1998 PGA of Japan Tour

1998 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration12 March 1998 (1998-03-12) – 13 December 1998 (1998-12-13)
Number of official events36
Most winsUnited States Brandt Jobe (3)
Japan Masashi Ozaki (3)
Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (3)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 PGA of Japan Tour was the 26th 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 1998 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
15 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 110,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (10) 22
22 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Colombia Eduardo Herrera (4) 16
29 Mar Just System KSB Open Kagawa 100,000,000 Paraguay Carlos Franco (4) 16
5 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Chiba 100,000,000 Fiji Dinesh Chand (1) 18
19 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (1) 16
26 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Philippines Frankie Miñoza (5) 24 AGC
3 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 United States Davis Love III (n/a) 34
10 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000 Paraguay Carlos Franco (5) 24
17 May Japan PGA Championship Nara 120,000,000 United States Brandt Jobe (4) 24
24 May Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 100,000,000 United States Brandt Jobe (5) 16
31 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Kōchi 100,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (1) 16
7 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Yoshi Mizumaki (6) 16
14 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (4) 16
21 Jun Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 United States Brian Watts (11) 16
28 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 United States Brandt Jobe (6) 20
5 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Gunma 100,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (8) 16
12 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (88) 16
26 Jul Aiful Cup Aomori 100,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (3) 16
2 Aug NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000 Japan Masayuki Kawamura (2) 16
9 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (1) 16
30 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (89) 16
6 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Katsunori Kuwabara (2) 20
13 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Japan Mamo Osanai (1) 24
20 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori (2) 24
27 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton (7) 22
4 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Ibaraki 120,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (4) 32 Flagship event
11 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 20
18 Oct Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 110,000,000 Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe (3) 20
25 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (2) 30
1 Nov Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (90) 24
8 Nov Acom International Fukushima 120,000,000 Japan Kaname Yokoo (1) 16
15 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 38
22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 250,000,000 England Lee Westwood (n/a) 40
29 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000 United States Brian Watts (12) 36
6 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (2) 24
13 Dec DDI Group Okinawa Open Okinawa 80,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (5) 16

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
12 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$3,200,000 United States Mark O'Meara 100 Major championship
21 Jun U.S. Open United States US$3,000,000 United States Lee Janzen 100 Major championship
19 Jul The Open Championship England £1,700,000 United States Mark O'Meara 100 Major championship
16 Aug PGA Championship United States US$3,000,000 Fiji Vijay Singh 100 Major championship

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 179,627,400
2 United States Brian Watts 132,014,990
3 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka 103,941,437
4 United States Brandt Jobe 97,566,406
5 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto 93,580,618

Japan Challenge Tour

1998 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration25 March 1998 (1998-03-25) – 19 November 1998 (1998-11-19)
Number of official events14
Most winsJapan Taisuke Kitajima (2)
Japan Masakazu Noritake (2)
Japan Gohei Sato (2)
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 Japan Challenge Tour was the 14th 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 1998 season.[3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
26 Mar PRGR Cup Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Gohei Sato (3)
16 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Shinsuke Yanagisawa (1)
24 Apr Nishino Cup Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Masakazu Noritake (1)
29 Apr Daiwa Cup Kochi Open Kochi 10,000,000 Japan Naoya Sugiyama (2)
21 May Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Ueda (2)
12 Jun Matsugamine Open Niigata 10,000,000 Japan Taisuke Kitajima (2)
18 Jun Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000 Japan Tetsuya Haraguchi (1)
29 Jul Twin Fields Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000 Japan Kazumasa Sakaitani (1)
20 Aug Daiwa Cup Akita Open Akita 10,000,000 Japan Takashi Tsutsumi (1)
27 Aug Andersen Consulting Growing Cup Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Masakazu Noritake (2)
11 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Taisuke Kitajima (3)
8 Oct Korakuen Cup (3rd) Oita 10,000,000 Japan Masayuki Tomita (1)
22 Oct Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open Yamanashi 10,000,000 Japan Yoshimi Niizeki (1)
19 Nov Korakuen Cup (4th) Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Gohei Sato (4)

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. ^ a b 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. ^ "1998 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "1998 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "1998 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.