2020–21 Japan Golf Tour

The 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour was the 48th 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.

2020–21 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) – 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)
Number of official events	30[a]
Most wins	Rikuya Hoshino (3) Chan Kim (3)
Money list	Chan Kim
Most Valuable Player	Chan Kim
Rookie of the Year	Takumi Kanaya
← 2019 2022 →

In-season changes

The 2020 season was originally scheduled to be played from 16 January to 6 December 2020, consisting of 25 official events. However, most of the scheduled tournaments were cancelled during 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] On 25 December 2020, the tour announced the schedule for 2021 and confirmed that it would be merged with the 2020 schedule to form the 2020–21 season.^[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
19 Jan 2020	SMBC Singapore Open	Singapore	US$1,000,000	Matt Kuchar (n/a)	26	ASA
19 Apr 2020	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	–	Cancelled[1][4]	–
3 May 2020	The Crowns	Aichi	–	Cancelled[1][5]	–
10 May 2020	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Chiba	–	Cancelled[1][6]	–	ASA
24 May 2020	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled[1][7]	–
31 May 2020	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Ibaraki	–	Cancelled[1][8]	–
7 Jun 2020	Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	–	Cancelled[1][9]	–		Japan major
28 Jun 2020	Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open	Fukushima	–	Cancelled[1][9]	–
5 Jul 2020	Japan PGA Championship	Tochigi	–	Cancelled[1]	–		Japan major
12 Jul 2020	Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament	Ibaraki	–	Cancelled[1][10]	–		New Pro-Am tournament
23 Aug 2020	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaido	–	Cancelled[1][11]	–
30 Aug 2020	RIZAP KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	–	Cancelled[1][12]	–
6 Sep 2020	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Rikuya Hoshino (3)	16
13 Sep 2020	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	–	Removed[d]	–	ASA, KOR
20 Sep 2020	ANA Open	Hokkaido	–	Cancelled[1][14]	–
27 Sep 2020	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Kyoto	–	Cancelled[15]	–	ASA
4 Oct 2020	Vantelin Tokai Classic	Aichi	–	Cancelled[16]	–
11 Oct 2020	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	–	Cancelled[17]	–
18 Oct 2020	Japan Open Golf Championship	Chiba	157,500,000	Yuki Inamori (2)	32		Flagship event[e]
1 Nov 2020	The Top	TBD	–	Cancelled[18]	–		New tournament
8 Nov 2020	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled[19]	–
15 Nov 2020	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	120,000,000	Jinichiro Kozuma (1)	16
22 Nov 2020	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	100,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (2)	16
29 Nov 2020	Casio World Open	Kōchi	–	Cancelled[20]	–
6 Dec 2020	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Chan Kim (5)	16		Japan major
18 Apr 2021	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (3)	16
25 Apr 2021	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	60,000,000	Rikuya Hoshino (4)	16
2 May 2021	The Crowns	Aichi	100,000,000	Hiroshi Iwata (3)	16
9 May 2021	Japan Players Championship	Tochigi	50,000,000	Naoyuki Kataoka (1)	16		New tournament
16 May 2021	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Kanagawa	100,000,000	Rikuya Hoshino (5)	16
23 May 2021	Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament	Ibaraki	50,000,000	Shaun Norris (5)	16		New Pro-Am tournament[f]
30 May 2021	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	80,000,000	Juvic Pagunsan (1)	16
6 Jun 2021	Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Ryosuke Kinoshita (1)	16		Japan major
27 Jun 2021	Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open	Fukushima	50,000,000	Ryosuke Kinoshita (2)	16
4 Jul 2021	Japan PGA Championship	Tochigi	100,000,000	Kim Seong-hyeon (1)	16		Japan major
22 Aug 2021	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaido	120,000,000	Kazuki Higa (2)	16
29 Aug 2021	Sansan KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Scott Vincent (1)	16
5 Sep 2021	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Shugo Imahira (5)	16
12 Sep 2021	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	–	Removed[d]	–	KOR
19 Sep 2021	ANA Open	Hokkaido	100,000,000	Scott Vincent (2)	16
26 Sep 2021	Panasonic Open	Kyoto	100,000,000	Keita Nakajima (a) (1)	16
3 Oct 2021	Vantelin Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Chan Kim (6)	16
10 Oct 2021	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	110,000,000	Tomoyasu Sugiyama (1)	16
17 Oct 2021	Japan Open Golf Championship	Shiga	210,000,000	Shaun Norris (6)	32		Flagship event[e]
31 Oct 2021 25 Jul 2021	ISPS Handa Gatsu-n to tobase Tour tournament	Ibaraki	83,000,000	Tomoyo Ikemura (1)	16		New tournament
7 Nov 2021	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Yosuke Asaji (3)	16
14 Nov 2021	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (15)	16
21 Nov 2021	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	150,000,000	Chan Kim (7)	16
28 Nov 2021	Casio World Open	Kōchi	150,000,000	Mikumu Horikawa (2)	16
5 Dec 2021	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (16)	16		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[c]	Notes
19 Jul 2020	The Open Championship	England	–	Cancelled[21]	–		Major championship
9 Aug 2020 17 May 2020	PGA Championship	United States	US$11,000,000	Collin Morikawa	100		Major championship
20 Sep 2020 21 Jun 2020	U.S. Open	United States	US$12,500,000	Bryson DeChambeau	100		Major championship
25 Oct 2020	Zozo Championship	United States[g]	US$8,000,000	Patrick Cantlay	70	PGAT	Limited-field event
15 Nov 2020 12 Apr 2020	Masters Tournament	United States	US$11,500,000	Dustin Johnson	100		Major championship
11 Apr 2021	Masters Tournament	United States	US$11,500,000	Hideki Matsuyama	100		Major championship
23 May 2021	PGA Championship	United States	US$12,000,000	Phil Mickelson	100		Major championship
20 Jun 2021	U.S. Open	United States	US$12,500,000	Jon Rahm	100		Major championship
18 Jul 2021	The Open Championship	England	US$11,500,000	Collin Morikawa	100		Major championship
24 Oct 2021	Zozo Championship	Chiba	US$9,950,000	Hideki Matsuyama	40	PGAT	Limited-field event
12 Dec 2021	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	LPGA of Japan Tour	n/a		Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[23][24]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Chan Kim	127,599,803
2	Takumi Kanaya	119,803,605
3	Ryosuke Kinoshita	115,001,239
4	Hideto Tanihara	111,599,542
5	Rikuya Hoshino	107,341,089

