1987 PGA of Japan Tour

1987 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration19 March 1987 (1987-03-19) – 13 December 1987 (1987-12-13)
Number of official events40
Most winsUnited States David Ishii (6)
Money listUnited States David Ishii
← 1986
1988 →

The 1987 PGA of Japan Tour was the 15th 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 1987 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
22 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 35,000,000 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan (8) 10
12 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Japan Kinpachi Yoshimura (3) 10
19 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 35,000,000 Japan Norio Mikami (2) 10
26 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki 50,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (42) 24 AGC
3 May The Crowns Ibaraki 90,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (32) 42
10 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 60,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (33) 22
17 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup Ibaraki 40,000,000 Japan Katsunari Takahashi (7) 22
24 May Pepsi Ube Open Yamaguchi 45,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (5) 20
31 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Hyōgo 56,000,000 Australia Brian Jones (5) 22
7 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 42,000,000 Japan Seiichi Kanai (10) 16
14 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 40,000,000 United States David Ishii (4) 18
21 Jun Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open Hyōgo 50,000,000 Japan Satoshi Higashi (1) 16
28 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 50,000,000 United States David Ishii (5) 20
5 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Gunma 30,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (6) 6
5 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Kōchi 25,000,000 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (11) 4
12 Jul Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (3) 10
26 Jul Japan PGA Championship Chiba 60,000,000 United States David Ishii (6) 36
2 Aug NST Niigata Open Niigata 40,000,000 Japan Tadao Nakamura (1) 10
16 Aug Nikkei Cup Gifu 40,000,000 Japan Nobuo Serizawa (1) 10
23 Aug Maruman Open Saitama 60,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (16) 10
30 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 50,000,000 Japan Saburo Fujiki (7) 18
6 Sep Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 15,000,000 Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori (1) 4
6 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 20,000,000 Japan Masanobu Kimura (1) 4
6 Sep Kanto Open Chiba 30,000,000 Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima (3) 10
6 Sep Chushikoku Open Okayama 15,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (17) 4
6 Sep Chubu Open Gifu 15,000,000 Japan Eitaro Deguchi (5) 4
6 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 10,000,000 Japan Akihiko Kojima (1) 4
13 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 60,000,000 Japan Noboru Sugai (1) 20
20 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 50,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (43) 18
27 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 56,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (34) 14
4 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 60,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (31) 22
11 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 60,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (44) 36
18 Oct Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 60,000,000 Australia Ian Baker-Finch (1) 20
25 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 80,000,000 United States David Ishii (7) 38
1 Nov ABC Japan-U.S. Match Hyōgo 65,000,000 United States Andy Bean (n/a) n/a
15 Nov Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 90,000,000 Australia Graham Marsh (18) 44
22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 140,000,000 United States Craig Stadler (n/a) 46
29 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 90,000,000 United States David Ishii (8) 42
6 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 30,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (45)
United States David Ishii (9)		 20 Title shared[c]
13 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 70,000,000 Japan Isamu Sugita (1) 12

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 United States David Ishii 86,554,421
2 Japan Masashi Ozaki 76,981,199
3 Japan Hajime Meshiai 49,854,133
4 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 49,171,300
5 Japan Isao Aoki 47,939,450

Japan Challenge Tour

1987 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration3 June 1987 (1987-06-03) – 1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)
Number of official events3
← 1986
1988 →

The 1987 Japan Challenge Tour was the third 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 1987 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[d]
4 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 13,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Gohda (1)
30 Jul Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 12,000,000 Japan Minoru Kawakami (1)
1 Oct Sports Shinko Open Osaka 13,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Kai (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. ^ Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to snow; with the final round being cancelled Aoki and Ishii were declared joint winners.
  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 PGA of Japan Tour.

References

  1. ^ "1987 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 254–273, 462–496. ISBN 0002182831. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1987 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ "1987 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.