Golf tour season
The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour was the 24th 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 1996 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date
Tournament
Location
Purse (¥ )
Winner[ a]
OWGR points
Other tours[ b]
Notes
10 Mar
Token Corporation Cup
Kagoshima
100,000,000
Yoshinori Kaneko (3)
20
17 Mar
Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
Shizuoka
100,000,000
Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1)
16
24 Mar
Novell KSB Open
Okayama
70,000,000
Toru Suzuki (3)
16
7 Apr
Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup
Ibaraki
90,000,000
Masanobu Kimura (3)
16
14 Apr
Tsuruya Open
Hyōgo
100,000,000
Peter McWhinney (1)
16
21 Apr
Kirin Open
Ibaraki
100,000,000
Yoshinori Kaneko (4)
16
AGC
28 Apr
The Crowns
Aichi
120,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (75)
28
5 May
Fujisankei Classic
Shizuoka
120,000,000
Brian Watts (8)
20
12 May
Japan PGA Championship
Okayama
100,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (76)
22
19 May
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
Yamaguchi
80,000,000
Hidemichi Tanaka (2)
18
26 May
Mitsubishi Galant Tournament
Ibaraki
120,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (77)
22
2 Jun
JCB Classic Sendai
Miyagi
100,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (78)
18
9 Jun
Sapporo Tokyu Open
Hokkaidō
100,000,000
Hajime Meshiai (8)
16
16 Jun
Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open
Tokyo
100,000,000
Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1)
18
23 Jun
Mizuno Open
Ishikawa
100,000,000
Yoshinori Kaneko (5)
18
30 Jun
PGA Philanthropy Tournament
Nara
100,000,000
Todd Hamilton (6)
16
7 Jul
Yonex Open Hiroshima
Hiroshima
80,000,000
Hideyuki Sato (1)
16
14 Jul
Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
Ibaraki
100,000,000
Hideki Kase (3)
16
28 Jul
NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
Niigata
60,000,000
Masatoshi Horikawa (1)
16
4 Aug
Sanko Grand Summer Championship
Gunma
100,000,000
Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2)
16
18 Aug
Acom International
Fukushima
100,000,000
Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3)
16
25 Aug
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
Fukuoka
100,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (79)
20
1 Sep
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup
Hokkaidō
70,000,000
Nobuo Serizawa (4)
18
8 Sep
Suntory Open
Chiba
100,000,000
Hajime Meshiai (9)
26
15 Sep
ANA Open
Hokkaidō
100,000,000
Carlos Franco (3)
16
22 Sep
Gene Sarazen Jun Classic
Tochigi
110,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (80)
16
29 Sep
Japan Open Golf Championship
Osaka
120,000,000
Peter Teravainen (1)
32
Flagship event
6 Oct
Tokai Classic
Aichi
110,000,000
Masanobu Kimura (4)
22
13 Oct
Golf Digest Tournament
Shizuoka
100,000,000
Yoshi Mizumaki (5)
16
20 Oct
Bridgestone Open
Chiba
120,000,000
Shigeki Maruyama (3)
34
27 Oct
Philip Morris Championship
Hyōgo
200,000,000
Naomichi Ozaki (23)
22
10 Nov
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
Shizuoka
150,000,000
Lee Westwood (n/a)
24
17 Nov
Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
Miyazaki
200,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (81)
38
24 Nov
Casio World Open
Kagoshima
150,000,000
Paul Stankowski (n/a)
30
1 Dec
Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup
Tokyo
100,000,000
Masashi Ozaki (82)
22
8 Dec
Daikyo Open
Okinawa
120,000,000
Eduardo Herrera (2)
16
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen .[ 3] [ 2]
Position
Player
Prize money (¥ )
1
Masashi Ozaki
209,646,746
2
Yoshinori Kaneko
117,697,448
3
Brian Watts
89,346,882
4
Kazuhiko Hosokawa
79,510,295
5
Shigeki Maruyama
75,961,133
Japan Challenge Tour
The 1996 Japan Challenge Tour was the 12th season of the Japan Challenge Tour , the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour .
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[ 4]
Date
Tournament
Location
Purse (¥ )
Winner[ c]
28 Mar
Sanko 72 Open
Gunma
10,000,000
Masayuki Okano (1)
18 Apr
Korakuen Cup (1st)
Tochigi
10,000,000
Hideyuki Sato (2)
17 May
Nishino Cup in Central
Ibaraki
10,000,000
Mitsuhiro Watanabe (1)
23 May
Kabaya Ohayo Cup
Ibaraki
10,000,000
Hitoshi Kato (1)
6 Jun
Mito Green Open
Ibaraki
10,000,000
Daisuke Serizawa (1)
3 Jul
Korakuen Cup (2nd)
Hokkaido
10,000,000
Toshinori Horiki (1)
24 Jul
Twin Fields Cup
Ishikawa
10,000,000
Hitoshi Sasaki (1)
5 Sep
Kabaya Ohayo Cup
Mie
10,000,000
Nobuhito Sato (1)
26 Sep
Matsugamine Open
Niigata
10,000,000
Nobuhito Sato (2)
28 Sep
Korakuen Cup (3rd)
Oita
10,000,000
Satoshi Ogawa (1)
5 Oct
Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open
Yamanashi
10,000,000
Taisei Inagaki (1)
16 Nov
Korakuen Cup (4th)
Ibaraki
10,000,000
Hitoshi Kato (2)
Notes
^ 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.
^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit .
^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Japan Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA of Japan Tour .
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