1977 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1977 PGA of Japan Tour was the fifth season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1977 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration21 April 1977 (1977-04-21) – 4 December 1977 (1977-12-04)
Number of official events31
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (4)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
1976
1978

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1977 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
Notes
24 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$80,000   Ben Arda (4) AGC
1 May Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000   Graham Marsh (10)
15 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000   Tadashi Kitta (2)
22 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000   Yasuhiro Miyamoto (4)
29 May Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Kanagawa 25,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (16)
5 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ishikawa 30,000,000   Hsu Sheng-san (1)
12 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 23,000,000   Isao Aoki (13)
19 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 25,000,000   Yasuhiro Miyamoto (5)
26 Jun Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000   Lu Liang-Huan (6)
3 Jul ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000   Teruo Sugihara (8)
10 Jul Kansai Open Shiga 12,000,000   Yoshitaka Yamamoto (4)
15 Jul Chushikoku Open Hiroshia 2,100,000   Tadami Ueno (3)
16 Jul Chubu Open Aichi 5,000,000   Hiroshi Ishii (4)
17 Jul Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 5,000,000   Norio Suzuki (7)
24 Jul Kanto Open Shizuoka 20,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (17)
7 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Tochigi 20,000,000   Kenji Mori (1)
7 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Yamaguchi 10,000,000   Kosaku Shimada (5)
28 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000   Brian Jones (1)
28 Aug Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 1,700,000   Koichi Uehara (1)
4 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000   Yasuhiro Miyamoto (6)
11 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000   Masaji Kusakabe (2)
18 Sep Sanpo Classic Chiba 20,000,000   Shigeru Uchida (1)
25 Sep Japan PGA Championship Gifu 25,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)
9 Oct Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka US$300,000   Bill Rogers (n/a)
16 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 32,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (18)
23 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 20,000,000   Takashi Murakami (11)
30 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000   Fujio Kobayashi (1)
13 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo US$120,000   Isao Aoki (14)
20 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Chiba 65,000,000   Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
27 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000   Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 15,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (19)

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Masashi Ozaki 35,932,608
2   Isao Aoki 31,425,073
3   Teruo Sugihara 28,135,386
4   Yasuhiro Miyamoto 27,027,699
5   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 24,440,839

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "1977 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ Simms, George (1978). World of Golf 1978. Queen Anne Press. pp. 116–125. ISBN 0354090356. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1977 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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