Japan Challenge Tour

The Japan Challenge Tour is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. It has been in operation since 1985. The 2018 schedule features 12 tournaments, with prize funds of mostly ¥15 million. This is about a tenth of the level of prize money per event on offer on the main Japanese Tour, and the main tour also has a longer season.

In 2018, internet television provider AbemaTV became the tour's sponsor. It was also announced that the tour would be included into the Official World Golf Rankings starting in 2019.

Tournament schedules

2018 season

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
1 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000South Korea Park Bae-jong
20 Apri Golf Shaper ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000Japan Naoto Takayanagi
27 AprJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000Japan Shoji Kawai
18 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipIbaraki15,000,000Japan Keisuke Kondo
8 JunISPS Handa Challenge CupChiba20,000,000Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita
22 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000Japan Taihei Sato
29 JunMInami Akita CC Michinoku ChallengeAkita15,000,000Japan Kazuki Higa
14 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipTottori15,000,000
21 SepElite Grips ChallengeHyogo15,000,000
6 OctRyo Ishikawa Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi15,000,000
19 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama15,000,000
26 OctJGTO Novil FinalIbaraki15,000,000

2017 season

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
2 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000Japan Rikuya Hoshino
28 AprJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Yasunobu Fukunaga
19 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipIbaraki10,000,000Japan Terumichi Kakazu
9 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupShizuoka13,000,000Japan Daisuke Matsubara
16 JunRoyal Golf Club ChallengeIbaraki13,000,000Japan Tomoharu Otsuki
23 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Tomohiro Umeyama
30 JunMInami Akita CC Michinoku ChallengeAkita10,000,000Japan Keiichi Kaneko
15 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipTottori10,000,000South Korea Kang Ji-man
29 SepElite Grips ChallengeMie10,000,000Japan Shigeru Nonaka
7 OctRyo Ishikawa Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi10,000,000Japan Konosuke Nakazato
13 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama10,000,000India Ajeetesh Sandhu
20 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000Japan Yosuke Iwamoto

2016 season

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
3 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000Japan Tatsuya Kodai
29 AprFuji Home Service Challenge CupShiga10,000,000Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada
20 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipGifu10,000,000Japan Kazuhiro Kida
27 MayFIDRA ClassicSaitama10,000,000Japan Kunihiro Kamii
10 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupChiba13,000,000Japan Konosuke Nakazato
17 JunHimawari Dragon CupChiba10,000,000Japan Yuta Kawakami
24 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Shotaro Wada
1 JulJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu
29 JulMinami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge TournamentAkita10,000,000Japan Tomoyo Ikemura
9 SepSeven Dreamers ChallengeChiba13,000,000Japan Daisuke Maruyama
23 SepElite Grips ChallengeGunma10,000,000Japan Jinichiro Kozuma
30 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipHokkaido10,000,000Japan Konosuke Nakazato
8 OctEveryone Project ChallengeTochigi10,000,000Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada
14 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama10,000,000Japan Daisuke Maruyama
21 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000Japan Takashi Ogiso

2015 season

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
5 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000South Korea Park Il-hwan
1 MayFuji Home Service Challenge CupShiga10,000,000Japan Yujiro Ohori
8 MayJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Masashi Hidaka
22 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipHiroshima10,000,000Japan Tatsunori Nukaga
29 MayGood Job ChallengeIbaraki10,000,000Japan Yu Morimoto
11 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupChiba13,000,000Japan Shigeru Nonaka
19 JunMusee Platinum Challenge TournamentFukushima10,000,000Japan Yosuke Asaji
26 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Japan Tomoyo Ikemura
3 JulHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipIbaraki10,000,000Japan Keiichi Kaneko
31 JulMinami Akita Country Club Challenge TournamentAkita10,000,000Japan Yu Morimoto
21 AugPGA JGTO Challenge CupChiba13,000,000Japan Keiichi Kaneko
4 SepElite Grips ChallengeGunma10,000,000Japan Tomoyo Ikemura
11 SepHimawari Dragon CUPChiba10,000,000Japan Koichi Sugimoto
18 SepSeven Dreamers ChallengeChiba10,000,000Japan Shota Akiyoshi
10 OctEveryone Project Challenge Golf TournamentTochigi10,000,000Japan Shota Akiyoshi
16 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentIbaraki10,000,000Japan Hiroaki Hirai
23 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000Japan Masamichi Uehira

2014 season

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
6 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000Japan Soushi Tajima
9 MayPlus One Fukuoka Raizan ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000Australia Peter Wilson
23 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipHyōgo10,000,000Japan Shugo Imahira
13 JunFuji Country Kani Club Challenge CupGifu10,000,000Japan Toru Suzuki
27 JunLandic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion MemorialFukuoka10,000,000Japan Shintaro Kai
10 JulISPS Charity Challenge TournamentShizuoka15,000,000Japan Shota Akiyoshi
25 JulHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipNiigata10,000,000Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato
1 AugAkita TV Minamiakita CC ChallengeAkita10,000,000Japan Yasunobu Fukunaga
22 AugPGA JGTO Challenge CupChiba13,000,000Japan Taigen Tsumagari
5 SepMadame Shinco Challenge TournamentHyōgo10,000,000Australia Peter Wilson
12 SepHimawari Dragon CupChiba10,000,000Japan Toru Suzuki
19 SepSeven Dreamers ChallengeChiba10,000,000Japan Yuki Inamori
26 SepElite Grips ChallengeMie10,000,000Japan Yuichiro Nishi
4 OctIshikawa Ryo Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi15,000,000Japan Katsufumi Okino
10 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentIbaraki10,000,000United States Richard Hattori
24 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000Japan Shugo Imahira

