1980 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1980 PGA of Japan Tour was the eighth season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1980 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	27 March 1980 (1980-03-27) – 7 December 1980 (1980-12-07)
Number of official events	38
Most wins	Isao Aoki (5)
Money list	Isao Aoki
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1980 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[a]	Other tours[b]	Notes
30 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	25,000,000	Katsuji Hasegawa (1)
6 Apr	Aso National Park Open	Kumamoto	10,000,000	Masaji Kusakabe (6)
13 Apr	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	Osaka	12,000,000	Yoshikazu Yokoshima (2)
27 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	US$110,000	Masashi Ozaki (22)	AGC
4 May	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	65,000,000	Isao Aoki (25)
11 May	Fujisankei Classic	Saitama	28,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (23)
18 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Kanagawa	30,000,000	Haruo Yasuda (4)
25 May	Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	30,000,000	Isao Aoki (26)
1 Jun	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Shiga	35,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)
8 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	25,000,000	Haruo Yasuda (5)
15 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (5)
22 Jun	Pepsi-Wilson Tournament	Yamaguchi	25,000,000	Norio Suzuki (10)
29 Jun	Kanto Pro Championship	Tochigi	20,000,000	Akira Yabe (3)
29 Jun	Kansai Pro Championship	Fukuoka	12,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (12)
20 Jul	Descente Cup Hokkoku Open	Ishikawa	20,000,000	Akira Yabe (4)		New tournament
3 Aug	JPGA East-West Tournament	Miyagi	12,000,000	Shigeru Uchida (2)
10 Aug	Mizuno Tournament	Ishikawa	20,000,000	Norio Suzuki (11)
24 Aug	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	Nagano	30,000,000	Yasuhiro Funatogawa (1)
31 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	30,000,000	Isao Aoki (27)
7 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	40,000,000	Bill Rogers (n/a)
14 Sep	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (13)
21 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	25,000,000	Norio Suzuki (12)
28 Sep	Kanto Open	Saitama	20,000,000	Isao Aoki (28)
28 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Takemitsu Uranishi (1)
28 Sep	Chubu Open	Aichi	12,000,000	Hisashi Suzumura (1)
28 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Hiroshima	5,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (a) (1)
28 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	8,000,000	Yurio Akitomi (2)
28 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	4,000,000	Koichi Uehara (4)
5 Oct	Japan PGA Championship	Gunma	30,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (7)
12 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	32,000,000	Larry Nelson (n/a)
19 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	25,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (14)
26 Oct	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	30,000,000	Bob Gilder (n/a)
3 Nov	Japan Open Golf Championship	Kanagawa	50,000,000	Shoji Kikuchi (1)
9 Nov	ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches	Hyōgo	US$150,000	Jerry Pate (n/a)
16 Nov	Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	US$300,000	Norio Suzuki (13)
23 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	70,000,000	Tom Watson (n/a)
30 Nov	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	35,000,000	Isao Aoki (29)
7 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	16,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (24)

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Isao Aoki	60,532,660
2	Norio Suzuki	48,132,102
3	Masashi Ozaki	48,132,102
4	Haruo Yasuda	30,141,305
5	Teruo Sugihara	28,196,856

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.
2. AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.