2000 Japan Golf Tour

2000 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration9 March 2000 (2000-03-09) – 10 December 2000 (2000-12-10)
Number of official events33
Most winsJapan Shingo Katayama (5)
Money listJapan Shingo Katayama
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Shingo Katayama
Rookie of the YearUnited States Dean Wilson
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2000 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Iiyama title sponsorship

It was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, being renamed as the iiyama Tour. The agreement was reported to be worth ¥1,500,000,000 over three years.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Notes
12 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000 Japan Nobuo Serizawa (5) 16
19 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (7) 16
16 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Australia Richard Backwell (1) 16
23 Apr Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (3) 16
30 Apr The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (8) 24
7 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 110,000,000 Japan Tateo Ozaki (15) 16
14 May Japan PGA Championship Chiba 110,000,000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (3) 16 Japan major
21 May Munsingwear Open KSB Cup Okayama 120,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (4) 16 New tournament
28 May Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Shiga 100,000,000 Japan Hirofumi Miyase (3) 16
4 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (4) 16
11 Jun PGA Philanthropy Tournament Nara 50,000,000 Japan Masashi Shimada (1) 16
18 Jun Tamanoi Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 90,000,000 Japan Yoshi Mizumaki (7) 16
25 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 90,000,000 Japan Yasuharu Imano (2) 16
2 Jul JGTO TPC iiyama Cup Tochigi 120,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (5) 16 New tournament
Japan major
9 Jul Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 90,000,000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori (3) 16
16 Jul Aiful Cup Aomori 90,000,000 United States Dean Wilson (1) 16
30 Jul NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 50,000,000 Japan Hidezumi Shirakata (1) 16
6 Aug Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (93) 16
27 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 90,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (6) 16
3 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 80,000,000 Japan Kaname Yokoo (3) 16
10 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 90,000,000 Japan Kiyoshi Maita (1) 16
17 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (5) 16
24 Sep Acom International Ibaraki 110,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (2) 16
8 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 100,000,000 Japan Hirofumi Miyase (4) 16
15 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Chiba 120,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (29) 32 Flagship event[b]
22 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 110,000,000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (6) 16
29 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (3) 16
5 Nov Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 140,000,000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori (4) 16
12 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 140,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (7) 16
19 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (5) 34
26 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 140,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (5) 22
3 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 90,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (6) 16 Japan major
10 Dec Fancl Open in Okinawa Okinawa 90,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (7) 16

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
9 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$4,600,000 Fiji Vijay Singh 100 Major championship
18 Jun U.S. Open United States US$4,500,000 United States Tiger Woods 100 Major championship
23 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £2,800,000 United States Tiger Woods 100 Major championship
20 Aug PGA Championship United States US$5,000,000 United States Tiger Woods 100 Major championship

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Shingo Katayama 177,116,489
2 Japan Toru Taniguchi 175,829,742
3 Japan Nobuhito Sato 155,246,900
4 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 120,316,633
5 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka 108,807,851

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Shingo Katayama [5]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) United States Dean Wilson [6][7]

Japan Challenge Tour

2000 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration13 April 2000 (2000-04-13) – 2 November 2000 (2000-11-02)
Number of official events13
Most winsJapan Masanori Kobayashi (2)
Money listJapan Masanori Kobayashi
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Japan Challenge Tour was the 16th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[8]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
14 Apr PRGR Cup (East) Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Naoki Hattori (1)
20 Apr Kourakuen Cup (1st) Oita 10,000,000 Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama (1)
27 Apr Nishino Cup Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Koichi Nogami (1)
12 May Hisamitsu Seiyaku KBC Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Japan Masanori Kobayashi (1)
2 Jun Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Yukiharu Morita (1)
6 Jul Kourakuen Cup (2nd) Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Hajime Tanaka (1)
19 Jul PRGR Cup (West) Shiga 10,000,000 Japan Masanori Kobayashi (2)
3 Aug JGTO iiyama Challenge 1 Shiga 10,000,000 Japan Taisuke Kitajima (4)
21 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Fukushima 10,000,000 Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa (1)
5 Oct JGTO iiyama Challenge 2 Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Takeshi Ohyama (1)
21 Oct Shinwa Golf Classic Shiga 10,000,000 Japan Tatsuo Takasaki (1)
2 Nov Kourakuen Cup (3rd) Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Yui Ueda (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[9] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2001 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Masanori Kobayashi 3,851,250
2 Japan Tatsuo Takasaki 3,838,130
3 Japan Naoki Hattori 3,477,724
4 Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa 3,414,967
5 Japan Taisuke Kitajima 3,058,938

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
  2. ^ Also a Japan major championship.
  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 Japan Golf Tour.

References

  1. ^ "年間スポンサーのイーヤマ撤退を正式発表" [Official announcement of the withdrawal of annual sponsor iiyama]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 11 May 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "2000 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "2000 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "片山晋呉が、今季５勝目で逆転賞金王に！！" [Shingo Katayama comes from behind to become the prize money champion with his 5th win of the season!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 11 December 2000. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Katayama picks up MVP title". The Japan Times. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2024. Katayama, who claimed the money rankings crown for the third time overall, won the MVP title for the first time in five years and second time in his career.
  6. ^ "Short putts". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 17 January 2001. p. 13 (C6 in paper). Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "2004 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. 2004. p. 170 (2-156 in document). Retrieved 2 January 2024. Dean Wilson | 2000: JPGA rookie of the year.
  8. ^ "2000 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ^ "2000 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.