The 2026 Japan Golf Tour is the 53rd 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.
Changes for 2026 The season marked a switch of format from the traditional money list to a points list.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2026 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes 8 Mar ISPS Handa Japan-Australasia Championship New Zealand A$1,200,000 Travis Smyth (n/a) 9.50 ANZ New tournament 12 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Tomohiro Ishizaka (1) 5.81 26 Apr Maezawa Cup Chiba 200,000,000 Ren Yonezawa (3) 5.52 3 May The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Mikumu Horikawa (5) 6.68 17 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Osaka 80,000,000 Yoshinori Fujimoto (3) 8.13 24 May Japan PGA Championship Senko Group Cup Shiga 150,000,000 Yusaku Hosono (1) 7.88 Japan major 31 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Shaun Norris (9) 7.99 7 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Ibaraki 150,000,000 Hiroshi Iwata (8) 8.02 Japan major 5 Jul Japan Players Championship Tochigi 50,000,000 Aguri Iwasaki (3) 8.87 23 Aug Jumbo Ozaki Memorial Tournament Gunma 100,000,000 Sejung Hiramoto (1) 8.17 New tournament 30 Aug Sansan KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Lee Sang-hee (1) 8.59 13 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,500,000,000 Kosuke Sunagawa (1) 9.20 KOR 20 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Hirotaro Naito (1) 7.23 27 Sep Richard Mille Charity Tournament Ishikawa 100,000,000 Kaito Onishi (2) 7.48 4 Oct Drugstore Cosmos Cup Shizuoka 150,000,000 Hiroshi Iwata (9) 7.15 New tournament 18 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Shiga 210,000,000 Japan major 25 Oct Fortinet Players Cup Chiba 150,000,000 1 Nov Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 8 Nov ACN Championship Hyōgo 120,000,000 15 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 29 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 180,000,000 6 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 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 Notes 12 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$22,500,000 Rory McIlroy 100 Major championship 17 May PGA Championship United States US$20,500,000 Aaron Rai 100 Major championship 21 Jun U.S. Open United States US$22,500,000 Wyndham Clark 100 Major championship 19 Jul The Open Championship England US$17,750,000 Ryan Fox 100 Major championship 11 Oct Baycurrent Classic Kanagawa US$8,000,000 PGAT Limited-field event 13 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 n/a Team event
Japan Challenge Tour
The 2026 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2026 ACN Tour, is the 41st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2026 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(¥)WinnerOWGRpoints 3 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Tomofumi Ouchi (1) 2.05 17 Apr Newtus Cup Ibaraki 15,000,000 Taiga Sugihara (3) 2.61 9 May Japan Players Championship Challenge Fukui 15,000,000 Tsubasa Ukita (1) 2.06 29 May Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 15,000,000 Taichi Kimura (2) 1.23 12 Jun Landic Challenge 13 Fukuoka 18,000,000 Shotaro Ban (1) 1.98 19 Jun i Golf Shaper Challenge Fukuoka 18,000,000 Kinjiro Kato (1) 2.12 26 Jun Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge Akita 15,000,000 Shota Ueki (1) 1.96 10 Jul Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament Tochigi 15,000,000 Tomohiro Umeyama (3) 2.04 29 Aug Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge Fukushima 15,000,000 Kazuma Manabe (1) 1.20 11 Sep Kd2nd Challenge Cup Ibaraki 20,000,000 Noriyuki Kurogi (1) 1.20 2 Oct Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge Fukushima 15,000,000 Taichi Kimura (3) 1.15 9 Oct Elite Grips Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000 23 Oct Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 20,000,000 30 Oct Delight Works JGTO Final Ibaraki 20,000,000
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