2016 Japan Golf Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2016 Japan Golf Tour was the 44th 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.
Yuta Ikeda (3)
Kim Kyung-tae (3) Hideto Tanihara (3) Yuta Ikeda| Duration | 28 January 2016 – 4 December 2016 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 26 |
| Most wins | Yuta Ikeda (3) Kim Kyung-tae (3) Hideto Tanihara (3) |
| Money list | Yuta Ikeda |
| Most Valuable Player | Yuta Ikeda |
| Rookie of the Year |  Shaun Norris |
← 2015 2017 → | |
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2016 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$10,000,000 |  Danny Willett | 100 | Major championship | |
| 8 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Shingo Katayama | n/a | Pro-Am | |
| 19 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$10,000,000 |  Dustin Johnson | 100 | Major championship | |
| 17 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £6,500,000 |  Henrik Stenson | 100 | Major championship | |
| 31 Jul | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 | Jimmy Walker | 100 | Major championship | |
| 11 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.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuta Ikeda | 207,901,567 |
| 2 | Hideto Tanihara | 171,902,867 |
| 3 | Kim Kyung-tae | 113,714,688 |
| 4 | Song Young-han | 91,562,130 |
| 5 | Daisuke Kataoka | 86,019,113 |
Awards
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 1 April 2016 – 21 October 2016 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins | Daisuke Maruyama (2) Konosuke Nakazato (2) Yoshinobu Tsukada (2) |
| Money list | Yoshinobu Tsukada |
← 2015 2017 → | |
The 2016 Japan Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Tatsuya Kodai (1) |
| 29 Apr | Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup | Shiga | 10,000,000 | Yoshinobu Tsukada (1) |
| 20 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Kazuhiro Kida (3) |
| 27 May | FIDRA Classic | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Kunihiro Kamii (1) |
| 10 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Konosuke Nakazato (1) |
| 17 Jun | Himawari Dragon Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yuta Kawakami (1) |
| 24 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Shotaro Wada (1) |
| 1 Jul | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) |
| 29 Jul | Minami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge Tournament | Akita | 10,000,000 | Tomoyo Ikemura (3) |
| 9 Sep | Seven Dreamers Challenge | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (2) |
| 23 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Gunma | 10,000,000 | Jinichiro Kozuma (1) |
| 30 Sep | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Konosuke Nakazato (2) |
| 8 Oct | Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Yoshinobu Tsukada (2) |
| 14 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (3) |
| 21 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Takashi Ogiso (1) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshinobu Tsukada | 5,509,115 |
| 2 | Daisuke Maruyama | 5,339,822 |
| 3 | Konosuke Nakazato | 4,497,278 |
| 4 | Tatsuya Kodai | 4,482,357 |
| 5 | Shotaro Wada | 3,574,383 |
| 6 | Takashi Ogiso | 3,206,641 |
| 7 | Daijiro Izumida | 3,143,055 |
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.