1991 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration7 March 1991 (1991-03-07) – 15 December 1991 (1991-12-15)
Number of official events43
Most winsJapan Naomichi Ozaki (4)
Money listJapan Naomichi Ozaki
1990
1992

The 1991 PGA of Japan Tour was the 19th 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 1991 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
10 MarDaiichi Fudosan CupMiyazaki100,000,000Japan Saburo Fujiki (12)12
17 MarImperial OpenIbaraki65,000,000Japan Yutaka Hagawa (4)12
24 MarDydo Shizuoka OpenShizuoka80,000,000Japan Yutaka Hagawa (5)12
31 MarKSB OpenKagawa60,000,000Japan Masanobu Kimura (2)12
14 AprPocari Sweat OpenHiroshima60,000,000Japan Ryoken Kawagishi (4)10
21 AprBridgestone Aso OpenKumamoto50,000,000Japan Kiyoshi Murota (1)10
28 AprDunlop OpenIbaraki100,000,000Australia Roger Mackay (3)20AGC
5 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000Spain Seve Ballesteros (n/a)20
12 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka87,500,000Japan Saburo Fujiki (13)14
19 MayJapan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys CupGifu50,000,000Japan Satoshi Higashi (3)12
26 MayUbe Kosan OpenYamaguchi80,000,000Taiwan Chen Tze-chung (3)12
2 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentIshikawa85,000,000Japan Koichi Suzuki (4)12
9 JunJCB Classic SendaiMiyagi70,000,000Japan Tadami Ueno (7)12
16 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō60,000,000Canada Rick Gibson (1)12
23 JunYomiuri Sapporo Beer OpenHyōgo80,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (35)12
30 JunMizuno OpenIshikawa65,000,000Australia Roger Mackay (4)10
7 JulPGA Philanthropy TournamentChiba100,000,000Japan Harumitsu Hamano (1)12New tournament
14 JulYonex Open HiroshimaHiroshima70,000,000Japan Eiichi Itai (1)12
28 JulNikkei CupFukuoka80,000,000Japan Naomichi Ozaki (15)10
4 AugNST Niigata OpenNiigata60,000,000Japan Akihito Yokoyama (3)12
18 AugJapan PGA ChampionshipTochigi100,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (52)12
25 AugMaruman OpenSaitama100,000,000Japan Tetsu Nishikawa (1)24
1 SepDaiwa KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000United States Raymond Floyd (n/a)12
8 SepKansai OpenHyōgo20,000,000Japan Toshikazu Sugihara (1)4
8 SepKanto OpenKanagawa30,000,000Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (1)4
8 SepChubu OpenAichi20,000,000Japan Teruo Nakamura (3)4
8 SepChushikoku OpenEhime20,000,000Japan Kosei Miyata (1)4
8 SepKyusyu OpenKagoshima20,000,000Japan Kinpachi Yoshimura (4)4
8 SepHokkaido OpenHokkaidō10,000,000Japan Katsunari Takahashi (10)4
15 SepSuntory OpenChiba100,000,000Japan Naomichi Ozaki (16)14
22 SepANA OpenHokkaidō100,000,000Japan Akiyoshi Ohmachi (4)20
29 SepGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi110,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (53)12
6 OctTokai ClassicAichi100,000,000Japan Eiichi Itai (2)12
13 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipYamaguchi100,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (36)12
20 OctAsahi Beer Golf Digest TournamentShizuoka120,000,000Japan Harumitsu Hamano (2)24
27 OctBridgestone OpenChiba120,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (49)8
3 NovABC Lark CupHyōgo190,000,000Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima (6)12
10 NovAcom InternationalChiba100,000,000Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (24)12
17 NovVisa Taiheiyo Club MastersShizuoka150,000,000Australia Roger Mackay (5)42
24 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000United States Larry Nelson (n/a)42
1 DecCasio World OpenKagoshima140,000,000Japan Naomichi Ozaki (17)20
8 DecGolf Nippon Series Hitachi CupTokyo60,000,000Japan Naomichi Ozaki (18)12
15 DecDaikyo OpenOkinawa120,000,000Japan Hiroshi Makino (2)12

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][2]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Naomichi Ozaki119,507,974
2Australia Roger Mackay113,137,135
3Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima111,639,213
4Japan Masashi Ozaki99,060,539
5Japan Isao Aoki74,237,850

Japan Challenge Tour

1991 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration11 April 1991 (1991-04-11) – 21 November 1991 (1991-11-21)
Number of official events10
Most winsJapan Minoru Hatsumi (2)
1990
1992

The 1991 Japan Challenge Tour was the seventh 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 1991 season.[4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 3]
12 AprKorakuen Cup (1st)Tochigi15,000,000Japan Takeshi Matsukawa (1)
30 MayKanto Kokusai OpenTochigi15,000,000Japan Hisayuki Sasaki (1)
6 JunMito Green OpenIbaraki15,000,000Japan Kazunari Matsunaga (1)
20 JunKorakuen Cup (2nd)Hokkaido15,000,000Japan Satoshi Furuyama (1)
3 JulKanto PGA Philanthropy Takeda CupShizuoka15,000,000Japan Kazushige Kono (1)
3 JulKansai PGA Philanthropy Takeda CupHyōgo15,000,000Japan Hisashi Terada (1)
10 JulSports Shinko OpenOsaka15,000,000Japan Minoru Hatsumi (1)
26 JulKorakuen Cup (3rd)Tochigi15,000,000Japan Minoru Hatsumi (2)
3 OctKorakuen Cup (4th)Tochigi15,000,000Japan Fujio Kobayashi (1)
21 NovKorakuen Cup (5th)Tochigi15,000,000Japan Osamu Machino (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. "1991 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Wilson, Mark (1992). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1992. Macmillan. pp. 87–88. ISBN 0333573765. Retrieved 23 December 2023 via Archive.org.
  3. "1991 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. "1991 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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