The 1987 PGA of Japan Tour was the 15th 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 1987 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 22 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 35,000,000 Lu Liang-Huan (8) 10 12 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Kinpachi Yoshimura (3) 10 19 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 35,000,000 Norio Mikami (2) 10 26 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki 50,000,000 Isao Aoki (42) 24 AGC 3 May The Crowns Ibaraki 90,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (32) 42 10 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 60,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (33) 22 17 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup Ibaraki 40,000,000 Katsunari Takahashi (7) 22 24 May Pepsi Ube Open Yamaguchi 45,000,000 Chen Tze-ming (5) 20 31 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Hyōgo 56,000,000 Brian Jones (5) 22 7 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 42,000,000 Seiichi Kanai (10) 16 14 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 40,000,000 David Ishii (4) 18 21 Jun Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open Hyōgo 50,000,000 Satoshi Higashi (1) 16 28 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 50,000,000 David Ishii (5) 20 5 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Gunma 30,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (6) 6 5 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Kōchi 25,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (11) 4 12 Jul Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (3) 10 26 Jul Japan PGA Championship Chiba 60,000,000 David Ishii (6) 36 2 Aug NST Niigata Open Niigata 40,000,000 Tadao Nakamura (1) 10 16 Aug Nikkei Cup Gifu 40,000,000 Nobuo Serizawa (1) 10 23 Aug Maruman Open Saitama 60,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (16) 10 30 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 50,000,000 Saburo Fujiki (7) 18 6 Sep Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 15,000,000 Katsuyoshi Tomori (1) 4 6 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 20,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (1) 4 6 Sep Kanto Open Chiba 30,000,000 Yoshikazu Yokoshima (3) 10 6 Sep Chushikoku Open Okayama 15,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (17) 4 6 Sep Chubu Open Gifu 15,000,000 Eitaro Deguchi (5) 4 6 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 10,000,000 Akihiko Kojima (1) 4 13 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 60,000,000 Noboru Sugai (1) 20 20 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 50,000,000 Isao Aoki (43) 18 27 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 56,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (34) 14 4 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 60,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (31) 22 11 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 60,000,000 Isao Aoki (44) 36 18 Oct Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 60,000,000 Ian Baker-Finch (1) 20 25 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 80,000,000 David Ishii (7) 38 1 Nov ABC Japan-U.S. Match Hyōgo 65,000,000 Andy Bean (n/a) n/a 15 Nov Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 90,000,000 Graham Marsh (18) 44 22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 140,000,000 Craig Stadler (n/a) 46 29 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 90,000,000 David Ishii (8) 42 6 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 30,000,000 Isao Aoki (45) David Ishii (9) 20 Title shared 13 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 70,000,000 Isamu Sugita (1) 12
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 David Ishii 86,554,4212 Masashi Ozaki 76,981,1993 Hajime Meshiai 49,854,1334 Masahiro Kuramoto 49,171,3005 Isao Aoki 47,939,450
Japan Challenge Tour
The 1987 Japan Challenge Tour was the third 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 1987 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)Winner 4 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 13,000,000 Hiroshi Gohda (1) 30 Jul Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 12,000,000 Minoru Kawakami (1) 1 Oct Sports Shinko Open Osaka 13,000,000 Toshimitsu Kai (1)
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