2015 Japan Golf Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2015 Japan Golf Tour was the 43rd 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.
Kim Kyung-tae (5) Kim Kyung-tae| Duration | 16 April 2015 – 6 December 2015 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 25 |
| Most wins | Kim Kyung-tae (5) |
| Money list | Kim Kyung-tae |
| Most Valuable Player | Kim Kyung-tae |
| Rookie of the Year | Song Young-han |
← 2014 2016 → | |
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2015 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$10,000,000 |  Jordan Spieth | 100 | Major championship | |
| 10 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 |  Seiki Okuda | n/a | Pro-Am | |
| 21 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$10,000,000 | Jordan Spieth | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £6,300,000 | Zach Johnson | 100 | Major championship | |
| 16 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 |  Jason Day | 100 | Major championship | |
| 13 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.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Kyung-tae | 165,981,625 |
| 2 | Yūsaku Miyazato | 103,999,119 |
| 3 | Yuta Ikeda | 99,380,317 |
| 4 | Yoshinori Fujimoto | 98,642,449 |
| 5 | Shingo Katayama | 90,577,641 |
Awards
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 3 April 2015 – 23 October 2015 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 17 |
| Most wins | Shota Akiyoshi (2) Tomoyo Ikemura (2) Keiichi Kaneko (2) Yu Morimoto (2) |
| Money list | Yu Morimoto |
← 2014 2016 → | |
The 2015 Japan Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Park Il-hwan (1) |
| 1 May | Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup | Shiga | 10,000,000 | Yujiro Ohori (1) |
| 8 May | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Masashi Hidaka (1) |
| 22 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | Tatsunori Nukaga (4) |
| 29 May | Good Job Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Yu Morimoto (1) |
| 11 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Shigeru Nonaka (3) |
| 19 Jun | Musee Platinum Challenge Tournament | Fukushima | 10,000,000 | Yosuke Asaji (2) |
| 26 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Tomoyo Ikemura (1) |
| 3 Jul | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Keiichi Kaneko (1) |
| 31 Jul | Minami Akita Country Club Challenge Tournament | Akita | 10,000,000 | Yu Morimoto (2) |
| 21 Aug | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Keiichi Kaneko (2) |
| 4 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Gunma | 10,000,000 | Tomoyo Ikemura (2) |
| 11 Sep | Himawari Dragon CUP | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Koichi Sugimoto (3) |
| 18 Sep | Seven Dreamers Challenge | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Shota Akiyoshi (2) |
| 10 Oct | Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Shota Akiyoshi (3) |
| 16 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Hiroaki Hirai (1) |
| 23 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (5) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top 10 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yu Morimoto | 4,479,531 |
| 2 | Shota Akiyoshi | 4,476,532 |
| 3 | Tomoyo Ikemura | 4,176,327 |
| 4 | Keiichi Kaneko | 3,933,918 |
| 5 | Park Il-hwan | 3,786,804 |
| 6 | Yosuke Asaji | 3,503,141 |
| 7 | Yujiro Ohori | 3,050,254 |
| 8 | Tatsunori Nukaga | 3,024,346 |
| 9 | Masashi Hidaka | 2,959,583 |
| 10 | Masamichi Uehira | 2,863,443 |
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.