2016 Japan Golf Tour
The 2016 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 28 January to 4 December. The season consisted of 26 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.
Schedule[]
The table below shows the 2016 schedule. 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 (does not include the four major golf championships).
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[a] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Feb | SMBC Singapore Open | Singapore | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
28 | ASA | New to Japan Golf Tour |
7 Feb | Leopalace21 Myanmar Open | Myanmar | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
15 | ASA | New to Japan Golf Tour |
17 Apr | Token Homemate Cup | Mie | 130,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
24 Apr | Panasonic Open Golf Championship | Chiba | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ASA | Not played since 2013 |
1 May | The Crowns | Aichi | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
22 May | Kansai Open Golf Championship | Wakayama | 70,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
29 May | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
5 Jun | Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills |
Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Japan major | |
26 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Cup | Ishikawa | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
20 | ||
3 Jul | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup |
Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
10 Jul | Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup |
Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Japan major | |
24 Jul | Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open | Fukushima | 50,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
28 Aug | RIZAP KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
4 Sep | Fujisankei Classic | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
18 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
25 Sep | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf | Osaka | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
15 | ASA | |
2 Oct | Top Cup Tokai Classic | Aichi | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
9 Oct | Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
16 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Saitama | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
32 | Flagship event; Japan major | |
23 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
18 | ||
30 Oct | Mynavi ABC Championship | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
6 Nov | Heiwa PGM Championship | Chiba | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
13 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
23 | ||
20 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
26 | ||
27 Nov | Casio World Open | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
4 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | ![]() |
18 | 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 |
Other tours[a] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$10,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
19 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$10,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
17 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £6,500,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
31 Jul | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
- ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour.
Leaders[]
Money list leaders
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
207,901,567 |
2 | ![]() |
171,902,867 |
3 | ![]() |
113,714,688 |
4 | ![]() |
91,562,130 |
5 | ![]() |
86,019,113 |
Source:[2]
Scoring average leaders
Position | Player | Scoring average |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
69.62 |
2 | ![]() |
69.67 |
3 | ![]() |
70.05 |
4 | ![]() |
70.21 |
5 | ![]() |
70.43 |
Source:[3]
Footnotes[]
References[]
- ^ "2016 Tour Tournaments". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ^ "2016 Prize Money List". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- ^ "2016 Scoring Average". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
External links[]
Categories:
- Japan Golf Tour
- 2016 in golf
- 2016 in Japanese sport