2006 Japan Golf Tour
The 2006 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 15 December 2005 to 3 December 2006. The season consisted of 29 official money events in Japan, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships.
Tournament results[]
The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 2006 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 |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | 100,000,000 |  Tadahiro Takayama (2)
|
14 | |
| 9 Apr | Masters Tournament | $7,000,000 |  Phil Mickelson (n/a)
|
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 16 Apr | Token Homemate Cup | 110,000,000 |  Wayne Perske (1)
|
16 | |
| 23 Apr | Tsuruya Open | 100,000,000 | Brendan Jones (5)
|
16 | |
| 30 Apr | The Crowns | 120,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (19)
|
16 | |
| 14 May | Japan PGA Championship | 110,000,000 | Tomohiro Kondo (1)
|
16 | |
| 21 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | 100,000,000 | Toshinori Muto (1)
|
16 | |
| 28 May | Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf | 110,000,000 | Kaname Yokoo (5)
|
16 | |
| 4 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | 100,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (3)
|
16 | |
| 18 Jun | Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open | 100,000,000 | Nobuhiro Masuda (1)
|
16 | |
| 18 Jun | U.S. Open | $6,250,000 | Geoff Ogilvy (n/a)
|
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 25 Jun | Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open | 100,000,000 |  Hur Suk-ho (6)
|
16 | |
| 2 Jul | UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills | 150,000,000 | Tatsuhiko Takahashi (2)
|
16 | |
| 9 Jul | Woodone Open Hiroshima | 100,000,000 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka (3)
|
16 | |
| 23 Jul | Sega Sammy Cup | 120,000,000 |  Yeh Wei-tze (2)
|
16 | |
| 23 Jul | Open Championship | £4,000,000 | Tiger Woods (n/a)
|
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 30 Jul | The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki | 120,000,000 | Toru Taniguchi (11)
|
16 | |
| 6 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | 150,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (4)
|
16 | |
| 20 Aug | PGA Championship | $6,800,000 | Tiger Woods (n/a)
|
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 27 Aug | Under Armour KBC Augusta | 100,000,000 | Taichi Teshima (4)
|
16 | |
| 3 Sep | Fujisankei Classic | 150,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (20)
|
16 | |
| 10 Sep | Suntory Open | 100,000,000 | Yang Yong-eun (4)
|
16 | |
| 17 Sep | ANA Open | 100,000,000 | Tomohiro Kondo (2)
|
16 | |
| 24 Sep | Acom International | 120,000,000 | Mamo Osanai (3)
|
16 | |
| 1 Oct | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | 120,000,000 | Hidemasa Hoshino (2)
|
16 | |
| 15 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | 200,000,000 | Paul Sheehan (3)
|
32 | |
| 22 Oct | Bridgestone Open | 110,000,000 | Taichi Teshima (5)
|
16 | |
| 29 Oct | ABC Championship | 120,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (21)
|
16 | |
| 5 Nov | Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial | 100,000,000 | Tatsuhiko Ichihara (1)
|
16 | |
| 12 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters | 150,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (48)
|
24 | |
| 19 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix | 200,000,000 |  Pádraig Harrington (n/a)
|
38 | |
| 26 Nov | Casio World Open | 140,000,000 |  Jeev Milkha Singh (1)
|
18 | |
| 3 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | 100,000,000 | Jeev Milkha Singh (2)
|
20 |
Source:[1]
Money list leaders[]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shingo Katayama |
178,402,190 |
| 2 | Hideto Tanihara |
119,888,517 |
| 3 | Jeev Milkha Singh |
113,538,173 |
| 4 | Toru Taniguchi |
113,468,445 |
| 5 | Taichi Teshima |
96,488,270 |
Source:[2]
References[]
- ^ "2006 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2006 Prize Money List". JGTO.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
Categories:
- Japan Golf Tour
- 2006 in golf
- 2006 in Japanese sport