1979 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration29 March 1979 (1979-03-29) – 2 December 1979 (1979-12-02)
Number of official events37
Most winsJapan Isao Aoki (4)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
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The 1979 PGA of Japan Tour was the seventh season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1979 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
1 AprShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000Japan Akira Yabe (2)
8 AprAso National Park OpenKumamoto10,000,000Japan Takashi Kurihara (3)
15 AprKuzuha Kokusai TournamentOsaka12,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (3)
22 AprDunlop International OpenIbarakiUS$100,000Japan Hiroshi Ishii (6)AGC
29 AprChunichi CrownsAichi60,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (21)
13 MayFujisankei ClassicSaitama30,000,000Japan Shoichi Sato (1)
20 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa30,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (22)
27 MayYomiuri OpenHyōgo30,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (11)
3 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentIbaraki30,000,000Japan Tōru Nakamura (7)
10 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi25,000,000Japan Tōru Nakamura (8)
17 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō25,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (7)
24 JunPepsi-Wilson TournamentAomori25,000,000Myanmar Mya Aye (2)
1 JulKanto Pro ChampionshipIbaraki20,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (23)
1 JulKansai Pro ChampionshipIshikawa12,000,000Japan Tōru Nakamura (9)
5 AugNihon Kokudo Keikaku SummersTochigi30,000,000Japan Norio Mikami (1)
12 AugMizuno TournamentIshikawa20,000,000Japan Mitsuhiro Kitta (1)New to PGA of Japan Tour
19 AugJPGA East-West TournamentMiyagi12,000,000Japan Kosaku Shimada (7)
26 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka32,000,000Japan Masaji Kusakabe (4)
27 AugHokkaido OpenHokkaidō4,100,000Japan Shoichi Sato (2)
2 SepANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō30,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (11)
9 SepSuntory OpenChiba40,000,000Japan Masaji Kusakabe (5)
16 SepJapan PGA ChampionshipIbaraki25,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (4)
23 SepKansai OpenHyōgo15,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (8)
23 SepKanto OpenGunma20,000,000Japan Masaru Amono (2)
23 SepKyusyu OpenNagasaki5,000,000Japan Yurio Akitomi (1)
23 SepChushikoku OpenYamaguchi5,050,000Japan Hideto Shigenobu (1)
23 SepChubu OpenGifu12,000,000Japan Kenichi Matsuoka (1)
30 SepHiroshima OpenHiroshima20,000,000Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (6)
7 OctGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi35,000,000Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (2)
14 OctTokai ClassicAichi33,500,000Japan Tsutomu Irie (1)
21 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka25,000,000Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
28 OctBridgestone TournamentChiba30,000,000United States Lanny Wadkins (n/a)
4 NovJapan Open Golf ChampionshipShiga50,000,000Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4)
11 NovABC Japan vs USA Golf MatchesHyōgo30,000,000United States Tom Purtzer (n/a)
18 NovTaiheiyo Club MastersShizuokaUS$300,000Japan Norio Suzuki (9)
25 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki60,000,000United States Bobby Wadkins (n/a)
2 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo16,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (24)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Isao Aoki45,554,211
2Japan Tōru Nakamura34,707,816
3Japan Masaji Kusakabe30,521,932
4Japan Norio Suzuki29,258,974
5Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan23,471,810

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
  2. ↑ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.

References

  1. ↑ "1979 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. pp. 219–232, 377–403. ISBN 0905947835.
  3. ↑ "1979 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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