2017 Japan Golf Tour

The 2017 Japan Golf Tour was the 45th 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.

2017 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	19 January 2017 (2017-01-19) – 3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	Yūsaku Miyazato (4)
Money list	Yūsaku Miyazato
Most Valuable Player	Yūsaku Miyazato
Rookie of the Year	Chan Kim
← 2016 2018 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
22 Jan	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	US$1,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (6)	26	ASA
29 Jan	Leopalace21 Myanmar Open	Myanmar	US$750,000	Todd Sinnott (1)	19	ASA
16 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Liang Wenchong (2)	16
23 Apr	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Chiba	150,000,000	Kenichi Kuboya (7)	15	ASA
30 Apr	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Yūsaku Miyazato (4)	16
14 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	Okinawa	150,000,000	Yūsaku Miyazato (5)	16		Japan major
21 May	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Kyoto	70,000,000	Shugo Imahira (1)	16
28 May	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000	Chan Kim (1)	16
4 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Shaun Norris (2)	16		Japan major
9 Jul	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Chan Kim (2)	16
30 Jul	Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open	Fukushima	50,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (11)	16
27 Aug	RIZAP KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (17)	16
3 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Ryu Hyun-woo (2)	16
10 Sep[c]	ISPS Handa Match Play	Chiba	210,000,000	Shingo Katayama (31)	16
17 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (18)	16
24 Sep	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Chiba	150,000,000	Daisuke Kataoka (3)	15	ASA
1 Oct	Top Cup Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Satoshi Kodaira (5)	16
8 Oct	Honma TourWorld Cup	Aichi	100,000,000	Yūsaku Miyazato (6)	16
15 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Gifu	200,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (19)	32		Flagship event[d]
22 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Ryuko Tokimatsu (2)	16[e]
29 Oct	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Tatsuya Kodai (1)	16
5 Nov	Heiwa PGM Championship	Okinawa	200,000,000	Chan Kim (3)	16
12 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	200,000,000	Satoshi Kodaira (6)	18
19 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Brooks Koepka (n/a)	32
26 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Seungsu Han (1)	19
3 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Yūsaku Miyazato (7)	20		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
9 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$11,000,000	Sergio García	100		Major championship
7 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	50,000,000	Kaname Yokoo	n/a		Pro-Am
18 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$12,000,000	Brooks Koepka	100		Major championship
23 Jul	The Open Championship	England	US$10,250,000	Jordan Spieth	100		Major championship
13 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$10,500,000	Justin Thomas	100		Major championship
10 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.^[2][3]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Yūsaku Miyazato	182,831,982
2	Satoshi Kodaira	161,463,405
3	Chan Kim	132,326,556
4	Yuta Ikeda	126,240,438
5	Seungsu Han	112,798,464

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Yūsaku Miyazato	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Chan Kim	[4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2017 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	31 March 2017 (2017-03-31) – 20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)
Number of official events	12
Money list	Tomoharu Otsuki
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Japan Challenge Tour was the 33rd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.^[5]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[f]
2 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Rikuya Hoshino (1)
28 Apr	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Yasunobu Fukunaga (2)
19 May	Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Terumichi Kakazu (1)
9 Jun	ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup	Shizuoka	13,000,000	Daisuke Matsubara (1)
16 Jun	Royal Golf Club Challenge	Ibaraki	13,000,000	Tomoharu Otsuki (1)
23 Jun	Landic Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Tomohiro Umeyama (1)
30 Jun	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	10,000,000	Keiichi Kaneko (3)
15 Sep	Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship	Tottori	10,000,000	Kang Ji-man (1)
29 Sep	Elite Grips Challenge	Mie	10,000,000	Shigeru Nonaka (4)
7 Oct	Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	10,000,000	Konosuke Nakazato (3)
13 Oct	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	10,000,000	Ajeetesh Sandhu (1)
20 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	Yosuke Iwamoto (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[6][7] The top seven players on the money list (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour.^[8]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Tomoharu Otsuki	3,787,591
2	Daisuke Matsubara	3,262,465
3	Yasunobu Fukunaga	3,244,872
4	Rikuya Hoshino	2,966,811
5	Shigeru Nonaka	2,912,518
6	Konosuke Nakazato	2,891,770
7	Tatsunori Nukaga	2,821,563
8	Kang Ji-man	2,548,817

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.
3. First two rounds played in August.
4. Also a Japan major championship.
5. Points reduced from 20 to 16 due to tournament being shortened to 36 holes because of weather.
6. 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.