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 featured 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 Ranking starting in 2019, with the winner receiving a minimum of 4 points for a 54-hole event.

Tournament schedules

2019 season
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		WinnerOWGR
pts
7 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000 Park Jun-won4
19 Apri Golf Shaper ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000 Danthai Boonma7
26 AprJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000 Justin De Los Santos7
17 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road To ChampionshipIbaraki15,000,000 Kim Seong-hyeon7
31 MayTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama15,000,000 Yoshikazu Haku4
14 JunLandic Challenge 7Fukuoka15,000,000 Scott Vincent7
21 JunMinamiakita CC Michinoku ChallengeAkita15,000,000 Park Jun-won4
29 JunDaisendori CupTottori16,000,000 Eric Sugimoto4
3 AugTI ChallengeHyōgo 15,000,000 Ham Jeong-woo4
13 SepDelight Works ASP ChallengeTochigi15,000,000 Ham Jeong-woo4
20 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road To ChampionshipSaga15,000,000 Todd Baek4
27 SepElite Grips ChallengeHyōgo 15,000,000 Peter Karmis4
4 OctToshin ChallengeShiga15,000,000 Todd Baek4
11 OctRyo Ishikawa Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi15,000,000 Taiga Sugihara (a)4
25 OctJGTO Novil FinalIbaraki15,000,000 Yoshikazu Haku4

2018 season
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
1 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000 Park Bae-jong
20 Apri Golf Shaper ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000 Naoto Takayanagi
27 AprJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000 Shoji Kawai
18 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipIbaraki15,000,000 Keisuke Kondo
8 JunISPS Handa Challenge CupChiba20,000,000 Ryosuke Kinoshita
22 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka15,000,000 Taihei Sato
29 JunMInami Akita CC Michinoku ChallengeAkita15,000,000 Kazuki Higa
14 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipTottori15,000,000 Dodge Kemmer
21 SepElite Grips ChallengeHyōgo 15,000,000 Taihei Sato
6 OctRyo Ishikawa Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi15,000,000 Taiji Maekawa
19 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama15,000,000 Tomohiro Umeyama
26 OctJGTO Novil FinalIbaraki15,000,000 Yuki Kono

2017 season
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
2 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000 Rikuya Hoshino
28 AprJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Yasunobu Fukunaga
19 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipIbaraki10,000,000 Terumichi Kakazu
9 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupShizuoka13,000,000 Daisuke Matsubara
16 JunRoyal Golf Club ChallengeIbaraki13,000,000 Tomoharu Otsuki
23 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Tomohiro Umeyama
30 JunMInami Akita CC Michinoku ChallengeAkita10,000,000 Keiichi Kaneko
15 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipTottori10,000,000 Kang Ji-man
29 SepElite Grips ChallengeMie10,000,000 Shigeru Nonaka
7 OctRyo Ishikawa Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi10,000,000 Konosuke Nakazato
13 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama10,000,000 Ajeetesh Sandhu
20 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000 Yosuke Iwamoto

2016 season
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
3 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000 Tatsuya Kodai
29 AprFuji Home Service Challenge CupShiga10,000,000 Yoshinobu Tsukada
20 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipGifu10,000,000 Kazuhiro Kida
27 MayFIDRA ClassicSaitama10,000,000 Kunihiro Kamii
10 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupChiba13,000,000 Konosuke Nakazato
17 JunHimawari Dragon CupChiba10,000,000 Yuta Kawakami
24 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Shotaro Wada
1 JulJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Ryuko Tokimatsu
29 JulMinami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge TournamentAkita10,000,000 Tomoyo Ikemura
9 SepSeven Dreamers ChallengeChiba13,000,000 Daisuke Maruyama
23 SepElite Grips ChallengeGunma10,000,000 Jinichiro Kozuma
30 SepHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipHokkaido10,000,000 Konosuke Nakazato
8 OctEveryone Project ChallengeTochigi10,000,000 Yoshinobu Tsukada
14 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentSaitama10,000,000 Daisuke Maruyama
21 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000 Takashi Ogiso

2015 season
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
5 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000 Park Il-hwan
1 MayFuji Home Service Challenge CupShiga10,000,000 Yujiro Ohori
8 MayJapan Create ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Masashi Hidaka
22 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipHiroshima10,000,000 Tatsunori Nukaga
29 MayGood Job ChallengeIbaraki10,000,000 Yu Morimoto
11 JunISPS Handa Global Challenge CupChiba13,000,000 Shigeru Nonaka
19 JunMusee Platinum Challenge TournamentFukushima10,000,000 Yosuke Asaji
26 JunLandic ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Tomoyo Ikemura
3 JulHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipIbaraki10,000,000 Keiichi Kaneko
31 JulMinami Akita Country Club Challenge TournamentAkita10,000,000 Yu Morimoto
21 AugPGA JGTO Challenge CupChiba13,000,000 Keiichi Kaneko
4 SepElite Grips ChallengeGunma10,000,000 Tomoyo Ikemura
11 SepHimawari Dragon CUPChiba10,000,000 Koichi Sugimoto
18 SepSeven Dreamers ChallengeChiba10,000,000 Shota Akiyoshi
10 OctEveryone Project Challenge Golf TournamentTochigi10,000,000 Shota Akiyoshi
16 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentIbaraki10,000,000 Hiroaki Hirai
23 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000 Masamichi Uehira

