1988 PGA of Japan Tour

1988 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration17 March 1988 (1988-03-17) – 11 December 1988 (1988-12-11)
Number of official events40
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (6)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
← 1987
1989 →

The 1988 PGA of Japan Tour was the 16th 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 1988 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
20 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 40,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Kai (2) 8
10 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 40,000,000 Australia Ian Baker-Finch (2) 8
17 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 40,000,000 Australia Ian Baker-Finch (3) 12
24 Apr Dunlop Open Ibaraki 60,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (35) 20 AGC
1 May The Crowns Aichi 90,000,000 United States Scott Simpson (n/a) 38
8 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 60,000,000 Japan Ikuo Shirahama (1) 20
15 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup Fukushima 50,000,000 United States David Ishii (10) 20
22 May Pepsi Ube Open Yamaguchi 50,000,000 Japan Mamoru Kondo (1) 14
29 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Hokkaidō 56,000,000 Australia Brian Jones (6) 20
5 Jun Sendai Classic Miyagi 45,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (18) 14
12 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 50,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (7) 18
19 Jun Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 70,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (19) 16
26 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 60,000,000 Japan Yoshimi Niizeki (1) 20
3 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Hyōgo 30,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (20) 4
3 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Chiba 40,000,000 Japan Tomohiro Maruyama (1) 8
10 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 40,000,000 Japan Hajime Matsui (1) 8
24 Jul Japan PGA Championship Ehime 65,000,000 Japan Tateo Ozaki (10) 36
31 Jul NST Niigata Open Niigata 40,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (8) 10
14 Aug Nikkei Cup Okayama 50,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (36) 8
21 Aug Maruman Open Saitama 70,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (37) 8
28 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 50,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (21) 16
4 Sep Kyusyu Open Oita 15,000,000 Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori (2) 4
4 Sep Chubu Open Aichi 15,000,000 Japan Teruo Nakamura (2) 4
4 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 20,000,000 Japan Yasuo Sone (1) 4
4 Sep Kanto Open Ibaraki 30,000,000 Japan Akihito Yokoyama (1) 6
4 Sep Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 15,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (22) 4
4 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 10,000,000 Japan Mamoru Takahashi (1) 4
11 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 80,000,000 Japan Tateo Ozaki (11) 24
18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 70,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (9) 20
25 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 65,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (17) 24
2 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 60,000,000 Australia Brian Jones (7) 24
9 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 60,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (38) 36
16 Oct Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 60,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (39) 20
23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 80,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (40) 38
30 Oct ABC Lark Cup Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Katsunari Takahashi (8) 20
13 Nov Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 100,000,000 Spain Seve Ballesteros (n/a) 38
20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 150,000,000 United States Ken Green (n/a) 44
27 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 90,000,000 United States Larry Mize (n/a) 40
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 50,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (10) 16
11 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 70,000,000 Japan Saburo Fujiki (8) 18

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Masashi Ozaki 125,162,540
2 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 83,782,697
3 United States David Ishii 71,372,048
4 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 63,329,816
5 Australia Brian Jones 57,196,366

Japan Challenge Tour

1988 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration1 June 1988 (1988-06-01) – 29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
Number of official events3
← 1987
1989 →

The 1988 Japan Challenge Tour was the fourth 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 1988 season.[3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
2 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 14,000,000 Japan Motomasa Aoki (1)
23 Jun Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (1)
29 Sep Sports Shinko Open Osaka 13,000,000 Japan Isao Isozaki (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. ^ "1988 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. ^ "1988 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. ^ "1988 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.