2013 Japan Golf Tour

The 2013 Japan Golf Tour was the 41st 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.

2013 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) – 8 December 2013 (2013-12-08)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	Hideki Matsuyama (4)
Money list	Hideki Matsuyama
Most Valuable Player	Hideki Matsuyama
Rookie of the Year	Hideki Matsuyama
← 2012 2014 →

Changes for 2013

The first two tournaments of the year were new to the Japan Golf Tour and were played in Thailand and Indonesia; both being co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour.^[1][2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
17 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	US$1,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (4)	18	ONE	New to Japan Golf Tour
31 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship	Indonesia	US$1,000,000	Choi Ho-sung (1)	12	ONE	New to Japan Golf Tour
21 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Yoshinobu Tsukada (1)	16
28 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (2)	16
5 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Michio Matsumura (3)	16
19 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	Chiba	150,000,000	Kim Hyung-sung (2)	16		Japan major
2 Jun	Diamond Cup Golf	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (3)	16
23 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Satoshi Kodaira (1)	18		Japan major
30 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	110,000,000	Brendan Jones (13)	16
7 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Shunsuke Sonoda (2)	16
25 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	60,000,000	Brad Kennedy (2)	16
1 Sep	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	Park Sung-joon (1)	16
8 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (4)	16
22 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	Koumei Oda (6)	16
29 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Osaka	150,000,000	Masahiro Kawamura (1)	16	ASA
6 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Shingo Katayama (27)	16
13 Oct	Toshin Golf Tournament	Gifu	90,000,000	Yoshinori Fujimoto (2)	16
20 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Ibaraki	200,000,000	Masanori Kobayashi (3)	32		Flagship event[c]
27 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Daisuke Maruyama (3)	16
3 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (11)	16
10 Nov	Heiwa PGM Championship	Ibaraki	200,000,000	Wu Ashun (2)	16		New tournament
17 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (10)	16
24 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Luke Donald (n/a)	26
1 Dec	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (5)	18
8 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Yūsaku Miyazato (1)	18		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[b]	Notes
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$8,000,000	Adam Scott	100		Major championship
12 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	50,000,000	Yuta Ikeda	n/a		Pro-Am
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$8,000,000	Justin Rose	100		Major championship
21 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£5,250,000	Phil Mickelson	100		Major championship
11 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$8,000,000	Jason Dufner	100		Major championship
15 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	Japan Golf Tour	n/a		Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[4][5]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Hideki Matsuyama	201,076,781
2	Kim Hyung-sung	125,824,405
3	Shingo Katayama	112,557,810
4	Koumei Oda	112,506,906
5	Park Sung-joon	93,402,445

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Hideki Matsuyama	[6]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Hideki Matsuyama	[6]

Japan Challenge Tour

2013 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	5 April 2013 (2013-04-05) – 25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
Number of official events	15
Most wins	Kwon Ki-taek (2)
Money list	Kwon Ki-taek
← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 Japan Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.^[7]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[d]
7 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Jang Dong-kyu (1)
19 Apr	Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship	Kyoto	10,000,000	Paul Sheehan (2)
24 May	Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	Ryuichi Kondo (1)
7 Jun	ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament	Chiba	15,000,000	Hiroyuki Nagamatsu (1)
14 Jun	Akita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I	Akita	10,000,000	Sachio Sugiyama (1)
5 Jul	Landic VanaH Cup KBC Augusta Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Kwon Ki-taek (1)
26 Jul	Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship	Saga	10,000,000	Genki Yanase (1)
2 Aug	Daisen GC JGTO Challenge II	Tottori	10,000,000	Masayuki Kawamura (1)
16 Aug	ROYZE Corporation Cup in FukuokaRaizan	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Kwon Ki-taek (2)
6 Sep	PGA JGTO Challenge Cup in Boso	Chiba	10,000,000	Masamichi Ito (1)
13 Sep	Dragon Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	Toru Suzuki (1)
22 Sep	Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament	Tochigi	15,000,000	Shinji Tomimura (1)
28 Sep	Elite Grips JGTO Challenge III	Mie	10,000,000	Hirotaro Naito (2)
11 Oct	Heiwa PGM Challenge III Road to Championship	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Katsunori Kuwabara (2)
25 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	Yoshitaka Takeya (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[8][9] The top nine players on the money list earned status to play on the 2014 Japan Golf Tour.^[10]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Kwon Ki-taek	5,326,885
2	Yoshitaka Takeya	4,624,751
3	Richard Tate	4,317,268
4	Shinji Tomimura	3,906,859
5	Jang Dong-kyu	3,826,416
6	Masayuki Kawamura	3,577,208
7	Toru Suzuki	3,521,648
8	Ryuji Masaoka	3,190,528
9	Ryuichi Kondo	3,097,840

Notes

1. 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.
2. ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
3. Also a Japan major championship.
4. 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.