The 1976 PGA of Japan Tour was the fourth 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 1976 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner Othertours Notes 25 Apr Sobu International Open Chiba US$75,000 Ben Arda (3) AGC 2 May Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000 David Graham (n/a) 16 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000 Norio Suzuki (4) 23 May Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Yamaguchi 25,000,000 Peter Thomson (n/a) 30 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000 Kazuo Yoshikawa (1) 6 Jun Dunlop Tournament Ishikawa 20,000,000 Yoshikazu Yokoshima (1) 13 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 20,000,000 Bill Dunk (2) 20 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 23,000,000 Haruo Yasuda (2) 4 Jul ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 Takashi Murakami (8) 11 Jul Kanto Open Saitama 15,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (13) 16 Jul Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 2,100,000 Tadami Ueno (2) 16 Jul Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 2,200,000 Norio Suzuki (5) 17 Jul Chubu Open Fukui 3,000,000 Chen Chien-chin (1) 18 Jul Kansai Open Shiga 10,000,000 Shinsaku Maeda (2) 25 Jul Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 Norio Suzuki (6) 1 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Kagawa 10,000,000 Shinsaku Maeda (3) 8 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Akita 15,000,000 Takashi Murakami (9) 29 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 20,000,000 Graham Marsh (7) 5 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (14) 12 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 35,000,000 Graham Marsh (8) 19 Sep Sanpo Classic Chiba 20,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (15) 26 Sep Japan PGA Championship Kumamoto 20,000,000 Seiichi Kanai (1) 10 Oct Taiheiyo Club Masters Chiba US$300,000 Jerry Pate (n/a) 17 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 32,000,000 Isao Aoki (12) 24 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 20,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (1) 31 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000 Takashi Murakami (10) 7 Nov Sony Charity Classic Kanagawa 30,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (3) 15 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Ibaraki 65,000,000 Kosaku Shimada (4) 21 Nov Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 15,000,000 Shinsaku Maeda (4) 28 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000 Graham Marsh (9) 5 Dec ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo 23,000,000 Tom Watson (n/a)
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 40,985,8012 Takashi Murakami 36,469,9363 Masashi Ozaki 24,608,8724 Kosaku Shimada 21,824,6705 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 21,816,308
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