1986 PGA of Japan Tour

1986 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration20 March 1986 (1986-03-20) – 14 December 1986 (1986-12-14)
Number of official events40
Most winsJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
Money listJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 PGA of Japan Tour was the 14th 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 1986 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
23 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 35,000,000 Japan Akiyoshi Ohmachi (1) 10
13 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (2) 10
20 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 35,000,000 Australia Brian Jones (4) 10
27 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki 50,000,000 Japan Hideto Shigenobu (5) 20 AGC
4 May Chunichi Crowns Aichi 90,000,000 United States David Ishii (2) 40
11 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 40,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (28) 20
18 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Ibaraki 40,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (25) 20
24 May Pepsi Ube Open Yamaguchi 40,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (5) 20
1 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ibaraki 56,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (26) 20
8 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 40,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (23) 20
15 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 40,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (38) 20
22 Jun Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open Hyōgo 50,000,000 Japan Koichi Suzuki (1) 20
29 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 50,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (27) 20
6 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Okayama 25,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (24) 4
6 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Miyagi 30,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (28) 10
27 Jul Japan PGA Championship Gifu 50,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (39) 40
3 Aug NST Niigata Open Niigata 35,000,000 United States David Ishii (3) 20
17 Aug Nikkei Cup Shiga 40,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (29) 20
24 Aug Maruman Open Ishikawa 50,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (30) 20
31 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 42,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (40) 20
7 Sep Chushikoku Open Yamaguchi 15,000,000 Japan Tadami Ueno (5) 4
7 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 20,000,000 Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura (1) 4
7 Sep Kanto Open Ibaraki 30,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (41) 10
7 Sep Kyusyu Open Kagoshima 15,000,000 Japan Kinpachi Yoshimura (2) 4
7 Sep Chubu Open Aichi 15,000,000 Japan Eitaro Deguchi (4) 4
7 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 7,000,000 Japan Katsunari Takahashi (6) 4
14 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 60,000,000 Australia Graham Marsh (17) 20
21 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 50,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (14) 20
28 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 56,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (31) 20
5 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 50,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (15) 20
12 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Kanagawa 60,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (29) 40
19 Oct Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 60,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (30) 20
26 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 70,000,000 Japan Tateo Ozaki (8) 40
2 Nov ABC Japan-U.S. Match Hyōgo 65,000,000 United States Curtis Strange (n/a) n/a
9 Nov Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (15) 10
16 Nov Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 80,000,000 Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa (4) 40
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Shizuoka 130,000,000 United States Bobby Wadkins (n/a) 46
30 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 85,000,000 United States Scott Hoch (n/a) 40
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 30,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (16) 20
14 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 60,000,000 Japan Tateo Ozaki (9) 10

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 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 90,202,066
2 Japan Masashi Ozaki 80,356,632
3 Japan Isao Aoki 78,341,666
4 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 53,812,650
5 United States David Ishii 52,454,085

Japan Challenge Tour

1986 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration4 June 1986 (1986-06-04) – 31 July 1986 (1986-07-31)
Number of official events2
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 Japan Challenge Tour was the second 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 1986 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
5 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 12,000,000 Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)
31 Jul Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 12,000,000 Japan Kiyoshi Nomura (1)

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.
  3. ^ 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.

References

  1. ^ "1986 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. pp. 262–282, 473–505. ISBN 0002182572. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1986 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "1986 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.