinichi Yokota (1) 28
28 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic 110,000,000 Colombia Eduardo Herrera (3) 22
5 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship 120,000,000 Australia Craig Parry (2) 32
12 Oct Tokai Classic 110,000,000 United States Brandt Jobe (2) 24
19 Oct Golf Digest Tournament 100,000,000 United States Brandt Jobe (3) 16
26 Oct Bridgestone Open 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (87) 28
2 Nov Philip Morris Championship 200,000,000 United States Brian Watts (10) 26
16 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters 150,000,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 36
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 200,000,000 United States Tom Watson (n/a) 38
30 Nov Casio World Open 150,000,000 Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe (2) 28
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup 100,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (7) 22
14 Dec Daikyo Open 120,000,000 Japan Kenichi Kuboya (2) 16
  1. ^ Also an event on the Asia Golf Circuit.

Money list leaders[]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Masashi Ozaki 170,847,633
2 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 152,774,420
3 United States Brian Watts 111,153,198
4 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 96,994,361
5 Japan Tateo Ozaki 77,555,311

Source:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "1997 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.
  2. ^ "1997 Japan Golf Tour Events". OWGR. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. ^ "1997 Prize Money List". JGTO.

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