1996 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 7 March to 8 December. The season consisted of 36 official money events in Japan.

1996 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration7 March 1996 (1996-03-07) – 8 December 1996 (1996-12-08)
Number of official events36
Most wins8:
Masashi Ozaki
Money leader Masashi Ozaki
1995
1997

Schedule

The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 1996 season. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.

DateTournamentLocationPurse (¥)WinnerOWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 1]
Notes
10 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (3) 20
17 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1) 16
24 Mar Novell KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000 Toru Suzuki (3) 16
7 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Ibaraki 90,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (3) 16
14 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Peter McWhinney (1) 16
21 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (4) 16 AGC
28 Apr The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (75) 28
5 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000 Brian Watts (8) 20
12 May Japan PGA Championship Okayama 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (76) 22
19 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (2) 18
26 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ibaraki 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (77) 22
2 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (78) 18
9 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (8) 16
16 Jun Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open Tokyo 100,000,000 Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1) 18
23 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (5) 18
30 Jun PGA Philanthropy Tournament Nara 100,000,000 Todd Hamilton (6) 16
7 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000 Hideyuki Sato (1) 16
14 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 100,000,000 Hideki Kase (3) 16
28 Jul NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000 Masatoshi Horikawa (1) 16
4 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2) 16
18 Aug Acom International Fukushima 100,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3) 16
25 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (79) 20
1 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 70,000,000 Nobuo Serizawa (4) 18
8 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (9) 26
15 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Carlos Franco (3) 16
22 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (80) 16
29 Sep Japan Open Golf Championship Osaka 120,000,000 Peter Teravainen (1) 32 Flagship event
6 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (4) 22
13 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 100,000,000 Yoshi Mizumaki (5) 16
20 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (3) 34
27 Oct Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (23) 22
10 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 24
17 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (81) 38
24 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000 Paul Stankowski (n/a) 30
1 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (82) 22
8 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000 Eduardo Herrera (2) 16

Source:[1]

Money list leaders

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Masashi Ozaki209,646,746
2 Yoshinori Kaneko117,697,448
3 Brian Watts89,346,882
4 Kazuhiko Hosokawa79,510,295
5 Shigeki Maruyama75,961,133

Source:[2]

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