1978 PGA of Japan Tour

1978 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) – 3 December 1978 (1978-12-03)
Number of official events36
Most winsJapan Isao Aoki (6)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
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The 1978 PGA of Japan Tour was the sixth 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 1978 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] Other
tours[b]		 Notes
9 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 8,000,000 Japan Tadami Ueno (4) New to PGA of Japan Tour
16 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 10,000,000 Japan Akira Yabe (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
23 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$70,000 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1) AGC
30 Apr Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (15)
7 May Wizard Tournament Wakayama 25,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour
14 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000 Japan Kosaku Shimada (8)
21 May Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Yamaguchi 25,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (20)
28 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (16)
4 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 23,000,000 Japan Haruo Yasuda (3)
11 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Iwate 30,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (6)
18 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 25,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (17)
25 Jun Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (2)
2 Jul ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (9)
9 Jul Kansai Open Shiga 15,000,000 Japan Akio Kanemoto (1)
14 Jul Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 3,000,000 Japan Seiji Katayama (1)
15 Jul Chubu Open Mie 12,000,000 Japan Kouichi Inoue (1)
16 Jul Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 5,000,000 Japan Norio Suzuki (8)
16 Jul Kanto Open Niigata 20,000,000 Japan Seiichi Kanai (2)
23 Jul Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 35,000,000 Japan Kesahiko Uchida (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
6 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Osaka 10,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (10)
6 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Chiba 20,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (18)
13 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Tochigi 30,000,000 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour
20 Aug Japan PGA Championship Hokkaidō 25,000,000 Japan Fujio Kobayashi (2)
27 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000 Japan Kenichi Yamada (2)
27 Aug Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 2,850,000 Japan Koichi Uehara (2)
10 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000 Japan Akio Kanemoto (2)
17 Sep Sanpo Classic Chiba 20,000,000 Japan Koichi Uehara (3)
24 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (21)
8 Oct Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka US$300,000 United States Gil Morgan (n/a)
15 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 32,000,000 Japan Masaji Kusakabe (3)
21 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 20,000,000 Japan Masaru Amono (1)
29 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Ishii (5)
5 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Kanagawa 65,000,000 Spain Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
12 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo US$150,000 Japan Isao Aoki (19)
26 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000 United States Andy Bean (n/a)
3 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 15,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (20)

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Isao Aoki 62,987,200
2 Japan Masashi Ozaki 29,017,286
3 Japan Kosaku Shimada 28,217,542
4 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 26,850,810
5 Japan Tōru Nakamura 25,102,008

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. ^ "1978 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday. pp. 244–254, 383–414. ISBN 0385149409. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1978 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.