2010 Japan Golf Tour

2010 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration15 April 2010 (2010-04-15) – 5 December 2010 (2010-12-05)
Number of official events25
Most winsJapan Yuta Ikeda (4)
Money listSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Hiroyuki Fujita
Rookie of the YearJapan Shunsuke Sonoda
← 2009
2011 →

The 2010 Japan Golf Tour was the 38th 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 2010 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
18 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Japan Koumei Oda (4) 18
25 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 120,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (9) 18
2 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (7) 20
16 May Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup Nagasaki 140,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (16) 20 Japan major
30 May Diamond Cup Golf Saitama 120,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (1) 20
6 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills Ibaraki 120,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (8) 22 Japan major
27 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Hyōgo 130,000,000 Japan Shunsuke Sonoda (1) 22
4 Jul Toshin Golf Tournament Mie 60,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (5) 18 New tournament
11 Jul The Championship by Lexus Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Takashi Kanemoto (2) 16
25 Jul Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 130,000,000 Japan Mamo Osanai (4) 18
1 Aug Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Tadahiro Takayama (3) 20
22 Aug Kansai Open Golf Championship Kyoto 50,000,000 Japan Shigeru Nonaka (1) 16
29 Aug Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Fukuoka 110,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (9) 18
5 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (8) 18
19 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (6) 18
26 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Hyōgo 150,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (9) 22 ASA
3 Oct Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Michio Matsumura (1) 18
10 Oct Canon Open Kanagawa 150,000,000 Japan Shinichi Yokota (2) 18
17 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Aichi 200,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (2) 32 Flagship event[c]
24 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (7) 22
31 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (3) 20
14 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (9) 20
21 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (8) 30
28 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Michio Matsumura (2) 24
5 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (10) 26 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
11 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$7,500,000 United States Phil Mickelson 100 Major championship
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,500,000 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 100 Major championship
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,800,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 100 Major championship
12 Aug Handa Cup Promising Golfers Tournament Under 30 Chiba 20,000,000 Japan Shogo Kimura n/a
15 Aug PGA Championship United States US$7,500,000 Germany Martin Kaymer 100 Major championship
12 Sep Hyundai Capital Korea-Japan Team Championship South Korea US$700,000 Team Japan n/a Team event
12 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 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 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 181,103,799
2 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 157,932,927
3 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 151,461,479
4 Japan Yuta Ikeda 145,043,030
5 Japan Michio Matsumura 108,908,063

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Hiroyuki Fujita [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Japan Shunsuke Sonoda [5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2010 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration9 April 2010 (2010-04-09) – 22 October 2010 (2010-10-22)
Number of official events11
Most winsFiji Dinesh Chand (2)
Money listFiji Dinesh Chand
← 2009
2011 →

The 2010 Japan Challenge Tour was the 26th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[d]
11 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Japan Soushi Tajima (1)
21 May Toshin Challenge Gifu 10,000,000 Japan Akira Endo (1)
28 May Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup Gifu 10,000,000 Fiji Dinesh Chand (1)
11 Jun Tohoku Yakurai Cup Miyagi 10,000,000 Fiji Dinesh Chand (2)
19 Jun Shizu Hills Tommy Cup Ibaraki 15,000,000 Japan Sushi Ishigaki (2)
25 Jun Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge Tochigi 10,000,000 Taiwan Chiang Chen-chih (1)
15 Jul Boso Country Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Masayoshi Nakayama (1)
20 Aug Hatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge Tournament Saitama 10,000,000 Japan Satoshi Kodaira (a) (1)
10 Sep Srixon Challenge Miyagi 10,000,000 Japan Shunta Maeawakura (1)
17 Sep Itsuurateien JGTO Challenge 2 Fukushima 10,000,000 Japan Hirohito Koizumi (1)
22 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 South Korea Park Sung-joon (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7][8] The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2011 Japan Golf Tour.[8]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Fiji Dinesh Chand 4,780,625
2 Japan Sushi Ishigaki 4,350,520
3 Japan Masanori Kobayashi 3,258,022
4 Japan Shunta Maeawakura 3,157,313
5 Japan Soushi Tajima 3,090,963
6 Japan Hirohito Koizumi 2,966,274
7 South Korea Park Sung-joon 2,864,850

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. ^ "2010 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2010 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "金庚泰（キムキョンテ）が２０１０年の賞金王に" [Kim Kyung-tae is the 2010 prize winner] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "藤田寛之が最優秀選手賞受賞" [Hiroyuki Fujita wins the Most Valuable Player Award] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. ^ "今年の最優秀新人賞島田トロフィは薗田峻輔" [This year's Best Newcomer Shimada Trophy goes to Shunsuke Sonoda] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ^ "2010 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ "2010 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  8. ^ a b "朴星俊が逆転優勝！来年のツアー前期の出場優先権を獲得" [Park Sung-joon wins the come-from-behind victory! Priority for next year's first half of the Tour] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023. ...チャレンジ賞金王のデッネッシュ･チャンド（今大会は欠場）が来年のツアーシード権、チャレンジ賞金ランキング２位から７位までのすし石垣、小林正則、前粟蔵俊太、田島創志、小泉洋人、朴星俊の6人が来年前期のツアー出場優先権を獲得した。 [...and the Challenge Prize King Dinesh Chand (who will not participate in this tournament) has been seeded for next year's tour, and the six players ranked 2nd to 7th in the Challenge Prize Money Rankings: Sushi Ishigaki, Masanori Kobayashi, Shunta Maeawakura, Soji Tajima, Hiroto Koizumi, and Sung Joon Park have been given priority to participate in the Tour in the first half of next year.]