2019 Japan Golf Tour

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The 2019 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 17 January to 8 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan. Other than the four majors, which are played outside Japan, there was one event played in Singapore and one event in South Korea. The SMBC Singapore Open was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The Shinhan Donghae Open was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. The Zozo Championship was co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour (part of the 2019–20 PGA Tour season), the first ever such co-sanctioning.[1]

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2019 schedule. 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 (does not include the four major golf championships).

Date Tournament Location Purse (¥) Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[a]		 Notes
20 Jan SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 113,000,000 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond (n/a) 24 ASA
21 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (15) 16
5 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (12) 16
12 May Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Yosuke Asaji (1) 15 ASA
26 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Nara 70,000,000 Japan (1) 16
2 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (21) 16
9 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills		 Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan (1) 16 Japan major
30 Jun Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Japan Rikuya Hoshino (2) 16
7 Jul Japan PGA Championship Kagoshima 150,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (15) 16 Japan major
25 Aug Shigeo Nagashima Invitational
Sega Sammy Cup		 Hokkaido 150,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (16) 16
1 Sep RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan (1) 16
8 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (2) 16
15 Sep ANA Open Hokkaido 110,000,000 Japan Yosuke Asaji (2) 16
22 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea 114,240,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (n/a) 14 ASA, KOR New to Japan Golf Tour
29 Sep Panasonic Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Toshinori Muto (7) 15 ASA
6 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (4) 16
13 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (3) 16
20 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Fukuoka 210,000,000 United States Chan Kim (4) 32 Flagship event; Japan major
28 Oct Zozo Championship Chiba US$9,750,000 United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 64 PGAT New tournament
3 Nov Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon (4) 16
10 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Okinawa 200,000,000 South Korea Choi Ho-sung (3) 16
17 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Japan Takumi Kanaya (a) (1) 16
24 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (4) 26
1 Dec Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (14) 19
8 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (17) 19 Japan major

Sources:[2][3]

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
14 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$11,500,000 United States Tiger Woods 100 Major championship
19 May PGA Championship United States US$11,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka 100 Major championship
16 Jun U.S. Open United States US$12,500,000 United States Gary Woodland 100 Major championship
21 Jul The Open Championship Northern Ireland US$10,750,000 Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 100 Major championship
  1. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.

Leaders[]

Money list leaders

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Shugo Imahira 168,049,312
2 South Africa Shaun Norris 145,044,149
3 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 132,812,990
4 United States Chan Kim 95,880,318
5 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon 94,985,827

Source:[4]

Scoring average leaders

Position Player Scoring average
1 Japan Shugo Imahira 69.73
2 Thailand Gunn Charoenkul 70.12
3 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon 70.39
4 South Africa Shaun Norris 70.44
5 Thailand Jazz Janewattananond 70.47

Source:[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "First annual, official Tour event in Japan The Zozo Championship will debut October 2019". PGA Tour. 20 November 2018.
  2. ^ "2019 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.
  3. ^ "Griffin makes all the right putts to win Houston Open". Miami Herald. Associated Press. 13 October 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Prize Money List". JGTO.
  5. ^ "2019 Scoring Average". JGTO.

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