2001 Japan Golf Tour
The 2001 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 8 March to 2 December. The season consisted of 31 official money events in Japan, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships.
Schedule[]
The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 2001 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 | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar | Token Corporation Cup | Mie | 100,000,000 |  Shingo Katayama (8)
|
16 | |
| 18 Mar | Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open | Shizuoka | 100,000,000 | Eiji Mizoguchi (2)
|
16 | |
| 15 Apr | Tsuruya Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | Hidemichi Tanaka (9)
|
16 | |
| 22 Apr | Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (9)
|
16 | |
| 29 Apr | The Crowns | Aichi | 110,000,000 |  Darren Clarke (n/a)
|
20 | |
| 6 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 110,000,000 |  Frankie Miñoza (6)
|
16 | |
| 13 May | Japan PGA Championship | Fukuoka | 110,000,000 |  Dean Wilson (2)
|
16 | Japan major |
| 20 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 |  Dinesh Chand (2)
|
16 | |
| 27 May | Diamond Cup Tournament | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (8)
|
16 | |
| 3 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | Miyagi | 100,000,000 | Toshiaki Odate (2)
|
16 | |
| 17 Jun | Tamanoi Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 90,000,000 | Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa (1)
|
16 | |
| 24 Jun | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Hidemichi Tanaka (10)
|
16 | |
| 1 Jul | Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup | Tochigi | 120,000,000 | Katsumasa Miyamoto (3)
|
16 | Japan major |
| 8 Jul | Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 90,000,000 | Keiichiro Fukabori (5)
|
16 | |
| 15 Jul | Aiful Cup | Aomori | 90,000,000 |  Lin Keng-chi (1)
|
16 | |
| 29 Jul | Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | Niigata | 50,000,000 | Go Higaki (1)
|
16 | |
| 5 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (2)
|
16 | |
| 26 Aug | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 90,000,000 | Takenori Hiraishi (1)
|
16 | |
| 2 Sep | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | Hokkaidō | 80,000,000 | Dean Wilson (3)
|
16 | |
| 9 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 90,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (10)
|
16 | |
| 16 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | Lin Keng-chi (2)
|
16 | |
| 23 Sep | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 140,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (9)
|
16 | |
| 30 Sep | Acom International | Ibaraki | 110,000,000 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa (7)
|
16 | |
| 7 Oct | Georgia Tokai Classic | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (10)
|
16 | |
| 14 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Saitama | 120,000,000 | Taichi Teshima (2)
|
32 | Flagship event; Japan major |
| 21 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 110,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (11)
|
16 | |
| 28 Oct | Philip Morris K.K. Championship | Hyōgo | 200,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (12)
|
16 | |
| 4 Nov | Ube Kosan Open | Yamaguchi | 140,000,000 | Dean Wilson (4)
|
16 | |
| 11 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | David Duval (n/a)
|
28 | |
| 25 Nov | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 140,000,000 | Kiyoshi Murota (4)
|
22 | |
| 2 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 90,000,000 | Katsumasa Miyamoto (4)
|
16 | Japan major |
Source:[1]
Unofficial events[]
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 |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$5,600,000 | Tiger Woods
|
100 | Major championship |
| 18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$5,000,000 |  Retief Goosen
|
100 | Major championship |
| 22 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £3,300,000 | David Duval
|
100 | Major championship |
| 19 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$5,200,000 | David Toms
|
100 | Major championship |
Money list leaders[]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toshimitsu Izawa |
217,934,583 |
| 2 | Shingo Katayama |
133,434,850 |
| 3 | Dean Wilson |
118,571,075 |
| 4 | Taichi Teshima |
112,356,544 |
| 5 | Toru Taniguchi |
111,686,284 |
Source:[2]
References[]
- ^ "2001 Tour Tournaments". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ "2001 Prize Money List". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
External links[]
Categories:
- Japan Golf Tour
- 2001 in golf
- 2001 in Japanese sport