2016 Japan Golf Tour

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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 South Korea Song Young-han (1) 28 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar 90,000,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (1) 15 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
17 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (11) 16
24 Apr Panasonic Open Golf Championship Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (14) 16 ASA Not played since 2013
1 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (12) 16
22 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Wakayama 70,000,000 South Korea Cho Byung-min (1) 16
29 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (13) 16
5 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills		 Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Yosuke Tsukada (1) 16 Japan major
26 Jun ISPS Handa Global Cup Ishikawa 100,000,000 South Korea Park Jun-won (1) 20
3 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational
Sega Sammy Cup		 Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (12) 16
10 Jul Japan PGA Championship
Nissin Cupnoodles Cup		 Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (13) 16 Japan major
24 Jul Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) 16
28 Aug RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (14) 16
4 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 South Korea Cho Min-gyu (2) 16
18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (14) 16
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Osaka 150,000,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (n/a) 15 ASA
2 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Daisuke Kataoka (2) 16
9 Oct Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (15) 16
16 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 200,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (7) 32 Flagship event; Japan major
23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Satoshi Kodaira (4) 18
30 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (30) 16
6 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Chiba 200,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (14) 16
13 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (8) 23
20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (n/a) 26
27 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (16) 16
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1) 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 England Danny Willett 100 Major championship
19 Jun U.S. Open United States US$10,000,000 United States Dustin Johnson 100 Major championship
17 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £6,500,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson 100 Major championship
31 Jul PGA Championship United States US$10,000,000 United States Jimmy Walker 100 Major championship
  1. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour.

Leaders[]

Money list leaders

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Yuta Ikeda 207,901,567
2 Japan Hideto Tanihara 171,902,867
3 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 113,714,688
4 South Korea Song Young-han 91,562,130
5 Japan Daisuke Kataoka 86,019,113

Source:[2]

Scoring average leaders

Position Player Scoring average
1 Japan Yuta Ikeda 69.62
2 Japan Hideto Tanihara 69.67
3 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 70.05
4 South Korea Song Young-han 70.21
5 Australia Brad Kennedy 70.43

Source:[3]

Footnotes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Tour Tournaments". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  2. ^ "2016 Prize Money List". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  3. ^ "2016 Scoring Average". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

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