2008 Japan Golf Tour

2008 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration17 April 2008 (2008-04-17) – 7 December 2008 (2008-12-07)
Number of official events24
Most winsJapan Shingo Katayama (3)
Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (3)
Money listJapan Shingo Katayama
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Shingo Katayama
Rookie of the YearJapan Ryo Ishikawa
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 Japan Golf Tour was the 36th 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
20 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 110,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (7) 16
27 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 120,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (7) 16
4 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Tomohiro Kondo (4) 16
11 May Pine Valley Beijing Open China 110,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (6) 16 ASA New to Japan Golf Tour
18 May Japan PGA Championship Gunma 130,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (24) 16 Japan major
25 May Munsingwear Open KSB Cup Okayama 100,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (7) 16
1 Jun Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf Hyōgo 110,000,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (1) 18
22 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Hyōgo 130,000,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (2) 16
6 Jul UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Hidemasa Hoshino (3) 16 Japan major
27 Jul Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 India Jeev Milkha Singh (3) 16
3 Aug Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Takuya Taniguchi (2) 16
31 Aug Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Shintaro Kai (1) 16
7 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 150,000,000 Japan Toyokazu Fujishima (1) 16
21 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 130,000,000 Japan Azuma Yano (2) 16
28 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Osaka 200,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (8) 20 ASA New tournament
5 Oct Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Toshinori Muto (2) 20
12 Oct Canon Open Kanagawa 200,000,000 Japan Makoto Inoue (2) 16 New tournament
19 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Fukuoka 200,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (25) 32 Flagship event[c]
26 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Azuma Yano (3) 16
2 Nov Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (2) 16
9 Nov The Championship by Lexus Ibaraki 200,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (8) 18 New tournament
16 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (26) 22
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng (3) 36
30 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 140,000,000 Japan Koumei Oda (1) 18
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 India Jeev Milkha Singh (4) 24 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(s) OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
13 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$7,500,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman 100 Major championship
9 May Sponichi Cup Chiba 6,000,000 Japan Shunsuke Sonoda (a) n/a
16 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,500,000 United States Tiger Woods 100 Major championship
20 Jul The Open Championship England £4,200,000 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 100 Major championship
10 Aug PGA Championship United States US$7,500,000 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 100 Major championship
22 Sep Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf Chiba 17,800,000 Fiji Dinesh Chand n/a
13 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 80,000,000 Japan Golf Tour n/a Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Shingo Katayama 180,094,895
2 Japan Azuma Yano 137,064,052
3 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 126,430,825
4 Japan Hideto Tanihara 110,414,719
5 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 106,318,166

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Shingo Katayama [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Japan Ryo Ishikawa [4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2008 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration10 April 2008 (2008-04-10) – 26 October 2008 (2008-10-26)
Number of official events10
Most winsJapan Shigeru Nonaka (2)
Japan Masamichi Uehira (2)
Money listJapan Masamichi Uehira
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 Japan Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[d]
12 Apr PRGR Cup Chiba 15,000,000 Japan Tatsunori Nukaga (1)
23 May Arita Tokyu JGTO Challenge I Wakayama 13,000,000 Japan Masamichi Uehira (3)
13 Jun Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II Nagano 13,000,000 Japan Shigeru Nonaka (1)
29 Jun Novil Cup Tokushima 20,000,000 Japan Taichiro Kiyota (3)
10 Jul Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament Fukuoka 10,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (1)
26 Jul Shizu Hills Tommy Cup Ibaraki 15,000,000 Japan Hirotaro Naito (1)
12 Sep Sunroyal GC Cup Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Masamichi Uehira (4)
19 Sep Srixon Challenge Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Shigeru Nonaka (2)
26 Sep Toshin Challenge Tournament Mie 10,000,000 Japan Hiro Aoyama (1)
26 Oct PRGR Cup Final Chiba 15,000,000 Japan Hiroaki Iijima (3)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour.[8]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Masamichi Uehira 6,329,033
2 Japan Yuta Ikeda 6,040,545
3 Japan Shigeru Nonaka 5,502,620
4 Japan Hiroaki Iijima 4,587,176
5 Japan Taichiro Kiyota 4,286,250
6 Japan Tatsunori Nukaga 3,737,039

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. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour.
  3. ^ Also a Japan major championship.
  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 Japan Golf Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2008 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2008 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "２００８年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式最終章" [The final chapter of the 2008 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2023. さらに自身通算５度目の賞金ランキング賞... [In addition, as his fifth prize money ranking award...]
  4. ^ a b "各部門別ランキング受賞者と全表彰一覧" [List of Ranking Winners and All Awards by Category] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞　片山晋呉... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　石川遼 [Most Valuable Player Award: Shingo Katayama... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Ryo Ishikawa]
  5. ^ "2008 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  6. ^ "2008 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ "上平栄道が２００３年以来５年ぶり２度目のチャレンジトーナメント賞金王に輝いた！" [Masamichi Uehira won the Challenge Tournament for the second time in five years since 2003!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ^ "来年度前半戦の出場優先順位を獲得した５名の選手たち" [Five players who have been prioritized for the first half of next year] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2023. 来年度ツアートーナメント前半戦までの出場優先順位が与えられる賞金ランキング２位から６位までには [From 2nd to 6th in the prize money ranking, which will be given priority until the first half of next year's Tour tournament...]