2016 Japan Golf Tour

The 2016 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 28 January to 4 December. The season consisted of 26 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2016 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships).

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)
WinnerOWGR
pts
Notes
1 Feb [nb 1]SMBC Singapore OpenSingapore120,000,000South Korea Song Young-han (1)28Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
7 FebLeopalace21 Myanmar OpenMyanmar90,000,000South Africa Shaun Norris (1)15Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
17 AprToken Homemate CupMie130,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (11)16
24 AprPanasonic OpenChiba150,000,000Japan Yuta Ikeda (14)16Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
1 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (12)16
22 MayKansai Open Golf ChampionshipWakayama70,000,000South Korea Cho Byung-min (1)16
29 MayGateway to the Open Mizuno OpenOkayama100,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (13)16
5 JunJapan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido HillsIbaraki150,000,000Japan Yosuke Tsukada (1)16
26 JunISPS Handa Global CupIshikawa100,000,000South Korea Park Jun-won (1)20
3 JulShigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy CupHokkaidō150,000,000Japan Hideto Tanihara (12)16
10 JulJapan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles CupHokkaidō150,000,000Japan Hideto Tanihara (13)16
24 JulDunlop Srixon Fukushima OpenFukushima50,000,000Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)16
28 AugRIZAP KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000Japan Ryo Ishikawa (14)16
4 SepFujisankei ClassicYamanashi110,000,000South Korea Cho Min-gyu (2)16
18 SepANA OpenHokkaidō110,000,000Australia Brendan Jones (14)16
25 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfOsaka150,000,000Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (n/a)15Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
2 OctTop Cup Tokai ClassicAichi110,000,000Japan Daisuke Kataoka (2)16
9 OctHonma TourWorld Cup at Trophia GolfIbaraki100,000,000Japan Yuta Ikeda (15)16Playoff concluded on Monday
16 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipSaitama200,000,000Japan Hideki Matsuyama (7)32
23 OctBridgestone OpenChiba150,000,000Japan Satoshi Kodaira (4)18
30 OctMynavi ABC ChampionshipHyōgo150,000,000Japan Shingo Katayama (30)16
6 NovHeiwa PGM ChampionshipChiba200,000,000Japan Hideto Tanihara (14)16
13 NovMitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka200,000,000Japan Hideki Matsuyama (8)23
20 NovDunlop PhoenixMiyazaki200,000,000United States Brooks Koepka (n/a)26
27 NovCasio World OpenKōchi200,000,000Japan Yuta Ikeda (16)16Shortened to 54 holes
4 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo130,000,000South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1)18

Source:[1]

Leaders

Money list leaders

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Yuta Ikeda207,901,567
2Japan Hideto Tanihara171,902,867
3South Korea Kim Kyung-tae113,714,688
4South Korea Song Young-han91,562,130
5Japan Daisuke Kataoka86,019,113

Source:[2]

Scoring average leaders

PositionPlayerScoring average
1Japan Yuta Ikeda69.62
2Japan Hideto Tanihara69.67
3South Korea Kim Kyung-tae70.05
4South Korea Song Young-han70.21
5Australia Brad Kennedy70.43

Source:[3]

Footnotes

  1. Final round delayed to Monday due to bad weather and lightning.

References

  1. "2016 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.
  2. "2016 Prize Money List". JGTO.
  3. "2016 Scoring Average". JGTO.
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