1973 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1973 PGA of Japan Tour was the inaugural season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan.

1973 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	26 April 1973 (1973-04-26) – 9 December 1973 (1973-12-09)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Isao Aoki (5) Masashi Ozaki (5)
Money list	Masashi Ozaki
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1973 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner(s)[a]	Notes
29 Apr	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	18,000,000	Isao Aoki (1)
13 May	Kanto Pro Championship	Chiba	10,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (1)
20 May	Pepsi Tournament	Kanagawa	25,000,000	Isao Aoki (2)
27 May	Dunlop Tournament	Chiba	15,000,000	Ben Arda (1)
3 Jun	World Friendship	Nara	10,000,000	Lu Liang-Huan (1)
17 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	10,000,000	Isao Aoki (3)	New tournament
8 Jul	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	15,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (2)
15 Jul	Aero Masters	Tokyo	25,000,000	Fumio Tanaka (1)	New tournament
19 Jul	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	6,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (1)
29 Jul	All Japan Doubles	Hokkaidō	10,000,000	Takashi Murakami (1) and Hideyo Sugimoto (1)	Team event
5 Aug	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	10,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (3)
9 Aug	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	2,000,000	Kunio Koike (1)
12 Aug	Fujisankei Classic	Saitama	30,000,000	Graham Marsh (1)	New tournament
19 Aug	Suntory Open	Shizuoka	30,000,000	Hideyo Sugimoto (2)	New tournament
24 Aug	Chushikoku Open	Yamaguchi	1,000,000	Mitsuhiko Masuda (1)
26 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Isao Aoki (4)	New tournament
30 Aug	Chubu Open	Gifu	2,000,000	Hiroshi Ishii (1)
2 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	8,000,000	Tōru Nakamura (1)
8 Sep	Kansai Pro Championship	Saga	8,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (1)
9 Sep	Kanto Open	Saitama	10,000,000	Takashi Kurihara (1)
16 Sep	Sanpo Classic	Chiba	10,000,000	Namio Takasu (1)
23 Sep	First Flight Tournament	Shizuoka	12,000,000	Takaaki Kono (1)
30 Sep	Japan Open Golf Championship	Osaka	20,000,000	Ben Arda (2)
7 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	10,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (2)
14 Oct	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Chiba	90,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (4)
21 Oct	Japan PGA Championship	Gifu	10,000,000	Isao Aoki (5)
28 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	16,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (5)
4 Nov	Bridgestone Tournament	Tokyo	15,000,000	Hiroshi Ishii (2)
25 Nov	ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches	Wakayama	23,000,000	Al Geiberger (n/a)
9 Dec	ANA Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	10,000,000	Yasuhiro Miyamoto (1)	New tournament

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[2][3]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Masashi Ozaki	43,814,000
2	Isao Aoki	31,595,926
3	Teruo Sugihara	13,965,796
4	Tōru Nakamura	13,806,190
5	Kosaku Shimada	13,518,570

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.