2008 Japan Golf Tour
The 2008 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 17 April to 7 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan, one in China, 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 and Asia for the 2008 season. The number in brackets 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 pts |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | $7,500,000 |  Trevor Immelman (n/a) |
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 20 Apr | Token Homemate Cup | 110,000,000 |  Katsumasa Miyamoto (7) |
16 | |
| 27 Apr | Tsuruya Open | 120,000,000 |  Hur Suk-ho (7) |
16 | |
| 4 May | The Crowns | 120,000,000 | Tomohiro Kondo (4) |
16 | |
| 11 May | Pine Valley Beijing Open | 110,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (6) |
16 | |
| 18 May | Japan PGA Championship | 130,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (24) |
16 | |
| 25 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | 100,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (7) |
16 | |
| 1 Jun | Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf | 110,000,000 |  Prayad Marksaeng (1) |
18 | |
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | $7,500,000 |  Tiger Woods (n/a) |
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 22 Jun | Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic | 130,000,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (2) |
16 | |
| 6 Jul | UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills | 150,000,000 | Hidemasa Hoshino (3) |
16 | |
| 20 Jul | Open Championship | £4,200,000 |  Pádraig Harrington (n/a) |
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 27 Jul | Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | 150,000,000 |  Jeev Milkha Singh (3) |
16 | |
| 3 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | 150,000,000 | Takuya Taniguchi (2) |
16 | |
| 10 Aug | PGA Championship | $7,500,000 | Pádraig Harrington (n/a) |
100 | Major championship; not an official win |
| 31 Aug | Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | 100,000,000 | Shintaro Kai (1) |
16 | |
| 7 Sep | Fujisankei Classic | 150,000,000 | Toyokazu Fujishima (1) |
16 | |
| 21 Sep | ANA Open | 130,000,000 | Azuma Yano (2) |
16 | |
| 28 Sep | Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open | 200,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (8) |
20 | |
| 5 Oct | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | 120,000,000 | Toshinori Muto (2) |
20 | |
| 12 Oct | Canon Open | 200,000,000 | Makoto Inoue (2) |
16 | |
| 19 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | 200,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (25) |
32 | |
| 26 Oct | Bridgestone Open | 150,000,000 | Azuma Yano (3) |
16 | |
| 2 Nov | mynavi ABC Championship | 150,000,000 | Ryo Ishikawa (2) |
16 | |
| 9 Nov | The Championship by Lexus | 200,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (8) |
18 | |
| 16 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters | 150,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (26) |
22 | |
| 23 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix | 200,000,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (3) |
36 | |
| 30 Nov | Casio World Open | 140,000,000 | Koumei Oda (1) |
18 | |
| 7 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | 100,000,000 | Jeev Milkha Singh (4) |
24 |
Source:[1]
Leaders[]
Money list leaders
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shingo Katayama |
180,094,895 |
| 2 | Azuma Yano |
137,064,052 |
| 3 | Prayad Marksaeng |
126,430,825 |
| 4 | Hideto Tanihara |
110,414,719 |
| 5 | Ryo Ishikawa |
106,318,166 |
Source:[2]
Scoring average leaders
| Position | Player | Scoring average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shingo Katayama |
69.57 |
| 2 |  Brendan Jones |
69.82 |
| 3 | Hur Suk-ho |
70.22 |
| 4 |  David Smail |
70.35 |
| 5 | Azuma Yano |
70.42 |
Source:[3]
References[]
- ^ "2008 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2008 Prize Money List". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
- ^ "2008 Scoring Average". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
External links[]
Categories:
- Japan Golf Tour
- 2008 in golf
- 2008 in Japanese sport