2023 Japan Golf Tour

The 2023 Japan Golf Tour was the 50th 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.

2023 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30) – 3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	Keita Nakajima (3)
Money list	Keita Nakajima
Most Valuable Player	Keita Nakajima
Rookie of the Year	Keita Nakajima
← 2022 2024 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
2 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Shugo Imahira (8)	6.93
16 Apr	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Osaka	80,000,000	Taiga Semikawa (3)	5.43
23 Apr	ISPS Handa Championship in Japan	Ibaraki	US$2,000,000	Lucas Herbert (n/a)	19.22	EUR
30 Apr	The Crowns	Aichi	110,000,000	Hiroshi Iwata (5)	6.30
21 May	Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament	Ibaraki	60,000,000	Juvic Pagunsan (2)	5.09		Pro-Am
28 May	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	80,000,000	Kensei Hirata (1)	6.39
4 Jun	BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (4)	6.64		Japan major
11 Jun	ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Keita Nakajima (2)	5.67
18 Jun	Hana Bank Invitational	Chiba	100,000,000	Yang Ji-ho (1)	7.33	KOR	New to Japan Golf Tour
25 Jun	Japan Players Championship	Tochigi	50,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (18)	5.63
2 Jul	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Jbe' Kruger (2)	6.52
30 Jul	Japan PGA Championship	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Kensei Hirata (2)	5.89		Japan major
6 Aug	Yokohama Minato Championship	Kanagawa	100,000,000	Keita Nakajima (3)	6.09		New tournament
27 Aug	Sansan KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Song Young-han (2)	6.07
3 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (5)	6.07
10 Sep	Shinhan Donghae Open	South Korea	₩1,400,000,000	Koh Gun-taek (1)	8.52	ASA, KOR
17 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (19)	5.36
24 Sep	Panasonic Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Tomoharu Otsuki (3)	5.56
1 Oct	Vantelin Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Yuta Kinoshita (2)	5.88
8 Oct	ACN Championship	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Yuki Inamori (5)	4.40
15 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Osaka	210,000,000	Aguri Iwasaki (1)	6.64		Japan major
5 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Keita Nakajima (4)	5.58
12 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	200,000,000	Shugo Imahira (9)	5.48
19 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Yuta Sugiura (a) (1)	9.97
26 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Taichi Nabetani (1)	6.57
3 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Taiga Semikawa (4)	4.11		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$18,000,000	Jon Rahm	100		Major championship
21 May	PGA Championship	United States	US$17,500,000	Brooks Koepka	100		Major championship
18 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$20,000,000	Wyndham Clark	100		Major championship
23 Jul	The Open Championship	England	US$16,500,000	Brian Harman	100		Major championship
22 Oct	Zozo Championship	Chiba	US$8,500,000	Collin Morikawa	30.19	PGAT
10 Dec	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.^[3][4] The top three players on the money list earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).^[5][6]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)	Status earned
1	Keita Nakajima	184,986,179	Promoted to European Tour
2	Taiga Semikawa	155,819,749
3	Takumi Kanaya	141,162,332
4	Song Young-han	110,545,499
5	Shugo Imahira	102,043,499

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Keita Nakajima	[7]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Keita Nakajima	[7]

Japan Challenge Tour

2023 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) – 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20)
Number of official events	12
Most wins	Tatsunori Shogenji (2) Kosuke Suzuki (2)
Money list	Tatsunori Shogenji
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2023 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.^[8]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[c]	OWGR points
7 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Taiga Sugihara (2)	2.75
21 Apr	i Golf Shaper Challenge	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Kosuke Suzuki (1)	2.51
12 May	Japan Players Championship Challenge	Fukui	15,000,000	Kosuke Suzuki (2)	2.51
26 May	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	15,000,000	Shinji Tomimura (2)	1.49
9 Jun	Landic Challenge 10	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Sho Nagasawa (1)	1.68
16 Jun	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Tatsunori Shogenji (1)	2.06
14 Jul	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	15,000,000	Tatsunori Shogenji (2)	2.09
2 Sep	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge	Fukushima	15,000,000	Yuta Sugiura (a) (1)	1.53
8 Sep	PGM Challenge	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Daiki Imano (1)	1.75
29 Sep	Elite Grips Challenge	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Taichi Kimura (1)	1.33
6 Oct	Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	15,000,000	Kuranosuke Shimizu (a) (1)	1.15
20 Oct	Delight Works JGTO Final	Ibaraki	20,000,000	Yushi Ito (1)	1.82

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[9] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2024 Japan Golf Tour.^[10]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Tatsunori Shogenji	11,253,106
2	Kosuke Suzuki	5,604,835
3	Sejung Hiramoto	4,484,230
4	Shinji Tomimura	4,470,755
5	Masamichi Ito	4,250,833

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; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
3. 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.