The 1978 PGA of Japan Tour was the sixth 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 1978 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner Othertours Notes 9 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 8,000,000 Tadami Ueno (4) New to PGA of Japan Tour 16 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 10,000,000 Akira Yabe (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour 23 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$70,000 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1) AGC 30 Apr Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000 Isao Aoki (15) 7 May Wizard Tournament Wakayama 25,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour 14 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000 Kosaku Shimada (8) 21 May Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Yamaguchi 25,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (20) 28 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000 Isao Aoki (16) 4 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 23,000,000 Haruo Yasuda (3) 11 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Iwate 30,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (6) 18 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 25,000,000 Isao Aoki (17) 25 Jun Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 Hsieh Min-Nan (2) 2 Jul ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (9) 9 Jul Kansai Open Shiga 15,000,000 Akio Kanemoto (1) 14 Jul Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 3,000,000 Seiji Katayama (1) 15 Jul Chubu Open Mie 12,000,000 Kouichi Inoue (1) 16 Jul Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 5,000,000 Norio Suzuki (8) 16 Jul Kanto Open Niigata 20,000,000 Seiichi Kanai (2) 23 Jul Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 35,000,000 Kesahiko Uchida (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour 6 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Osaka 10,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (10) 6 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Chiba 20,000,000 Isao Aoki (18) 13 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Tochigi 30,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour 20 Aug Japan PGA Championship Hokkaidō 25,000,000 Fujio Kobayashi (2) 27 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000 Kenichi Yamada (2) 27 Aug Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 2,850,000 Koichi Uehara (2) 10 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000 Akio Kanemoto (2) 17 Sep Sanpo Classic Chiba 20,000,000 Koichi Uehara (3) 24 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (21) 8 Oct Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka US$300,000 Gil Morgan (n/a) 15 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 32,000,000 Masaji Kusakabe (3) 21 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 20,000,000 Masaru Amono (1) 29 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000 Hiroshi Ishii (5) 5 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Kanagawa 65,000,000 Seve Ballesteros (n/a) 12 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo US$150,000 Isao Aoki (19) 26 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000 Andy Bean (n/a) 3 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 15,000,000 Isao Aoki (20)
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position Player Prize money (¥)1 Isao Aoki 62,987,2002 Masashi Ozaki 29,017,2863 Kosaku Shimada 28,217,5424 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 26,850,8105 Tōru Nakamura 25,102,008
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