1999 Japan Golf Tour

1999 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration11 March 1999 (1999-03-11) – 12 December 1999 (1999-12-12)
Number of official events32
Most winsJapan Naomichi Ozaki (3)
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (3)
Money listJapan Naomichi Ozaki
1998
2000

The 1999 Japan Golf Tour was the 27th 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.

Japan Golf Tour Organization formation

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It was the first season in which the newly formed Japan Golf Tour Organization took over the running of the tour, separating from the PGA of Japan.[1]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
14 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (91) 16
21 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 South Korea Kim Jong-duck (2) 16
28 Mar Georgia KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (6) 16
4 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Chiba 90,000,000 Japan Masayuki Kawamura (3) 16
18 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (26) 16
25 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (1) 18 AGC
2 May The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Yasuharu Imano (1) 26
9 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 110,000,000 Japan Shigemasa Higaki (1) 16
16 May Japan PGA Championship Ishikawa 110,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (27) 18
23 May Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 100,000,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (2) 16
30 May Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Gifu 100,000,000 Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (1) 16
6 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (2) 16
20 Jun Super Mario Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 90,000,000 South Korea Kim Jong-duck (3) 16
27 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 90,000,000 Colombia Eduardo Herrera (5) 16
11 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 90,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (92) 16
25 Jul Aiful Cup Aomori 90,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (3) 16
1 Aug NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 50,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (4) 16
29 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 90,000,000 Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (2) 16
5 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 80,000,000 Japan Mamo Osanai (2) 16
12 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 90,000,000 Zimbabwe Nick Price (n/a) 18
19 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (5) 16
26 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 100,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (11) 16
3 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Hokkaidō 120,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (28) 32 Flagship event
10 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 100,000,000 Japan Kaname Yokoo (2) 20
24 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 110,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (9) 16
31 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Ryoken Kawagishi (6) 16
7 Nov Acom International Ibaraki 110,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (6) 16
14 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 140,000,000 Japan Hirofumi Miyase (2) 40
21 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Denmark Thomas Bjørn (n/a) 42
28 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 140,000,000 Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (3) 28
5 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 90,000,000 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (6) 16
12 Dec Fancl Okinawa Open Okinawa 90,000,000 Japan Taichi Teshima (1) 16

Unofficial events

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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
Other
tours[b]
Notes
11 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$4,000,000 Spain José María Olazábal 100 Major championship
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$3,500,000 United States Payne Stewart 100 Major championship
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £2,000,000 Scotland Paul Lawrie 100 Major championship
15 Aug PGA Championship United States US$3,500,000 United States Tiger Woods 100 Major championship

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 137,641,796
2 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa 129,058,283
3 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 114,958,525
4 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 110,927,044
5 Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 106,872,033

Japan Challenge Tour

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1999 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration31 March 1999 (1999-03-31) – 4 November 1999 (1999-11-04)
Number of official events11
Money listJapan Kosaku Makisaka
1998
2000

The 1999 Japan Challenge Tour was the 15th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[c]
1 Apr PRGR Cup (East) Tochigi 10,000,000 Australia Richard Tate (1)
15 Apr Kourakuen Cup (1st) Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Masayuki Inoue (1)
11 Jun Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Yoshimi Niizeki (2)
18 Jun Kourakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 10,000,000 Japan Taku Sugaya (1)
9 Jul Nishino Cup Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Sushi Ishigaki (1)
23 Jul PRGR Cup (West) Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Tatsuaki Nakamura (1)
19 Aug Descente Challenge Cup Ishikawa 10,000,000 Japan Kosaku Makisaka (2)
9 Sep Kourakuen Cup (3rd) Oita 10,000,000 Japan Yoichi Shimizu (1)
22 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Satoshi Oide (1)
15 Oct Shinwa Golf Classic Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Tatsuhiko Takahashi (1)
4 Nov Kourakuen Cup (4th) Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Masahiko Akazawa (1)

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Kosaku Makisaka 3,461,294
2 Japan Tatsuaki Nakamura 3,252,902
3 Japan Sushi Ishigaki 3,175,466
4 Japan Yoichi Shimizu 3,142,242
5 Japan Tatsuhiko Takahashi 2,538,627

Notes

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  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 AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
  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

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  1. ^ "Japan golf touring pros on own". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 27 January 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1999 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "1999 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "細川の予選落ちで、99年の賞金王は尾崎直道に決定" [After Hosokawa failed in the qualifying round, the 1999 prize money winner was decided as Naomichi Ozaki] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 11 December 1999. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ^ "1999 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ^ "1999 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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