The 2015 Japan Golf Tour was the 43rd 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 2015 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 19 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Michael Hendry (1) 16 3 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Jang Ik-jae (3) 16 17 May Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup Saitama 150,000,000 Adam Bland (1) 16 Japan major 24 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Shiga 70,000,000 Daisuke Kataoka (1) 16 31 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Taichi Teshima (8) 16 7 Jun Japan Golf Tour ChampionshipMori Building Cup Shishido Hills Ibaraki 150,000,000 Liang Wenchong (1) 16 Japan major 14 Jun Singha Corporation Thailand Open Thailand US$1,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (6) 11 ONE 28 Jun ISPS Handa Global Cup Yamanashi 100,000,000 Toshinori Muto (6) 24 New tournament 5 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Hiroshi Iwata (2) 16 12 Jul Musee Platinum Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (7) 16 New tournament 26 Jul Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Prayad Marksaeng (5) 16 30 Aug RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 110,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (13) 16 6 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (8) 16 20 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa (12) 16 27 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Ibaraki 150,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (9) 15 ASA 4 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Kim Hyung-sung (4) 16 11 Oct Honma TourWorld Cup Ibaraki 100,000,000 Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 16 New tournament 18 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Satoshi Kodaira (3) 32 Flagship event 25 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Michio Matsumura (5) 16 1 Nov Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (10) 16 8 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Chiba 200,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (11) 16 15 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Shingo Katayama (29) 22 22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Yūsaku Miyazato (3) 24 29 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Hwang Jung-gon (3) 16 6 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa (13) 17 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 Notes12 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$10,000,000 Jordan Spieth 100 Major championship 10 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba 50,000,000 Seiki Okuda n/a Pro-Am21 Jun U.S. Open United States US$10,000,000 Jordan Spieth 100 Major championship20 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £6,300,000 Zach Johnson 100 Major championship16 Aug PGA Championship United States US$10,000,000 Jason Day 100 Major championship 13 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 Kim Kyung-tae 165,981,6252 Yūsaku Miyazato 103,999,1193 Yuta Ikeda 99,380,3174 Yoshinori Fujimoto 98,642,4495 Shingo Katayama 90,577,641
Awards AwardWinner Most Valuable Player Kim Kyung-tae Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Song Young-han
Japan Challenge Tour
The 2015 Japan Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 5 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Park Il-hwan (1) 1 May Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup Shiga 10,000,000 Yujiro Ohori (1) 8 May Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Masashi Hidaka (1) 22 May Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship Hiroshima 10,000,000 Tatsunori Nukaga (4) 29 May Good Job Challenge Ibaraki 10,000,000 Yu Morimoto (1) 11 Jun ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup Chiba 13,000,000 Shigeru Nonaka (3) 19 Jun Musee Platinum Challenge Tournament Fukushima 10,000,000 Yosuke Asaji (2) 26 Jun Landic Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Tomoyo Ikemura (1) 3 Jul Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship Ibaraki 10,000,000 Keiichi Kaneko (1) 31 Jul Minami Akita Country Club Challenge Tournament Akita 10,000,000 Yu Morimoto (2) 21 Aug PGA JGTO Challenge Cup Chiba 13,000,000 Keiichi Kaneko (2) 4 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Gunma 10,000,000 Tomoyo Ikemura (2) 11 Sep Himawari Dragon CUP Chiba 10,000,000 Koichi Sugimoto (3) 18 Sep Seven Dreamers Challenge Chiba 10,000,000 Shota Akiyoshi (2) 10 Oct Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament Tochigi 10,000,000 Shota Akiyoshi (3) 16 Oct Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Ibaraki 10,000,000 Hiroaki Hirai (1) 23 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 Masamichi Uehira (5)
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top 10 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Yu Morimoto 4,479,5312 Shota Akiyoshi 4,476,5323 Tomoyo Ikemura 4,176,3274 Keiichi Kaneko 3,933,9185 Park Il-hwan 3,786,8046 Yosuke Asaji 3,503,1417 Yujiro Ohori 3,050,2548 Tatsunori Nukaga 3,024,3469 Masashi Hidaka 2,959,58310 Masamichi Uehira 2,863,443
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