2013 season

DateTournamentWinner
7 AprNovil CupSouth Korea Dong-Kyu Jang
19 AprHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipAustralia Paul Sheehan
24 MayFuji Country Kani Club Challenge CupJapan Ryuichi Kondo
7 JunISPS Charity Challenge TournamentJapan Hiroyuki Nagamatsu
14 JunAkita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge IJapan Sachio Sugiyama
5 JulLandic VanaH Cup KBC Augusta ChallengeSouth Korea K T Kwon
26 JulHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipJapan Genki Yanase
2 AugDaisen GC JGTO Challenge IIJapan Masayuki Kawamura
16 AugROYZE Corporation Cup in FukuokaRaizanSouth Korea K T Kwon
6 SepPGA JGTO Challenge Cup in BosoJapan Masamichi Ito
13 SepDragon CupJapan Toru Suzuki
22 SepEveryone Project Challenge Golf TournamentJapan Shinji Tomimura
28 SepElite Grips JGTO Challenge IIIJapan Hirotaro Naito
11 OctHeiwa PGM Challenge III Road to ChampionshipJapan Katsunori Kuwabara
25 OctJGTO Novil FinalJapan Yoshitaka Takeya

2012 season

DateTournamentWinner
1 AprNovil CupSouth Korea Ji-Ho Yang
20 AprKimisarazu GL GMA Challenge TournamentJapan Daijiro Izumida
25 MayFuji Country Kani Club Challenge CupJapan Naomi Ohta
1 JunMurasaki CC Sumire GMA Challenge TournamentJapan Akio Sadakata
7 JunISPS CharityChallenge TournamentJapan Yosuke Asaji
15 JunAkita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge IJapan Yuki Kono
29 JunTokyu Nasu Resort JGTO Challenge IIJapan Yuki Kono
14 JulShizu Hills Tommy CupJapan Koichi Sugimoto
27 JulDaisen GC JGTO Challenge IIIJapan Masashi Nishimura
13 SepPGA JGTO Challenge Cup I in OnotoyoJapan Achi Sato
21 SepPGA JGTO Challenge Cup II in BosoJapan Satoshi Kodaira
228 SepElite Grips JGTO Challenge IVJapan Toru Morita
19 OctJGTO Novil FinalSouth Korea In-Hoi Hur

2011 season

DateTournamentWinner
10 AprNovil CupJapan Tatsunori Nukaga
22 AprKimisarazu GL GMA Challenge TournamentJapan Takanobu Kondo
27 MayFuji Country Kanai Club Challenge CupJapan Hidezumi Shirakata
9 JunBoso Country CupJapan Hirohito Koizumi
1 JulTokyu Resort Nasu JGTO ChallengeThailand Chinnarat Phadungsil
9 JulShizu Hills Tommy CupJapan Koichi Sugimoto
22 JulSRIXON ChallengeJapan Hidemichi Haginomori
16 SepToshoen GC JGTO Challenge IIJapan Taro Hiroi
22 Sepelite grips JGTO Challenge IIIJapan Yudai Maeda
21 OctJGTO Novil FinalJapan Tatsunori Nukaga

2010 season

DateTournamentWinner
11 AprNovil CupJapan Soushi Tajima
21 MayToshin ChallengeJapan Akira Endo
28 MayFuji Country Kanai Club Challenge CupFiji Dinesh Chand
11 JunTohoku Yakurai CupFiji Dinesh Chand
19 JunShizu Hills Tommy CupJapan Sushi Ishigaki
25 JunTokyu Resort Nasu JGTO ChallengeTaiwan Chen Chih Chiang
15 JulBoso Country CupJapan Masayoshi Nakayama
20 AugHatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge TournamentJapan Satoshi Kodaira (am)
10 SepSRIXON ChallengeJapan Shunta Maeawakura
17 SepItsuurateien JGTO Challenge 2Japan Hirohito Koizumi
22 OctJGTO Novil FinalSouth Korea Park Sung-joon

Money list winners

YearPlayerCountryPrize money (¥)
2005Shoichi Ideguchi Japan5,070,263
2006Takaki Ono Japan7,710,069
2007Michio Matsumura Japan6,685,183
2008Masamichi Uehira Japan6,329,033
2009Chris Campbell Australia6,136,154
2010Dinesh Chand Fiji4,780,625
2011Tatsunori Nukaga Japan5,846,275
2012Yuki Koko Japan4,607,237
2013K T Kwon South Korea5,326,885
2014Shugo Imahira Japan7,444,288
2015Yu Morimoto Japan4,479,531
2016Yoshinobu Tsukada Japan5,509,115
2017Tomoharu Otsuki Japan3,787,591

Source:[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Japan Challenge Tour money list". JGTO. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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