The 1997 PGA of Japan Tour was the 25th season of 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 1997 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes16 MarToken Corporation CupKagoshima100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (83)2223 MarDydo Drinco Shizuoka OpenShizuoka100,000,000 Hisayuki Sasaki (3)1830 MarJust System KSB OpenOkayama70,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (1)166 AprDescente Classic Munsingwear CupIbaraki100,000,000 Peter Teravainen (2)1620 AprTsuruya OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Mitsuo Harada (1)1627 AprKirin OpenIbaraki100,000,000 Kim Jong-duck (1)22AGC4 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (84)3611 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka120,000,000 Kenichi Kuboya (1)2218 MayJapan PGA ChampionshipIbaraki100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (4)2225 MayUbe Kosan OpenYamaguchi100,000,000 Shigenori Mori (2)161 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentHyōgo120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (85)188 JunJCB Classic SendaiMiyagi100,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (1)1815 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Hirofumi Miyase (1)1622 JunYomiuri OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (5)1829 JunMizuno OpenIshikawa100,000,000 Brian Watts (9)226 JulPGA Philanthropy TournamentYamanashi100,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (24)1613 JulYonex Open HiroshimaHiroshima80,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (25)1627 JulNikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura MemorialIbaraki100,000,000 Yeh Chang-ting (1)203 AugNST Niigata Open Golf ChampionshipNiigata60,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (4)1610 AugSanko Grand Summer ChampionshipGunma100,000,000 Shoichi Kuwabara (1)1617 AugAcom InternationalFukushima100,000,000 Kazuo Kanayama (1)1631 AugHisamitsu-KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (86)187 SepJapan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise CupHokkaidō80,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (6)1814 SepSuntory OpenChiba100,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (1)2621 SepANA OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Shinichi Yokota (1)2828 SepGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi110,000,000 Eduardo Herrera (3)225 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipFukuoka120,000,000 Craig Parry (n/a)32Flagship event12 OctTokai ClassicAichi110,000,000 Brandt Jobe (2)2419 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka100,000,000 Brandt Jobe (3)1626 OctBridgestone OpenChiba120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (87)282 NovPhilip Morris ChampionshipHyōgo200,000,000 Brian Watts (10)2616 NovSumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka150,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a)3623 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000 Tom Watson (n/a)3830 NovCasio World OpenKagoshima150,000,000 Mitsutaka Kusakabe (2)287 DecGolf Nippon Series Hitachi CupTokyo100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (7)2214 DecDaikyo OpenOkinawa120,000,000 Kenichi Kuboya (2)16
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Masashi Ozaki 170,847,6332 Shigeki Maruyama 152,774,4203 Brian Watts 111,153,1984 Naomichi Ozaki 96,994,3615 Tateo Ozaki 77,555,311
Japan Challenge Tour
The 1997 Japan Challenge Tour was the 13th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 28 Mar Sanko 72 Open Gunma 10,000,000 Hiroshi Tominaga (1) 17 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Ibaraki 10,000,000 Shoichi Yamamoto (1) 25 Apr Nishino Cup in Central Ibaraki 10,000,000 Toshiaki Odate (1) 8 May Kabaya Ohayo Cup Shizuoka 10,000,000 Minoru Kawahara (1) 30 May Daiwa Cup Kochi Open Kochi 10,000,000 Go Higaki (1) 5 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (1) 26 Jun Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000 Yoshikatsu Saito (2) 26 Jul Twin Fields Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (2) 30 Jul Komatsu Country Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000 Richard Backwell (1) 12 Sep World Wood Golf Club Cup Aichi 10,000,000 Kunihiko Masuda (1) 2 Oct Matsugamine Open Niigata 10,000,000 Shoichi Yamamoto (2) 9 Oct Korakuen Cup (3rd) Oita 10,000,000 Yukio Noguchi (3) 23 Oct Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open Yamanashi 10,000,000 Shuichi Sano (1) 20 Nov Korakuen Cup (4th) Tochigi 10,000,000 Takanori Hano (1)
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