2013 Japan Golf Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2013 Japan Golf Tour was the 41st 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.
Hideki Matsuyama (4) Hideki Matsuyama| Duration | 14 March 2013 – 8 December 2013 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 25 |
| Most wins | Hideki Matsuyama (4) |
| Money list | Hideki Matsuyama |
| Most Valuable Player | Hideki Matsuyama |
| Rookie of the Year | Hideki Matsuyama |
← 2012 2014 → | |
Changes for 2013
The first two tournaments of the year were new to the Japan Golf Tour and were played in Thailand and Indonesia; both being co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour.[1][2]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[3]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$8,000,000 |  Adam Scott | 100 | Major championship | |
| 12 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda | n/a | Pro-Am | |
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$8,000,000 |  Justin Rose | 100 | Major championship | |
| 21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £5,250,000 |  Phil Mickelson | 100 | Major championship | |
| 11 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 | Jason Dufner | 100 | Major championship | |
| 15 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | 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.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 201,076,781 |
| 2 |  Kim Hyung-sung | 125,824,405 |
| 3 | Shingo Katayama | 112,557,810 |
| 4 | Koumei Oda | 112,506,906 |
| 5 | Park Sung-joon | 93,402,445 |
Awards
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 5 April 2013 – 25 October 2013 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins | Kwon Ki-taek (2) |
| Money list | Kwon Ki-taek |
← 2012 2014 → | |
The 2013 Japan Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[7]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Jang Dong-kyu (1) |
| 19 Apr | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Kyoto | 10,000,000 | Paul Sheehan (2) |
| 24 May | Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Ryuichi Kondo (1) |
| 7 Jun | ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Hiroyuki Nagamatsu (1) |
| 14 Jun | Akita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I | Akita | 10,000,000 | Sachio Sugiyama (1) |
| 5 Jul | Landic VanaH Cup KBC Augusta Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Kwon Ki-taek (1) |
| 26 Jul | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Saga | 10,000,000 | Genki Yanase (1) |
| 2 Aug | Daisen GC JGTO Challenge II | Tottori | 10,000,000 | Masayuki Kawamura (1) |
| 16 Aug | ROYZE Corporation Cup in FukuokaRaizan | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Kwon Ki-taek (2) |
| 6 Sep | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup in Boso | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Ito (1) |
| 13 Sep | Dragon Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Toru Suzuki (1) |
| 22 Sep | Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | Shinji Tomimura (1) |
| 28 Sep | Elite Grips JGTO Challenge III | Mie | 10,000,000 | Hirotaro Naito (2) |
| 11 Oct | Heiwa PGM Challenge III Road to Championship | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Katsunori Kuwabara (2) |
| 25 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yoshitaka Takeya (1) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[8][9] The top nine players on the money list earned status to play on the 2014 Japan Golf Tour.[10]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kwon Ki-taek | 5,326,885 |
| 2 | Yoshitaka Takeya | 4,624,751 |
| 3 | Richard Tate | 4,317,268 |
| 4 | Shinji Tomimura | 3,906,859 |
| 5 | Jang Dong-kyu | 3,826,416 |
| 6 | Masayuki Kawamura | 3,577,208 |
| 7 | Toru Suzuki | 3,521,648 |
| 8 | Ryuji Masaoka | 3,190,528 |
| 9 | Ryuichi Kondo | 3,097,840 |
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; ONE − OneAsia 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.