2014 season
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		Winner
6 AprNovil CupTokushima15,000,000 Soushi Tajima
9 MayPlus One Fukuoka Raizan ChallengeFukuoka10,000,000 Peter Wilson
23 MayHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to ChampionshipHyōgo10,000,000 Shugo Imahira
13 JunFuji Country Kani Club Challenge CupGifu10,000,000 Toru Suzuki
27 JunLandic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion MemorialFukuoka10,000,000 Shintaro Kai
10 JulISPS Charity Challenge TournamentShizuoka15,000,000 Shota Akiyoshi
25 JulHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to ChampionshipNiigata10,000,000 Kiyoshi Miyazato
1 AugAkita TV Minamiakita CC ChallengeAkita10,000,000 Yasunobu Fukunaga
22 AugPGA JGTO Challenge CupChiba13,000,000 Taigen Tsumagari
5 SepMadame Shinco Challenge TournamentHyōgo10,000,000 Peter Wilson
12 SepHimawari Dragon CupChiba10,000,000 Toru Suzuki
19 SepSeven Dreamers ChallengeChiba10,000,000 Yuki Inamori
26 SepElite Grips ChallengeMie10,000,000 Yuichiro Nishi
4 OctIshikawa Ryo Everyone Project ChallengeTochigi15,000,000 Katsufumi Okino
10 OctTaiheiyo Club Challenge TournamentIbaraki10,000,000 Richard Hattori
24 OctJGTO Novil FinalChiba10,000,000 Shugo Imahira

2013 season
DateTournamentWinner
7 AprNovil Cup Jang Dong-kyu
19 AprHeiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship Paul Sheehan
24 MayFuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup Ryuichi Kondo
7 JunISPS Charity Challenge Tournament Hiroyuki Nagamatsu
14 JunAkita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I Sachio Sugiyama
5 JulLandic VanaH Cup KBC Augusta Challenge Kwon Ki-taek
26 JulHeiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship Genki Yanase
2 AugDaisen GC JGTO Challenge II Masayuki Kawamura
16 AugROYZE Corporation Cup in FukuokaRaizan Kwon Ki-taek
6 SepPGA JGTO Challenge Cup in Boso Masamichi Ito
13 SepDragon Cup Toru Suzuki
22 SepEveryone Project Challenge Golf Tournament Shinji Tomimura
28 SepElite Grips JGTO Challenge III Hirotaro Naito
11 OctHeiwa PGM Challenge III Road to Championship Katsunori Kuwabara
25 OctJGTO Novil Final Yoshitaka Takeya

2012 season
DateTournamentWinner
1 AprNovil Cup Yang Ji-ho
20 AprKimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament Daijiro Izumida
25 MayFuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup Naomi Ohta
1 JunMurasaki CC Sumire GMA Challenge Tournament Akio Sadakata
7 JunISPS CharityChallenge Tournament Yosuke Asaji
15 JunAkita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I Yuki Kono
29 JunTokyu Nasu Resort JGTO Challenge II Yuki Kono
14 JulShizu Hills Tommy Cup Koichi Sugimoto
27 JulDaisen GC JGTO Challenge III Masashi Nishimura
13 SepPGA JGTO Challenge Cup I in Onotoyo Achi Sato
21 SepPGA JGTO Challenge Cup II in Boso Satoshi Kodaira
228 SepElite Grips JGTO Challenge IV Toru Morita
19 OctJGTO Novil Final Hur In-hoi

2011 season
DateTournamentWinner
10 AprNovil Cup Tatsunori Nukaga
22 AprKimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament Takanobu Kondo
27 MayFuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup Hidezumi Shirakata
9 JunBoso Country Cup Hirohito Koizumi
1 JulTokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge Chinnarat Phadungsil
9 JulShizu Hills Tommy Cup Koichi Sugimoto
22 JulSRIXON Challenge Hidemichi Haginomori
16 SepToshoen GC JGTO Challenge II Taro Hiroi
22 Sepelite grips JGTO Challenge III Yudai Maeda
21 OctJGTO Novil Final Tatsunori Nukaga

2010 season
DateTournamentWinner
11 AprNovil Cup Soushi Tajima
21 MayToshin Challenge Akira Endo
28 MayFuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup Dinesh Chand
11 JunTohoku Yakurai Cup Dinesh Chand
19 JunShizu Hills Tommy Cup Sushi Ishigaki
25 JunTokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge Chen Chih Chiang
15 JulBoso Country Cup Masayoshi Nakayama
20 AugHatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge Tournament Satoshi Kodaira (a)
10 SepSRIXON Challenge Shunta Maeawakura
17 SepItsuurateien JGTO Challenge 2 Hirohito Koizumi
22 OctJGTO Novil Final 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
2013Kwon Ki-taek South Korea5,326,885
2014Shugo Imahira Japan7,444,288
2015Yu Morimoto Japan4,479,531
2016Yoshinobu Tsukada Japan5,509,115
2017Tomoharu Otsuki Japan3,787,591
2018Taihei Sato Japan7,256,163
2019Yoshikazu Haku Japan6,797,444

Source:[1]

References
  1. "Japan Challenge Tour money list". JGTO. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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