The 2011 Japan Golf Tour was the 39th 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.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 17 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Tadahiro Takayama (4) 20 24 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 120,000,000 Tomohiro Kondo (5) 22 1 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Brendan Jones (10) 18 15 May Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup Hyogo 150,000,000 Hiroo Kawai (1) 22 Japan major 22 May Totoumi Hamamatsu Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Masanori Kobayashi (1) 18 New tournament 29 May Diamond Cup Golf Chiba 120,000,000 Koumei Oda (5) 22 5 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills Ibaraki 150,000,000 Park Jae-bum (1) 18 Japan major 26 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 110,000,000 Hwang Jung-gon (1) 22 24 Jul Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 130,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (4) 20 31 Jul Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (9) 18 21 Aug Kansai Open Golf Championship Hyogo 50,000,000 Cho Min-gyu (1) 16 28 Aug Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Fukuoka 110,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (1) 20 4 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Masatsugu Morofuji (1) 16 11 Sep Toshin Golf Tournament Mie 70,000,000 Lee Dong-hwan (2) 16 18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Kurt Barnes (1) 22 25 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Shiga 150,000,000 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (6) 22 ASA 2 Oct Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (2) 18 9 Oct Canon Open Kanagawa 150,000,000 Kenichi Kuboya (5) 20 16 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Chiba 200,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (3) 32 Flagship event 23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Toru Taniguchi (17) 22 30 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Koichiro Kawano (1) 22 13 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Hideki Matsuyama (a) (1) 26 20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Toshinori Muto (4) 28 27 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Tadahiro Takayama (5) 16 4 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (11) 18 Japan major
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) OWGRpoints Othertours Notes10 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$8,000,000 Charl Schwartzel 100 Major championship 8 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba 25,000,000 Kiyoshi Murota n/a Pro-Am19 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,850,000 Rory McIlroy 100 Major championship 3 Jul Million Yard Cup South Korea US$200,000 Team South Korea n/a Team event17 Jul The Open Championship England £5,000,000 Darren Clarke 100 Major championship14 Aug PGA Championship United States US$8,000,000 Keegan Bradley 100 Major championship 11 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 LPGA of Japan Tour n/a Team event
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Bae Sang-moon 151,078,9582 Tadahiro Takayama 98,718,2023 Ryo Ishikawa 98,282,6034 Toru Taniguchi 96,888,9445 Hiroyuki Fujita 94,355,200
Awards AwardWinner Most Valuable Player Bae Sang-moon Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Park Jae-bum
Japan Challenge Tour
The 2011 Japan Challenge Tour was the 27th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 10 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Tatsunori Nukaga (2) 22 Apr Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament Chiba 10,000,000 Takanobu Kondo (1) 27 May Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup Gifu 10,000,000 Hidezumi Shirakata (2) 9 Jun Boso Country Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Hirohito Koizumi (2) 1 Jul Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge Tochigi 10,000,000 Chinnarat Phadungsil (1) 9 Jul Shizu Hills Tommy Cup Ibaraki 15,000,000 Koichi Sugimoto (1) 22 Jul Srixon Challenge Hokkaido 10,000,000 Hidemichi Haginomori (1) 16 Sep Toshoen GC JGTO Challenge II Tochigi 10,000,000 Taro Hiroi (1) 22 Sep Elite grips JGTO Challenge III Hyōgo 10,000,000 Yudai Maeda (2) 21 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 Tatsunori Nukaga (3)
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2012 Japan Golf Tour.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Tatsunori Nukaga 5,846,2752 Hidezumi Shirakata 3,795,4663 Koichi Sugimoto 3,352,7334 Chinnarat Phadungsil 3,270,9375 Yudai Maeda 2,487,1076 Toru Morita 2,331,320
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