1986 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration20 March 1986 (1986-03-20) – 14 December 1986 (1986-12-14)
Number of official events40
Most winsJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
Money listJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1985
1987

The 1986 PGA of Japan Tour was the 14th 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 1986 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
23 MarShizuoka OpenShizuoka35,000,000Japan Akiyoshi Ohmachi (1)10
13 AprPocari Sweat OpenHiroshima40,000,000Japan Hajime Meshiai (2)10
20 AprBridgestone Aso OpenKumamoto35,000,000Australia Brian Jones (4)10
27 AprDunlop International OpenIbaraki50,000,000Japan Hideto Shigenobu (5)20AGC
4 MayChunichi CrownsAichi90,000,000United States David Ishii (2)40
11 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka40,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (28)20
18 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipIbaraki40,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (25)20
24 MayPepsi Ube OpenYamaguchi40,000,000Japan Naomichi Ozaki (5)20
1 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentIbaraki56,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (26)20
8 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi40,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (23)20
15 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō40,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (38)20
22 JunYomiuri Sapporo Beer OpenHyōgo50,000,000Japan Koichi Suzuki (1)20
29 JunMizuno OpenIshikawa50,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (27)20
6 JulKansai Pro ChampionshipOkayama25,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (24)4
6 JulKanto Pro ChampionshipMiyagi30,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (28)10
27 JulJapan PGA ChampionshipGifu50,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (39)40
3 AugNST Niigata OpenNiigata35,000,000United States David Ishii (3)20
17 AugNikkei CupShiga40,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (29)20
24 AugMaruman OpenIshikawa50,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (30)20
31 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka42,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (40)20
7 SepChushikoku OpenYamaguchi15,000,000Japan Tadami Ueno (5)4
7 SepKansai OpenHyōgo20,000,000Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura (1)4
7 SepKanto OpenIbaraki30,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (41)10
7 SepKyusyu OpenKagoshima15,000,000Japan Kinpachi Yoshimura (2)4
7 SepChubu OpenAichi15,000,000Japan Eitaro Deguchi (4)4
7 SepHokkaido OpenHokkaidō7,000,000Japan Katsunari Takahashi (6)4
14 SepSuntory OpenChiba60,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (17)20
21 SepANA OpenHokkaidō50,000,000Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (14)20
28 SepGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi56,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (31)20
5 OctTokai ClassicAichi50,000,000Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (15)20
12 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipKanagawa60,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (29)40
19 OctPolaroid Cup Golf Digest TournamentShizuoka60,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (30)20
26 OctBridgestone OpenChiba70,000,000Japan Tateo Ozaki (8)40
2 NovABC Japan-U.S. MatchHyōgo44,300,000United States Curtis Strange (n/a)n/a
9 NovHiroshima OpenHiroshima40,000,000Japan Tōru Nakamura (15)10
16 NovVisa Taiheiyo Club MastersShizuoka80,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa (4)40
23 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentShizuoka130,000,000United States Bobby Wadkins (n/a)46
30 NovCasio World OpenKagoshima85,000,000United States Scott Hoch (n/a)40
7 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo30,000,000Japan Tōru Nakamura (16)20
14 DecDaikyo OpenOkinawa60,000,000Japan Tateo Ozaki (9)10

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima90,202,066
2Japan Masashi Ozaki80,356,632
3Japan Isao Aoki78,341,666
4Japan Masahiro Kuramoto53,812,650
5United States David Ishii52,454,085

Japan Challenge Tour

1986 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration4 June 1986 (1986-06-04) – 31 July 1986 (1986-07-31)
Number of official events2
1985
1987

The 1986 Japan Challenge Tour was the second season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1986 season.[4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 3]
5 JunMito Green OpenIbaraki12,000,000Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)
31 JulKanto Kokusai OpenTochigi12,000,000Japan Kiyoshi Nomura (1)

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.
  3. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Japan Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA of Japan Tour.

References

  1. "1986 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. pp. 262–282, 473–505. ISBN 0002182572. Retrieved 8 November 2023 via Archive.org.
  3. "1986 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. "1986 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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