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1976 PGA of Japan Tour

1976 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration22 April 1976 (1976-04-22) – 5 December 1976 (1976-12-05)
Number of official events31
Most winsJapan Shinsaku Maeda (3)
Australia Graham Marsh (3)
Japan Takashi Murakami (3)
Japan Masashi Ozaki (3)
Japan Norio Suzuki (3)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
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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.[1]

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

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Isao Aoki 40,985,801
2 Japan Takashi Murakami 36,469,936
3 Japan Masashi Ozaki 24,608,872
4 Japan Kosaku Shimada 21,824,670
5 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 21,816,308

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
  2. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.

References

  1. ^ "1976 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ "1976 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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