2023 Japan Golf Tour

2023 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration30 March 2023 (2023-03-30) – 3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)
Number of official events26
Most winsJapan Keita Nakajima (3)
Money listJapan Keita Nakajima
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Keita Nakajima
Rookie of the YearJapan Keita Nakajima
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Japan Golf Tour was the 50th 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 2023 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
2 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (8) 6.93
16 Apr Kansai Open Golf Championship Osaka 80,000,000 Japan Taiga Semikawa (3) 5.43
23 Apr ISPS Handa Championship in Japan Ibaraki US$2,000,000 Australia Lucas Herbert (n/a) 19.22 EUR
30 Apr The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Iwata (5) 6.30
21 May Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament Ibaraki 60,000,000 Philippines Juvic Pagunsan (2) 5.09 Pro-Am
28 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 80,000,000 Japan Kensei Hirata (1) 6.39
4 Jun BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Takumi Kanaya (4) 6.64 Japan major
11 Jun ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Keita Nakajima (2) 5.67
18 Jun Hana Bank Invitational Chiba 100,000,000 South Korea Yang Ji-ho (1) 7.33 KOR New to Japan Golf Tour
25 Jun Japan Players Championship Tochigi 50,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (18) 5.63
2 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 South Africa Jbe' Kruger (2) 6.52
30 Jul Japan PGA Championship Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Kensei Hirata (2) 5.89 Japan major
6 Aug Yokohama Minato Championship Kanagawa 100,000,000 Japan Keita Nakajima (3) 6.09 New tournament
27 Aug Sansan KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 South Korea Song Young-han (2) 6.07
3 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Japan Takumi Kanaya (5) 6.07
10 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,400,000,000 South Korea Koh Gun-taek (1) 8.52 ASA, KOR
17 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (19) 5.36
24 Sep Panasonic Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Tomoharu Otsuki (3) 5.56
1 Oct Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Yuta Kinoshita (2) 5.88
8 Oct ACN Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Yuki Inamori (5) 4.40
15 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Osaka 210,000,000 Japan Aguri Iwasaki (1) 6.64 Japan major
5 Nov Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 120,000,000 Japan Keita Nakajima (4) 5.58
12 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (9) 5.48
19 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Yuta Sugiura (a) (1) 9.97
26 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Taichi Nabetani (1) 6.57
3 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Japan Taiga Semikawa (4) 4.11 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
9 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$18,000,000 Spain Jon Rahm 100 Major championship
21 May PGA Championship United States US$17,500,000 United States Brooks Koepka 100 Major championship
18 Jun U.S. Open United States US$20,000,000 United States Wyndham Clark 100 Major championship
23 Jul The Open Championship England US$16,500,000 United States Brian Harman 100 Major championship
22 Oct Zozo Championship Chiba US$8,500,000 United States Collin Morikawa 30.19 PGAT
10 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 LPGA of Japan Tour n/a Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][4] The top three players on the money list earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).[5]

Position Player Prize money (¥) Status earned
1 Japan Keita Nakajima 184,986,179 Promoted to European Tour
2 Japan Taiga Semikawa 155,819,749
3 Japan Takumi Kanaya 141,162,332
4 South Korea Song Young-han 110,545,499
5 Japan Shugo Imahira 102,043,499

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Keita Nakajima [6]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Japan Keita Nakajima [6]

Japan Challenge Tour

2023 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) – 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20)
Number of official events12
Most winsJapan Tatsunori Shogenji (2)
Japan Kosuke Suzuki (2)
Money listJapan Tatsunori Shogenji
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2023 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[7]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c] OWGR
points
7 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Japan Taiga Sugihara (2) 2.75
21 Apr i Golf Shaper Challenge Fukuoka 15,000,000 Japan Kosuke Suzuki (1) 2.51
12 May Japan Players Championship Challenge Fukui 15,000,000 Japan Kosuke Suzuki (2) 2.51
26 May Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 15,000,000 Japan Shinji Tomimura (2) 1.49
9 Jun Landic Challenge 10 Fukuoka 15,000,000 Japan Sho Nagasawa (1) 1.68
16 Jun Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 15,000,000 Japan Tatsunori Shogenji (1) 2.06
14 Jul Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge Akita 15,000,000 Japan Tatsunori Shogenji (2) 2.09
2 Sep Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge Fukushima 15,000,000 Japan Yuta Sugiura (a) (1) 1.53
8 Sep PGM Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000 Japan Daiki Imano (1) 1.75
29 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000 Japan Taichi Kimura (1) 1.33
6 Oct Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Kuranosuke Shimizu (a) (1) 1.15
20 Oct Delight Works JGTO Final Ibaraki 20,000,000 Japan Yushi Ito (1) 1.82

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[8] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2024 Japan Golf Tour.[9]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Tatsunori Shogenji 11,253,106
2 Japan Kosuke Suzuki 5,604,835
3 Japan Sejung Hiramoto 4,484,230
4 Japan Shinji Tomimura 4,470,755
5 Japan Masamichi Ito 4,250,833

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; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  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. ^ "2023 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Japan Golf Tour Organization unveils 2023 season schedule with 26 tournaments". Golf Matters. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "2023 Money list". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Nakajima tops JGTO money ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. ^ "JGTO stalwarts spread their wings abroad". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Nakajima Dominates Season-Ending Awards". Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. ^ "徳元中らが滑り込みで来季の優先出場資格を獲得！" [Tokumoto Naka and others won the priority qualification for next season by sliding in!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023. 最終戦で２位、もしくは２位タイに入れば賞金ランキングで20位以内に滑り込む可能性がある状況下で [Under the situation that if you enter the 2nd place or 2nd place tie in the final game, you may slip within 20th place in the prize money ranking…]