2014 Japan Golf Tour

2014 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) – 7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
Number of official events24[a]
Most winsJapan Hiroyuki Fujita (3)
Money listJapan Koumei Oda
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Koumei Oda
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Kim Seung-hyuk
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 Japan Golf Tour was the 42nd 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 2014 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
23 Mar Thailand Open Thailand – Cancelled[2] – ONE
30 Mar Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship Indonesia US$1,000,000 Japan Michio Matsumura (4) 12 ONE
20 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (2) 16
27 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 110,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (16) 16
4 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 South Korea Kim Hyung-sung (3) 16
25 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 60,000,000 Japan Koumei Oda (7) 16
1 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 110,000,000 South Korea Jang Dong-kyu (1) 16
8 Jun Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Taichi Teshima (7) 16 Japan major
22 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills		 Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Yoshitaka Takeya (1) 16 Japan major
6 Jul Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 200,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (11) 18
3 Aug Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Japan Satoshi Kodaira (2) 16 New tournament
31 Aug RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta Fukuoka 110,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (17) 16
7 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Iwata (1) 16
21 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (9) 16
28 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (18) 15 ASA
5 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk (1) 16
12 Oct Toshin Golf Tournament in Central Gifu 100,000,000 South Korea Hur In-hoi (1) 16
19 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Chiba 200,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (12) 32 Flagship event[d]
26 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Koumei Oda (8) 16
2 Nov Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Ryuichi Oda (2) 16
9 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Ibaraki 200,000,000 Japan Tomohiro Kondo (6) 16
16 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 United States David Oh (1) 24
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (6) 26
30 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (28) 16
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (10) 17 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[c]		 Notes
13 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$9,000,000 United States Bubba Watson 100 Major championship
18 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba 50,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto n/a Pro-Am
15 Jun U.S. Open United States US$9,000,000 Germany Martin Kaymer 100 Major championship
20 Jul The Open Championship England £5,400,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 100 Major championship
10 Aug PGA Championship United States US$10,000,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 100 Major championship
14 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]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Koumei Oda 137,318,693
2 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 116,275,130
3 Japan Tomohiro Kondo 107,089,056
4 Japan Hiroshi Iwata 97,794,191
5 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto 91,048,150

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Koumei Oda [5]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk [5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2014 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration4 April 2014 (2014-04-04) – 24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Number of official events16
Most winsJapan Shugo Imahira (2)
Japan Toru Suzuki (2)
Australia Peter Wilson (2)
Money listJapan Shugo Imahira
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 Japan Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[e]
6 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Japan Soushi Tajima (2)
9 May Plus One Fukuoka Raizan Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Australia Peter Wilson (1)
23 May Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (1)
13 Jun Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup Gifu 10,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (2)
27 Jun Landic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion Memorial Fukuoka 10,000,000 Japan Shintaro Kai (1)
10 Jul ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament Shizuoka 15,000,000 Japan Shota Akiyoshi (1)
25 Jul Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship Niigata 10,000,000 Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato (1)
1 Aug Akita TV Minami Akita CC Challenge Akita 10,000,000 Japan Yasunobu Fukunaga (1)
22 Aug PGA JGTO Challenge Cup Chiba 13,000,000 Japan Taigen Tsumagari (1)
5 Sep Madame Shinco Challenge Tournament Hyōgo 10,000,000 Australia Peter Wilson (2)
12 Sep Himawari Dragon Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (3)
19 Sep Seven Dreamers Challenge Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Yuki Inamori (1)
26 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Mie 10,000,000 Japan Yuichiro Nishi (1)
4 Oct Ishikawa Ryo Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Katsufumi Okino (1)
10 Oct Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Ibaraki 10,000,000 United States Richard Hattori (1)
24 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (2)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7][8] The top nine players on the money list earned status to play on the 2015 Japan Golf Tour.[9]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Shugo Imahira 7,444,288
2 Japan Shintaro Kai 5,456,058
3 Australia Peter Wilson 4,796,324
4 Japan Katsufumi Okino 4,701,020
5 Japan Toru Suzuki 4,215,230
6 Japan Taigen Tsumagari 3,794,109
7 Japan Ryuji Masaoka 3,457,367
8 Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato 3,311,153
9 Japan Shota Akiyoshi 3,254,083

Notes

  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  4. ^ Also a Japan major championship.
  5. ^ 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. ^ "2014 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Thailand Open cancelled". News24. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. ^ "2014 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Team Honma member Koumei Oda becomes the Order of Merit leader on the Japan Golf Tour for the first time!" (PDF). Honma Golf. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧" [Category Ranking Awards, List of Winners and Sponsors] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞　小田孔明... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　Ｓ・Ｈ・キム [Most Valuable Player Award: Komei Oda... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: S. H. Kim]
  6. ^ "2014 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ "2014 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  8. ^ "今平周吾が通算7アンダーで優勝、チャレンジ賞金王に" [Shugo Imahira wins at 7 under overall, becoming the challenge money king.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  9. ^ "予選落ちの秋吉翔太は、ギリギリで…" [Shota Akiyoshi, who failed to qualify, was at the last minute...] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023. 2位から9位までの選手に来年のツアー前半戦の出場優先権(第1回リランキングまで)が与えられる。 [Players ranked 2nd to 9th will be given priority for the first half of next year's Tour...]