2008 Japan Golf Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2008 Japan Golf Tour was the 36th season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.
Shingo Katayama (3)
Prayad Marksaeng (3) Shingo Katayama| Duration | 17 April 2008 – 7 December 2008 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 24 |
| Most wins | Shingo Katayama (3) Prayad Marksaeng (3) |
| Money list | Shingo Katayama |
| Most Valuable Player | Shingo Katayama |
| Rookie of the Year | Ryo Ishikawa |
← 2007 2009 → | |
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]
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(s) | OWGR points | Other tours[b] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,500,000 |  Trevor Immelman | 100 | Major championship | |
| 9 May | Sponichi Cup | Chiba | 6,000,000 | Shunsuke Sonoda (a) | n/a | ||
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,500,000 |  Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £4,200,000 |  Pádraig Harrington | 100 | Major championship | |
| 10 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$7,500,000 | Pádraig Harrington | 100 | Major championship | |
| 22 Sep | Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf | Chiba | 17,800,000 |  Dinesh Chand | n/a | ||
| 13 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 80,000,000 | Japan Golf Tour | n/a | Team event |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shingo Katayama | 180,094,895 |
| 2 | Azuma Yano | 137,064,052 |
| 3 | Prayad Marksaeng | 126,430,825 |
| 4 | Hideto Tanihara | 110,414,719 |
| 5 | Ryo Ishikawa | 106,318,166 |
Awards
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 10 April 2008 – 26 October 2008 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 10 |
| Most wins | Shigeru Nonaka (2) Masamichi Uehira (2) |
| Money list | Masamichi Uehira |
← 2007 2009 → | |
The 2008 Japan Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | PRGR Cup | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Tatsunori Nukaga (1) |
| 23 May | Arita Tokyu JGTO Challenge I | Wakayama | 13,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (3) |
| 13 Jun | Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II | Nagano | 13,000,000 | Shigeru Nonaka (1) |
| 29 Jun | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 20,000,000 | Taichiro Kiyota (3) |
| 10 Jul | Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (1) |
| 26 Jul | Shizu Hills Tommy Cup | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Hirotaro Naito (1) |
| 12 Sep | Sunroyal GC Cup | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (4) |
| 19 Sep | Srixon Challenge | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Shigeru Nonaka (2) |
| 26 Sep | Toshin Challenge Tournament | Mie | 10,000,000 | Hiro Aoyama (1) |
| 26 Oct | PRGR Cup Final | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Hiroaki Iijima (3) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masamichi Uehira | 6,329,033 |
| 2 | Yuta Ikeda | 6,040,545 |
| 3 | Shigeru Nonaka | 5,502,620 |
| 4 | Hiroaki Iijima | 4,587,176 |
| 5 | Taichiro Kiyota | 4,286,250 |
| 6 | Tatsunori Nukaga | 3,737,039 |
Notes
- The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
- ASA − Asian Tour.
- Also a Japan major championship.
- 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 Japan Golf Tour.