The 1973 PGA of Japan Tour was the inaugural season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1973 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner(s) Notes 29 Apr Chunichi Crowns Aichi 18,000,000 Isao Aoki (1) 13 May Kanto Pro Championship Chiba 10,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (1) 20 May Pepsi Tournament Kanagawa 25,000,000 Isao Aoki (2) 27 May Dunlop Tournament Chiba 15,000,000 Ben Arda (1) 3 Jun World Friendship Nara 10,000,000 Lu Liang-Huan (1) 17 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 10,000,000 Isao Aoki (3) New tournament 8 Jul ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 15,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (2) 15 Jul Aero Masters Tokyo 25,000,000 Fumio Tanaka (1) New tournament 19 Jul Kansai Open Hyōgo 6,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (1) 29 Jul All Japan Doubles Hokkaidō 10,000,000 Takashi Murakami (1) and Hideyo Sugimoto (1) Team event 5 Aug Tohoku Classic Miyagi 10,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (3) 9 Aug Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 2,000,000 Kunio Koike (1) 12 Aug Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000 Graham Marsh (1) New tournament 19 Aug Suntory Open Shizuoka 30,000,000 Hideyo Sugimoto (2) New tournament 24 Aug Chushikoku Open Yamaguchi 1,000,000 Mitsuhiko Masuda (1) 26 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 15,000,000 Isao Aoki (4) New tournament 30 Aug Chubu Open Gifu 2,000,000 Hiroshi Ishii (1) 2 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 8,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (1) 8 Sep Kansai Pro Championship Saga 8,000,000 Kosaku Shimada (1) 9 Sep Kanto Open Saitama 10,000,000 Takashi Kurihara (1) 16 Sep Sanpo Classic Chiba 10,000,000 Namio Takasu (1) 23 Sep First Flight Tournament Shizuoka 12,000,000 Takaaki Kono (1) 30 Sep Japan Open Golf Championship Osaka 20,000,000 Ben Arda (2) 7 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 10,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (2) 14 Oct Taiheiyo Club Masters Chiba 90,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (4) 21 Oct Japan PGA Championship Gifu 10,000,000 Isao Aoki (5) 28 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 16,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (5) 4 Nov Bridgestone Tournament Tokyo 15,000,000 Hiroshi Ishii (2) 25 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Wakayama 23,000,000 Al Geiberger (n/a) 9 Dec ANA Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 10,000,000 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (1) New tournament
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 43,814,0002 Isao Aoki 31,595,9263 Teruo Sugihara 13,965,7964 Tōru Nakamura 13,806,1905 Kosaku Shimada 13,518,570
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