2015 Japan Golf Tour

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The 2015 Japan Golf Tour was the 43rd 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.

2015 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration16 April 2015 (2015-04-16) – 6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)
Number of official events25
Most winsSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae (5)
Money listSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
Most Valuable PlayerSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Song Young-han
2014
2016

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
19 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000   Michael Hendry (1) 16
3 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000   Jang Ik-jae (3) 16
17 May Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup Saitama 150,000,000   Adam Bland (1) 16 Japan major
24 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Shiga 70,000,000   Daisuke Kataoka (1) 16
31 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000   Taichi Teshima (8) 16
7 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills
Ibaraki 150,000,000   Liang Wenchong (1) 16 Japan major
14 Jun Singha Corporation Thailand Open Thailand US$1,000,000   Kim Kyung-tae (6) 11 ONE
28 Jun ISPS Handa Global Cup Yamanashi 100,000,000   Toshinori Muto (6) 24 New tournament
5 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000   Hiroshi Iwata (2) 16
12 Jul Musee Platinum Open Hyōgo 100,000,000   Kim Kyung-tae (7) 16 New tournament
26 Jul Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000   Prayad Marksaeng (5) 16
30 Aug RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 110,000,000   Yuta Ikeda (13) 16
6 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000   Kim Kyung-tae (8) 16
20 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000   Ryo Ishikawa (12) 16
27 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Ibaraki 150,000,000   Kim Kyung-tae (9) 15 ASA
4 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000   Kim Hyung-sung (4) 16
11 Oct Honma TourWorld Cup Ibaraki 100,000,000   Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 16 New tournament
18 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000   Satoshi Kodaira (3) 32 Flagship event[c]
25 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000   Michio Matsumura (5) 16
1 Nov Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000   Kim Kyung-tae (10) 16
8 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Chiba 200,000,000   Hideto Tanihara (11) 16
15 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000   Shingo Katayama (29) 22
22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000   Yūsaku Miyazato (3) 24
29 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000   Hwang Jung-gon (3) 16
6 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000   Ryo Ishikawa (13) 17 Japan major

Unofficial events

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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) OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
12 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$10,000,000   Jordan Spieth 100 Major championship
10 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba 50,000,000   Seiki Okuda n/a Pro-Am
21 Jun U.S. Open United States US$10,000,000   Jordan Spieth 100 Major championship
20 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £6,300,000   Zach Johnson 100 Major championship
16 Aug PGA Championship United States US$10,000,000   Jason Day 100 Major championship
13 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 LPGA of Japan Tour n/a Team event

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Kim Kyung-tae 165,981,625
2   Yūsaku Miyazato 103,999,119
3   Yuta Ikeda 99,380,317
4   Yoshinori Fujimoto 98,642,449
5   Shingo Katayama 90,577,641

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player   Kim Kyung-tae [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)   Song Young-han [4]

Japan Challenge Tour

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2015 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration3 April 2015 (2015-04-03) – 23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
Number of official events17
Most wins  Shota Akiyoshi (2)
  Tomoyo Ikemura (2)
  Keiichi Kaneko (2)
  Yu Morimoto (2)
Money list  Yu Morimoto
2014
2016

The 2015 Japan Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[d]
5 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000   Park Il-hwan (1)
1 May Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup Shiga 10,000,000   Yujiro Ohori (1)
8 May Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000   Masashi Hidaka (1)
22 May Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship Hiroshima 10,000,000   Tatsunori Nukaga (4)
29 May Good Job Challenge Ibaraki 10,000,000   Yu Morimoto (1)
11 Jun ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup Chiba 13,000,000   Shigeru Nonaka (3)
19 Jun Musee Platinum Challenge Tournament Fukushima 10,000,000   Yosuke Asaji (2)
26 Jun Landic Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000   Tomoyo Ikemura (1)
3 Jul Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship Ibaraki 10,000,000   Keiichi Kaneko (1)
31 Jul Minami Akita Country Club Challenge Tournament Akita 10,000,000   Yu Morimoto (2)
21 Aug PGA JGTO Challenge Cup Chiba 13,000,000   Keiichi Kaneko (2)
4 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Gunma 10,000,000   Tomoyo Ikemura (2)
11 Sep Himawari Dragon CUP Chiba 10,000,000   Koichi Sugimoto (3)
18 Sep Seven Dreamers Challenge Chiba 10,000,000   Shota Akiyoshi (2)
10 Oct Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament Tochigi 10,000,000   Shota Akiyoshi (3)
16 Oct Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Ibaraki 10,000,000   Hiroaki Hirai (1)
23 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000   Masamichi Uehira (5)

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top 10 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour.[8]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Yu Morimoto 4,479,531
2   Shota Akiyoshi 4,476,532
3   Tomoyo Ikemura 4,176,327
4   Keiichi Kaneko 3,933,918
5   Park Il-hwan 3,786,804
6   Yosuke Asaji 3,503,141
7   Yujiro Ohori 3,050,254
8   Tatsunori Nukaga 3,024,346
9   Masashi Hidaka 2,959,583
10   Masamichi Uehira 2,863,443

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
  2. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  3. ^ Also a Japan major championship.
  4. ^ 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 Japan Golf Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2015 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式を開催" [Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2023. その翌日には各部門別ランキングの1位者のほか、今年顕著な活躍をした選手をたたえる晴れ舞台でもっとも輝いたのが2010年に続いて、自身2度目の賞金王に輝いた金庚泰(キムキョンテ)。 [Kim Kyung-tae won the prize money for the second time after 2010...]
  4. ^ a b "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧" [Category Ranking Awards, List of Winners and Sponsors] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞金 庚泰... 最優秀新人賞 島田トロフィ 宋 永漢 [Most Valuable Player Award: Kim Kyung-tae... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Younghan Song]
  5. ^ "2015 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ^ "2015 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ "森本 雄が2015チャレンジトーナメント賞金王に!!" [Yu Morimoto becomes the 2015 Challenge Tournament Prize King!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. ^ "チャレンジトーナメント最終戦「JGTO Novil FINAL」が幕をあける!!" [The final round of the challenge tournament "JGTO Novil Final" will open!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2023. 本大会をもって、チャレンジトーナメントの賞金ランキングが確定し、1位の選手には来年のレギュラーツアー1年間の出場優先権が、2位から10位までの選手には前半戦(第1回リランキング)までの出場優先権が与えられる。 [With this tournament, the prize money ranking of the Challenge Tournament will be determined, and the 1st place player will be given priority to participate in next year's Regular Tour for one year, and the 2nd to 10th place players will be given priority until the first round (1st reranking).]
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