The 2023 Japan Golf Tour was the 50th 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 2023 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 2 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Shugo Imahira (8) 6.93 16 Apr Kansai Open Golf Championship Osaka 80,000,000 Taiga Semikawa (3) 5.43 23 Apr ISPS Handa Championship in Japan Ibaraki US$2,000,000 Lucas Herbert (n/a) 19.22 EUR 30 Apr The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Hiroshi Iwata (5) 6.30 21 May Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament Ibaraki 60,000,000 Juvic Pagunsan (2) 5.09 Pro-Am 28 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 80,000,000 Kensei Hirata (1) 6.39 4 Jun BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Ibaraki 150,000,000 Takumi Kanaya (4) 6.64 Japan major 11 Jun ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament Fukuoka 100,000,000 Keita Nakajima (2) 5.67 18 Jun Hana Bank Invitational Chiba 100,000,000 Yang Ji-ho (1) 7.33 KOR New to Japan Golf Tour 25 Jun Japan Players Championship Tochigi 50,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (18) 5.63 2 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Jbe' Kruger (2) 6.52 30 Jul Japan PGA Championship Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Kensei Hirata (2) 5.89 Japan major 6 Aug Yokohama Minato Championship Kanagawa 100,000,000 Keita Nakajima (3) 6.09 New tournament 27 Aug Sansan KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Song Young-han (2) 6.07 3 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Takumi Kanaya (5) 6.07 10 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,400,000,000 Koh Gun-taek (1) 8.52 ASA, KOR 17 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (19) 5.36 24 Sep Panasonic Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Tomoharu Otsuki (3) 5.56 1 Oct Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Yuta Kinoshita (2) 5.88 8 Oct ACN Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Yuki Inamori (5) 4.40 15 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Osaka 210,000,000 Aguri Iwasaki (1) 6.64 Japan major 5 Nov Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 120,000,000 Keita Nakajima (4) 5.58 12 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Shugo Imahira (9) 5.48 19 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Yuta Sugiura (a) (1) 9.97 26 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Taichi Nabetani (1) 6.57 3 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Taiga Semikawa (4) 4.11 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 Notes9 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$18,000,000 Jon Rahm 100 Major championship21 May PGA Championship United States US$17,500,000 Brooks Koepka 100 Major championship18 Jun U.S. Open United States US$20,000,000 Wyndham Clark 100 Major championship23 Jul The Open Championship England US$16,500,000 Brian Harman 100 Major championship 22 Oct Zozo Championship Chiba US$8,500,000 Collin Morikawa 30.19 PGAT 10 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. The top three players on the money list earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).

Position Player Prize money (¥) Status earned1 Keita Nakajima 184,986,179 Promoted to European Tour2 Taiga Semikawa 155,819,7493 Takumi Kanaya 141,162,3324 Song Young-han 110,545,499 5 Shugo Imahira 102,043,499

Awards AwardWinner Most Valuable Player Keita Nakajima Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Keita Nakajima

Japan Challenge Tour

The 2023 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2023 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)WinnerOWGRpoints 7 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Taiga Sugihara (2) 2.75 21 Apr i Golf Shaper Challenge Fukuoka 15,000,000 Kosuke Suzuki (1) 2.51 12 May Japan Players Championship Challenge Fukui 15,000,000 Kosuke Suzuki (2) 2.51 26 May Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 15,000,000 Shinji Tomimura (2) 1.49 9 Jun Landic Challenge 10 Fukuoka 15,000,000 Sho Nagasawa (1) 1.68 16 Jun Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 15,000,000 Tatsunori Shogenji (1) 2.06 14 Jul Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge Akita 15,000,000 Tatsunori Shogenji (2) 2.09 2 Sep Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge Fukushima 15,000,000 Yuta Sugiura (a) (1) 1.53 8 Sep PGM Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000 Daiki Imano (1) 1.75 29 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000 Taichi Kimura (1) 1.33 6 Oct Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 15,000,000 Kuranosuke Shimizu (a) (1) 1.15 20 Oct Delight Works JGTO Final Ibaraki 20,000,000 Yushi Ito (1) 1.82

Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2024 Japan Golf Tour.

Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Tatsunori Shogenji 11,253,1062 Kosuke Suzuki 5,604,8353 Sejung Hiramoto 4,484,2304 Shinji Tomimura 4,470,7555 Masamichi Ito 4,250,833

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