The 2000 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2000 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th 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.
Iiyama title sponsorship It was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, being renamed as the iiyama Tour. The agreement was reported to be worth over three years.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Notes12 MarToken Corporation CupKagoshima100,000,000 Nobuo Serizawa (5)1619 MarDydo Drinco Shizuoka OpenShizuoka100,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (7)1616 AprTsuruya OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Richard Backwell (1)1623 AprAsia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin OpenIbaraki100,000,000 Shingo Katayama (3)1630 AprThe CrownsAichi110,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (8)247 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka110,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (15)1614 MayJapan PGA ChampionshipChiba110,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (3)16Japan major21 MayMunsingwear Open KSB CupOkayama120,000,000 Shingo Katayama (4)16New tournament28 MayMitsubishi Motors TournamentShiga100,000,000 Hirofumi Miyase (3)164 JunJCB Classic SendaiMiyagi100,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (4)1611 JunPGA Philanthropy TournamentNara50,000,000 Masashi Shimada (1)1618 JunTamanoi Yomiuri OpenHyōgo90,000,000 Yoshi Mizumaki (7)1625 JunGateway to The Open Mizuno OpenOkayama90,000,000 Yasuharu Imano (2)162 JulJGTO TPC iiyama CupTochigi120,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa (5)16New tournamentJapan major9 JulJuken Sangyo Open HiroshimaHiroshima90,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (3)1616 JulAiful CupAomori90,000,000 Dean Wilson (1)1630 JulNST Niigata Open Golf ChampionshipNiigata50,000,000 Hidezumi Shirakata (1)166 AugSun Chlorella ClassicHokkaidō100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (93)1627 AugHisamitsu-KBC AugustaFukuoka90,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa (6)163 SepJapan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise CupHokkaidō80,000,000 Kaname Yokoo (3)1610 SepSuntory OpenChiba90,000,000 Kiyoshi Maita (1)1617 SepANA OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (5)1624 SepAcom InternationalIbaraki110,000,000 Toru Taniguchi (2)168 OctTokai ClassicAichi100,000,000 Hirofumi Miyase (4)1615 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipChiba120,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (29)32Flagship event22 OctBridgestone OpenChiba110,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (6)1629 OctPhilip Morris ChampionshipHyōgo200,000,000 Toru Taniguchi (3)165 NovUbe Kosan OpenYamaguchi140,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (4)1612 NovSumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka140,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa (7)1619 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000 Shingo Katayama (5)3426 NovCasio World OpenKagoshima140,000,000 Toru Suzuki (5)223 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo90,000,000 Shingo Katayama (6)16Japan major10 DecFancl Open in OkinawaOkinawa90,000,000 Shingo Katayama (7)16
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 OWGRpoints Notes9 AprMasters TournamentUnited StatesUS$4,600,000 Vijay Singh100Major championship18 JunU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$4,500,000 Tiger Woods100Major championship23 JulThe Open ChampionshipScotland£2,800,000 Tiger Woods100Major championship20 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$5,000,000 Tiger Woods100Major championship
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Shingo Katayama 177,116,4892 Toru Taniguchi 175,829,7423 Nobuhito Sato 155,246,9004 Toshimitsu Izawa 120,316,6335 Hidemichi Tanaka 108,807,851
Awards AwardWinner Most Valuable Player Shingo Katayama Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Dean Wilson
Japan Challenge Tour
The 2000 Japan Challenge Tour was the 16th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 14 Apr PRGR Cup (East) Tochigi 10,000,000 Naoki Hattori (1) 20 Apr Kourakuen Cup (1st) Oita 10,000,000 Mitsuhiro Tateyama (1) 27 Apr Nishino Cup Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Koichi Nogami (1) 12 May Hisamitsu Seiyaku KBC Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Masanori Kobayashi (1) 2 Jun Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000 Yukiharu Morita (1) 6 Jul Kourakuen Cup (2nd) Tochigi 10,000,000 Hajime Tanaka (1) 19 Jul PRGR Cup (West) Shiga 10,000,000 Masanori Kobayashi (2) 3 Aug JGTO iiyama Challenge 1 Shiga 10,000,000 Taisuke Kitajima (4) 21 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Fukushima 10,000,000 Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa (1) 5 Oct JGTO iiyama Challenge 2 Hyōgo 10,000,000 Takeshi Ohyama (1) 21 Oct Shinwa Golf Classic Shiga 10,000,000 Tatsuo Takasaki (1) 2 Nov Kourakuen Cup (3rd) Chiba 10,000,000 Yui Ueda (1)
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2001 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Masanori Kobayashi 3,851,2502 Tatsuo Takasaki 3,838,1303 Naoki Hattori 3,477,7244 Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa 3,414,9675 Taisuke Kitajima 3,058,938
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