The 1988 PGA of Japan Tour was the 16th 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 1988 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 20 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 40,000,000 Toshimitsu Kai (2) 8 10 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Ian Baker-Finch (2) 8 17 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 40,000,000 Ian Baker-Finch (3) 12 24 Apr Dunlop Open Ibaraki 60,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (35) 20 AGC 1 May The Crowns Aichi 90,000,000 Scott Simpson (n/a) 38 8 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 60,000,000 Ikuo Shirahama (1) 20 15 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup Fukushima 50,000,000 David Ishii (10) 20 22 May Pepsi Ube Open Yamaguchi 50,000,000 Mamoru Kondo (1) 14 29 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Hokkaidō 56,000,000 Brian Jones (6) 20 5 Jun Sendai Classic Miyagi 45,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (18) 14 12 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 50,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (7) 18 19 Jun Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 70,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (19) 16 26 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 60,000,000 Yoshimi Niizeki (1) 20 3 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Hyōgo 30,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (20) 4 3 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Chiba 40,000,000 Tomohiro Maruyama (1) 8 10 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 40,000,000 Hajime Matsui (1) 8 24 Jul Japan PGA Championship Ehime 65,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (10) 36 31 Jul NST Niigata Open Niigata 40,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (8) 10 14 Aug Nikkei Cup Okayama 50,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (36) 8 21 Aug Maruman Open Saitama 70,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (37) 8 28 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 50,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (21) 16 4 Sep Kyusyu Open Oita 15,000,000 Katsuyoshi Tomori (2) 4 4 Sep Chubu Open Aichi 15,000,000 Teruo Nakamura (2) 4 4 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 20,000,000 Yasuo Sone (1) 4 4 Sep Kanto Open Ibaraki 30,000,000 Akihito Yokoyama (1) 6 4 Sep Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 15,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (22) 4 4 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 10,000,000 Mamoru Takahashi (1) 4 11 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 80,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (11) 24 18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 70,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (9) 20 25 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 65,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (17) 24 2 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 60,000,000 Brian Jones (7) 24 9 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 60,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (38) 36 16 Oct Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 60,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (39) 20 23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 80,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (40) 38 30 Oct ABC Lark Cup Hyōgo 150,000,000 Katsunari Takahashi (8) 20 13 Nov Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 100,000,000 Seve Ballesteros (n/a) 38 20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 150,000,000 Ken Green (n/a) 44 27 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 90,000,000 Larry Mize (n/a) 40 4 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 50,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (10) 16 11 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 70,000,000 Saburo Fujiki (8) 18
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 125,162,5402 Naomichi Ozaki 83,782,6973 David Ishii 71,372,0484 Masahiro Kuramoto 63,329,8165 Brian Jones 57,196,366
Japan Challenge Tour
The 1988 Japan Challenge Tour was the fourth 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 1988 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 2 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 14,000,000 Motomasa Aoki (1) 23 Jun Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 15,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (1) 29 Sep Sports Shinko Open Osaka 13,000,000 Isao Isozaki (1)
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