1997 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1997 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 13 March to 14 December. The season consisted of 36 official money events in Japan.

1997 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration13 March 1997 (1997-03-13) – 14 December 1997 (1997-12-14)
Number of official events36
Most wins5:
Masashi Ozaki
Money leader Masashi Ozaki
1996
1998

Schedule

The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 1997 season.[1] 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
16 Mar Token Corporation Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (83) 22
23 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Hisayuki Sasaki (3) 18
30 Mar Just System KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (1) 16
6 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Ibaraki 100,000,000 Peter Teravainen (2) 16
20 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Mitsuo Harada (1) 16
27 Apr Kirin Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Kim Jong-duck (1) 22 AGC
4 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (84) 36
11 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000 Kenichi Kuboya (1) 22
18 May Japan PGA Championship Ibaraki 100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (4) 22
25 May Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 100,000,000 Shigenori Mori (2) 16
1 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Hyōgo 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (85) 18
8 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (1) 18
15 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Hirofumi Miyase (1) 16
22 Jun Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (5) 18
29 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000 Brian Watts (9) 22
6 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Yamanashi 100,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (24) 16
13 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (25) 16
27 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Ibaraki 100,000,000 Yeh Chang-ting (1) 20
3 Aug NST Niigata Open Golf Championship Niigata 60,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (4) 16
10 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship Gunma 100,000,000 Shoichi Kuwabara (1) 16
17 Aug Acom International Fukushima 100,000,000 Kazuo Kanayama (1) 16
31 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (86) 18
7 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Hokkaidō 80,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (6) 18
14 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (1) 26
21 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Shinichi Yokota (1) 28
28 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000 Eduardo Herrera (3) 22
5 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Fukuoka 120,000,000 Craig Parry (2) 32 Flagship event
12 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Brandt Jobe (2) 24
19 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 100,000,000 Brandt Jobe (3) 16
26 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (87) 28
2 Nov Philip Morris Championship Hyōgo 200,000,000 Brian Watts (10) 26
16 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 36
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Tom Watson (n/a) 38
30 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000 Mitsutaka Kusakabe (2) 28
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (7) 22
14 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000 Kenichi Kuboya (2) 16

Source:[2]

Money list leaders

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Masashi Ozaki170,847,633
2 Shigeki Maruyama152,774,420
3 Brian Watts111,153,198
4 Naomichi Ozaki96,994,361
5 Tateo Ozaki77,555,311

Source:[3]

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References

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