2020–21 Japan Golf Tour

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The 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments organised by the Japan Golf Tour Organization.

The 2020 season was originally scheduled to be played from 16 January to 6 December 2020, and comprised 25 official money events, mostly in Japan. Other than the four majors, which are played outside Japan, there was one event in Singapore and one event in South Korea; the SMBC Singapore Open which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, and the Shinhan Donghae Open which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour.

Most of the scheduled tournaments were cancelled during 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 25 December 2020, the tour announced the schedule for 2021 and confirmed that it would be merged with the 2020 schedule to form the 2020–21 season.[2]

Schedule[]

The table below shows the schedule.[3] 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 Prize fund
(¥)		 Winner OWGR
pts		 Other
tours[a]		 Notes
19 Jan 2020 SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 107,110,000 United States Matt Kuchar (n/a) 26 ASA
19 Apr 2020 Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Cancelled[1] –
3 May 2020 The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Cancelled[1] –
10 May 2020 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Chiba 150,000,000 Cancelled[1] – ASA
24 May 2020 Kansai Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 70,000,000 Cancelled[1] –
31 May 2020 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Cancelled –
7 Jun 2020 Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills		 Ibaraki 150,000,000 Cancelled – Japan major
28 Jun 2020 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Cancelled –
5 Jul 2020 Japan PGA Championship Tochigi 150,000,000 Cancelled – Japan major
12 Jul 2020 Ibaraki 50,000,000 Cancelled – New tournament
23 Aug 2020 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaido 150,000,000 Cancelled –
30 Aug 2020 RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Cancelled –
6 Sep 2020 Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Japan Rikuya Hoshino (3) 16
13 Sep 2020 Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea 108,840,000 Removed[b] – ASA, KOR
20 Sep 2020 ANA Open Hokkaido 110,000,000 Cancelled –
27 Sep 2020 Panasonic Open Golf Championship Kyoto 150,000,000 Cancelled[5] – ASA
4 Oct 2020 Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Cancelled –
11 Oct 2020 Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Cancelled –
18 Oct 2020 Japan Open Golf Championship Chiba 157,500,000 Japan Yuki Inamori (2) 32 Flagship event; Japan major
25 Oct 2020 Zozo Championship Chiba 1,101,750,000
$9,750,000		 Removed[c] – PGAT
1 Nov 2020 TBD 100,000,000 Cancelled – New tournament
8 Nov 2020 Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Cancelled –
15 Nov 2020 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 120,000,000 Japan (1) 16
22 Nov 2020 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 100,000,000 Japan Takumi Kanaya (2) 16
29 Nov 2020 Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Cancelled –
6 Dec 2020 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 United States Chan Kim (5) 16 Japan major
18 Apr 2021 Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Japan Takumi Kanaya (3) 16
25 Apr 2021 Kansai Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 60,000,000 Japan Rikuya Hoshino (4) 16
2 May 2021 The Crowns Aichi 100,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Iwata (3) 16
9 May 2021 Tochigi 50,000,000 Japan (1) 16 New tournament
16 May 2021 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Kanagawa 100,000,000 Japan Rikuya Hoshino (5) 16
23 May 2021 Ibaraki 50,000,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (5) 16 Tournament's debut delayed from 2020
30 May 2021 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 80,000,000 Philippines Juvic Pagunsan (1) 16
6 Jun 2021 Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills		 Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita (1) 16 Japan major
27 Jun 2021 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita (2) 16
4 Jul 2021 Japan PGA Championship Tochigi 100,000,000 South Korea Kim Seong-hyeon (1) 16 Japan major
22 Aug 2021 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaido 120,000,000 Japan (2) 16
29 Aug 2021 Sansan KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent (1) 16
5 Sep 2021 Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (5) 16
12 Sep 2021 Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea 130,340,000 Removed[b] – KOR
19 Sep 2021 ANA Open Hokkaido 100,000,000 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent (2) 16
26 Sep 2021 Panasonic Open Kyoto 100,000,000 Japan (a) (1) 16
3 Oct 2021 Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 United States Chan Kim (6) 16
10 Oct 2021 Bridgestone Open Chiba 110,000,000 Japan (1) 16
17 Oct 2021 Japan Open Golf Championship Shiga 210,000,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (6) 32 Flagship event; Japan major
31 Oct 2021
25 Jul 2021		 Ibaraki 83,000,000 Japan (1) 16 New tournament
7 Nov 2021 Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Yosuke Asaji (3) 16
14 Nov 2021 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (15) 16
21 Nov 2021 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 150,000,000 United States Chan Kim (7) 16
28 Nov 2021 Casio World Open Kōchi 150,000,000 Japan (2) 16
5 Dec 2021 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (16) 16 Japan major

Unofficial events[]

The following events are sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but do not carry official money, nor are wins official.

Date Tournament Location Prize fund
(¥)		 Winner OWGR
pts		 Other
tours[a]		 Notes
9 Aug 2020 PGA Championship United States US$11,000,000 United States Collin Morikawa 100 Major championship
20 Sep 2020 U.S. Open United States US$12,500,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau 100 Major championship
15 Nov 2020 Masters Tournament United States US$11,500,000 United States Dustin Johnson 100 Major championship
11 Apr 2021 Masters Tournament United States US$11,500,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 100 Major championship
23 May 2021 PGA Championship United States US$12,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson 100 Major championship
20 Jun 2021 U.S. Open United States US$12,500,000 Spain Jon Rahm 100 Major championship
18 Jul 2021 The Open Championship England US$11,500,000 United States Collin Morikawa 100 Major championship
24 Oct 2021 Zozo Championship Chiba US$9,950,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 40 PGAT
  1. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour − PGA Tour.
  2. ^ a b Event proceeded as a sole-sanctioned Korean Tour event.[4]
  3. ^ Event moved to the United States and held as a sole-sanctioned PGA Tour event.[6]

Leaders[]

Money list leaders

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 United States Chan Kim 127,599,803
2 Japan Takumi Kanaya 119,803,605
3 Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita 115,001,239
4 Japan Hideto Tanihara 111,599,542
5 Japan Rikuya Hoshino 107,341,089

Source:[7]

Scoring average leaders

Position Player Scoring average
1 Japan Takumi Kanaya 69.73
2 Japan Rikuya Hoshino 70.24
3 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent 70.31
4 Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita 70.42
5 Japan 70.47

Source:[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Japan Golf Tour Status (Latest April 6)" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ "2021 JGTO Tour Tournament Schedule Announcement" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.
  4. ^ "Shinhan Donghae Open to proceed as domestic KPGA event in September". Asian Tour. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled". Asian Tour. 31 July 2020.
  6. ^ Leonard, Tod (31 August 2020). "Tour moves Zozo Championship from Japan to site of six Tiger Woods wins, Sherwood CC". Golf Digest. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ "2020-21 Prize Money List". JGTO.
  8. ^ "2020-21 Scoring Average". JGTO.

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