2017 Japan Golf Tour
Golf tour season
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The 2017 Japan Golf Tour was the 45th 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.
Yūsaku Miyazato (4) Yūsaku Miyazato| Duration | 19 January 2017 – 3 December 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 26 |
| Most wins | Yūsaku Miyazato (4) |
| Money list | Yūsaku Miyazato |
| Most Valuable Player | Yūsaku Miyazato |
| Rookie of the Year |  Chan Kim |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$11,000,000 |  Sergio García | 100 | Major championship | |
| 7 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Kaname Yokoo | n/a | Pro-Am | |
| 18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$12,000,000 | Brooks Koepka | 100 | Major championship | |
| 23 Jul | The Open Championship | England | US$10,250,000 | Jordan Spieth | 100 | Major championship | |
| 13 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,500,000 | Justin Thomas | 100 | Major championship | |
| 10 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 | Yūsaku Miyazato | 182,831,982 |
| 2 | Satoshi Kodaira | 161,463,405 |
| 3 | Chan Kim | 132,326,556 |
| 4 | Yuta Ikeda | 126,240,438 |
| 5 | Seungsu Han | 112,798,464 |
Awards
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 31 March 2017 – 20 October 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12 |
| Money list | Tomoharu Otsuki |
← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 Japan Challenge Tour was the 33rd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner[f] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Rikuya Hoshino (1) |
| 28 Apr | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Yasunobu Fukunaga (2) |
| 19 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Terumichi Kakazu (1) |
| 9 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup | Shizuoka | 13,000,000 | Daisuke Matsubara (1) |
| 16 Jun | Royal Golf Club Challenge | Ibaraki | 13,000,000 | Tomoharu Otsuki (1) |
| 23 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Tomohiro Umeyama (1) |
| 30 Jun | Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge | Akita | 10,000,000 | Keiichi Kaneko (3) |
| 15 Sep | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Tottori | 10,000,000 |  Kang Ji-man (1) |
| 29 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Mie | 10,000,000 | Shigeru Nonaka (4) |
| 7 Oct | Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Konosuke Nakazato (3) |
| 13 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 10,000,000 |  Ajeetesh Sandhu (1) |
| 20 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yosuke Iwamoto (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 (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomoharu Otsuki | 3,787,591 |
| 2 | Daisuke Matsubara | 3,262,465 |
| 3 | Yasunobu Fukunaga | 3,244,872 |
| 4 | Rikuya Hoshino | 2,966,811 |
| 5 | Shigeru Nonaka | 2,912,518 |
| 6 | Konosuke Nakazato | 2,891,770 |
| 7 | Tatsunori Nukaga | 2,821,563 |
| 8 | Kang Ji-man | 2,548,817 |
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.
- First two rounds played in August.
- Also a Japan major championship.
- Points reduced from 20 to 16 due to tournament being shortened to 36 holes because of weather.
- 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.