1979 PGA of Japan Tour

1979 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration29 March 1979 (1979-03-29) – 2 December 1979 (1979-12-02)
Number of official events37
Most winsJapan Isao Aoki (4)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
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The 1979 PGA of Japan Tour was the seventh 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 1979 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] Other
tours[b]		 Notes
1 Apr Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 Japan Akira Yabe (2)
8 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 10,000,000 Japan Takashi Kurihara (3)
15 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 12,000,000 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (3)
22 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$100,000 Japan Hiroshi Ishii (6) AGC
29 Apr Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (21)
13 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000 Japan Shoichi Sato (1)
20 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (22)
27 May Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 30,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (11)
3 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ibaraki 30,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (7)
10 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 25,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (8)
17 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 25,000,000 Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (7)
24 Jun Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Aomori 25,000,000 Myanmar Mya Aye (2)
1 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Ibaraki 20,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (23)
1 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Ishikawa 12,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (9)
5 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Tochigi 30,000,000 Japan Norio Mikami (1)
12 Aug Mizuno Tournament Ishikawa 20,000,000 Japan Mitsuhiro Kitta (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
19 Aug JPGA East-West Tournament Miyagi 12,000,000 Japan Kosaku Shimada (7)
26 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000 Japan Masaji Kusakabe (4)
27 Aug Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 4,100,000 Japan Shoichi Sato (2)
2 Sep ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 Australia Graham Marsh (11)
9 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000 Japan Masaji Kusakabe (5)
16 Sep Japan PGA Championship Ibaraki 25,000,000 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (4)
23 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 15,000,000 Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (8)
23 Sep Kanto Open Gunma 20,000,000 Japan Masaru Amono (2)
23 Sep Kyusyu Open Nagasaki 5,000,000 Japan Yurio Akitomi (1)
23 Sep Chushikoku Open Yamaguchi 5,050,000 Japan Hideto Shigenobu (1)
23 Sep Chubu Open Gifu 12,000,000 Japan Kenichi Matsuoka (1)
30 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (6)
7 Oct Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 35,000,000 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (2)
14 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 33,500,000 Japan Tsutomu Irie (1)
21 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 25,000,000 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
28 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000 United States Lanny Wadkins (n/a)
4 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Shiga 50,000,000 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4)
11 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo 30,000,000 United States Tom Purtzer (n/a)
18 Nov Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka US$300,000 Japan Norio Suzuki (9)
25 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000 United States Bobby Wadkins (n/a)
2 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 16,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (24)

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 45,554,211
2 Japan Tōru Nakamura 34,707,816
3 Japan Masaji Kusakabe 30,521,932
4 Japan Norio Suzuki 29,258,974
5 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 23,471,810

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. ^ "1979 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. pp. 219–232, 377–403. ISBN 0905947835.
  3. ^ "1979 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.