2014 Japan Golf Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2014 Japan Golf Tour was the 42nd 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.
Hiroyuki Fujita (3) Koumei Oda| Duration | 27 March 2014 – 7 December 2014 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 24[a] |
| Most wins | Hiroyuki Fujita (3) |
| Money list | Koumei Oda |
| Most Valuable Player | Koumei Oda |
| Rookie of the Year |  Kim Seung-hyuk |
← 2013 2015 → | |
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2014 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[c] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$9,000,000 |  Bubba Watson | 100 | Major championship | |
| 18 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Masahiro Kuramoto | n/a | Pro-Am | |
| 15 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$9,000,000 |  Martin Kaymer | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £5,400,000 |  Rory McIlroy | 100 | Major championship | |
| 10 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 | Rory McIlroy | 100 | Major championship | |
| 14 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | LPGA of Japan Tour | n/a | Team event |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koumei Oda | 137,318,693 |
| 2 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 116,275,130 |
| 3 | Tomohiro Kondo | 107,089,056 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Iwata | 97,794,191 |
| 5 | Katsumasa Miyamoto | 91,048,150 |
Awards
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 4 April 2014 – 24 October 2014 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 16 |
| Most wins | Shugo Imahira (2) Toru Suzuki (2) Peter Wilson (2) |
| Money list | Shugo Imahira |
← 2013 2015 → | |
The 2014 Japan Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner[e] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Soushi Tajima (2) |
| 9 May | Plus One Fukuoka Raizan Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Peter Wilson (1) |
| 23 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Shugo Imahira (1) |
| 13 Jun | Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Toru Suzuki (2) |
| 27 Jun | Landic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion Memorial | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Shintaro Kai (1) |
| 10 Jul | ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament | Shizuoka | 15,000,000 | Shota Akiyoshi (1) |
| 25 Jul | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Niigata | 10,000,000 | Kiyoshi Miyazato (1) |
| 1 Aug | Akita TV Minami Akita CC Challenge | Akita | 10,000,000 | Yasunobu Fukunaga (1) |
| 22 Aug | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Taigen Tsumagari (1) |
| 5 Sep | Madame Shinco Challenge Tournament | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Peter Wilson (2) |
| 12 Sep | Himawari Dragon Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Toru Suzuki (3) |
| 19 Sep | Seven Dreamers Challenge | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yuki Inamori (1) |
| 26 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Mie | 10,000,000 | Yuichiro Nishi (1) |
| 4 Oct | Ishikawa Ryo Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | Katsufumi Okino (1) |
| 10 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Richard Hattori (1) |
| 24 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Shugo Imahira (2) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7][8] The top nine players on the money list earned status to play on the 2015 Japan Golf Tour.[9]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shugo Imahira | 7,444,288 |
| 2 | Shintaro Kai | 5,456,058 |
| 3 | Peter Wilson | 4,796,324 |
| 4 | Katsufumi Okino | 4,701,020 |
| 5 | Toru Suzuki | 4,215,230 |
| 6 | Taigen Tsumagari | 3,794,109 |
| 7 | Ryuji Masaoka | 3,457,367 |
| 8 | Kiyoshi Miyazato | 3,311,153 |
| 9 | Shota Akiyoshi | 3,254,083 |
Notes
- One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
- 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.