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Chan Kim	[25]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Takumi Kanaya	[25][26]

Japan Challenge Tour

2020–21 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	16 September 2020 (2020-09-16) – 22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)
Number of official events	16[h]
Most wins	Ryo Hisatsune (3)
Money list	Ryo Hisatsune
← 2019 2022 →

The 2020–21 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2020–21 AbemaTV Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.^[27]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[i]	OWGR points
5 Apr 2020	Novil Cup	Tokushima	–	Cancelled[28]	–
17 Apr 2020	i Golf Shaper Challenge	Fukuoka	–	Cancelled[29]	–
24 Apr 2020	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	–	Cancelled[29]	–
15 May 2020	PGM Challenge I	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled[30]	–
29 May 2020	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	–	Cancelled[31]	–
12 Jun 2020	Landic Challenge 8	Fukuoka	–	Cancelled[32]	–
19 Jun 2020	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	–	Cancelled[9][33]	–
27 Jun 2020	Daisendori Cup	Tottori	–	Cancelled[9][34]	–
4 Sep 2020	Elite Grips Challenge	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled[35]	–
18 Sep 2020	PGM Challenge II	Chiba	15,000,000	Daichi Sato (1)	4
2 Oct 2020	TI Challenge	Gunma	15,000,000	Keisuke Otawa (1)	4
9 Oct 2020	Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	15,000,000	Ren Takeuchi (1)	4
23 Oct 2020	Delight Works Challenge	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Hideto Kobukuro (1)	4
16 Apr 2021	i Golf Shaper Challenge	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Ayumi Kawamitsu (1)	4
28 May 2021	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	15,000,000	Shingo Ito (1)	4
11 Jun 2021	Landic Challenge 8	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Daisuke Yasumoto (1)	4
18 Jun 2021	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Ryo Hisatsune (1)	4
26 Jun 2021	Daisendori Cup	Tottori	18,000,000	Akihiro Narutomi (1)	4
9 Jul 2021	Japan Players Championship Challenge	Iwate	15,000,000	Tomoyasu Sugiyama (1)	4
30 Jul 2021	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	15,000,000	Ryo Hisatsune (2)	4
3 Sep 2021	Elite Grips Challenge	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled[36]	–
17 Sep 2021	PGM Challenge	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Konosuke Nakazato (4)	4
24 Sep 2021	ISPS Handa Hero ni nare! Challenge Tournament	Tochigi	23,000,000	Ryo Hisatsune (3)	4
1 Oct 2021	TI Challenge	Gunma	15,000,000	Riki Kawamoto (a) (1)	4
8 Oct 2021	Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	15,000,000	Yuto Katsuragawa (1)	4
22 Oct 2021	Delight Works JGTO Final	Ibaraki	20,000,000	Junya Kameshiro (1)	4

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[37] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2022 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Ryo Hisatsune	10,922,467
2	Daichi Sato	6,132,326
3	Yuto Katsuragawa	5,938,614
4	Taichi Nabetani	5,547,031
5	Junya Kameshiro	5,404,507

Notes

1. A further 20 tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or removed from the schedule.
2. 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.
3. ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
4. Event proceeded as a sole-sanctioned Korean Tour event.^[13]
5. Also a Japan major championship.
6. Tournament's debut delayed from 2020.
7. Moved from Chiba due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[22]
8. A further 10 tournaments were scheduled but were canceled.
9. 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.