2001 Japan Golf Tour

2001 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration8 March 2001 (2001-03-08) – 2 December 2001 (2001-12-02)
Number of official events31
Most winsJapan Toshimitsu Izawa (5)
Money listJapan Toshimitsu Izawa
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Toshimitsu Izawa
Rookie of the YearAustralia Scott Laycock
← 2000
2002 →

The 2001 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2001 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th 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.

It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, that began in 2000.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Notes
11 Mar Token Corporation Cup Mie 100,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (8) 16
18 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Japan Eiji Mizoguchi (2) 16
15 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (9) 16
22 Apr Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (9) 16
29 Apr The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (n/a) 20
6 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 110,000,000 Philippines Frankie Miñoza (6) 16
13 May Japan PGA Championship Fukuoka 110,000,000 United States Dean Wilson (2) 16 Japan major
20 May Munsingwear Open KSB Cup Hyōgo 120,000,000 Fiji Dinesh Chand (2) 16
27 May Diamond Cup Tournament Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (8) 16
3 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Toshiaki Odate (2) 16
17 Jun Tamanoi Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 90,000,000 Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa (1) 16
24 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (10) 16
1 Jul Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup Tochigi 120,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (3) 16 Japan major
8 Jul Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 90,000,000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori (5) 16
15 Jul Aiful Cup Aomori 90,000,000 Taiwan Lin Keng-chi (1) 16
29 Jul Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 50,000,000 Japan Go Higaki (1) 16
5 Aug Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (2) 16
26 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 90,000,000 Japan Takenori Hiraishi (1) 16
2 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 80,000,000 United States Dean Wilson (3) 16
9 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 90,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (10) 16
16 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Taiwan Lin Keng-chi (2) 16
23 Sep Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 140,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (9) 16
30 Sep Acom International Ibaraki 110,000,000 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (7) 16
7 Oct Georgia Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (10) 16
14 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 120,000,000 Japan Taichi Teshima (2) 32 Flagship event[b]
21 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 110,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (11) 16
28 Oct Philip Morris K.K. Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (12) 16
4 Nov Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 140,000,000 United States Dean Wilson (4) 16
11 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 United States David Duval (n/a) 28
25 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 140,000,000 Japan Kiyoshi Murota (4) 22
2 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 90,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (4) 16 Japan major

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
8 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$5,600,000 United States Tiger Woods 100 Major championship
18 Jun U.S. Open United States US$5,000,000 South Africa Retief Goosen 100 Major championship
22 Jul The Open Championship England £3,300,000 United States David Duval 100 Major championship
19 Aug PGA Championship United States US$5,200,000 United States David Toms 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 Toshimitsu Izawa 217,934,583
2 Japan Shingo Katayama 133,434,850
3 United States Dean Wilson 118,571,075
4 Japan Taichi Teshima 112,356,544
5 Japan Toru Taniguchi 111,686,284

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Toshimitsu Izawa [5]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Australia Scott Laycock [5][6]

Japan Challenge Tour

2001 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration8 March 2001 (2001-03-08) – 1 November 2001 (2001-11-01)
Number of official events13
Most winsSouth Korea Hur Suk-ho (3)
Money listSouth Korea Hur Suk-ho
← 2000
2002 →

The 2001 Japan Challenge Tour was the 17th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[7]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
9 Mar PRGR Cup (Cyubu) Mie 10,000,000 Japan Azuma Yano (1)
13 Apr JGTO iiyama Challenge 1 Ibaraki 10,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (1)
19 Apr Kourakuen Cup (1st) Oita 10,000,000 Japan Yoshiaki Mano (1)
25 May JGTO iiyama Challenge 2 Ishikawa 10,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (2)
8 Jun Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Makoto Inoue (1)
5 Jul Kourakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (3)
19 Jul PRGR Cup (Kansai) Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Naotoshi Nakamura (1)
20 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Fukushima 10,000,000 Japan Hiroaki Iijima (1)
28 Sep Kasco Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Takeshi Ohyama (2)
5 Oct PRGR Cup (Kanto) Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Azuma Yano (2)
19 Oct Shinwa Golf Classic Gifu 10,000,000 Japan Hiroaki Iijima (2)
25 Oct PGA Cup Challenge Hiroshima 10,000,000 Japan Daisuke Maruyama (1)
1 Nov Kourakuen Cup (3rd) Chiba 10,000,000 United States Gregory Meyer (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[8] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2002 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 5,150,264
2 Japan Hiroaki Iijima 4,329,041
3 Japan Azuma Yano 4,146,963
4 Japan Takeshi Ohyama 3,120,712
5 United States Gregory Meyer 3,073,860

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. ^ "2001 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "2001 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "獲得賞金史上最多の2億1793万4583円" [The highest prize money in history: 217,934,583 yen] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 December 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "2001年ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式" [2001 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 7 December 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Ｓ・レイコック" [Scott Laycock] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 January 2024. ９試合でトップ１０入りした２００１年の日本ツアーでは、ルーキー・オブ・ザ・イヤーに選出されている。 [On the 2001 Japan Tour, he finished inside the top 10 in 9 events and was selected as the Rookie of the Year.]
  7. ^ "2001 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ^ "2001 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.