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2011 Japan Golf Tour

2011 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration14 April 2011 (2011-04-14) – 4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
Number of official events25
Most winsSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon (3)
Money listSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
Most Valuable PlayerSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Park Jae-bum
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 Japan Golf Tour was the 39th 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
17 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Japan Tadahiro Takayama (4) 20
24 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 120,000,000 Japan Tomohiro Kondo (5) 22
1 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (10) 18
15 May Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup Hyogo 150,000,000 Japan Hiroo Kawai (1) 22 Japan major
22 May Totoumi Hamamatsu Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 Japan Masanori Kobayashi (1) 18 New tournament
29 May Diamond Cup Golf Chiba 120,000,000 Japan Koumei Oda (5) 22
5 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills Ibaraki 150,000,000 South Korea Park Jae-bum (1) 18 Japan major
26 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 110,000,000 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon (1) 22
24 Jul Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 130,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (4) 20
31 Jul Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (9) 18
21 Aug Kansai Open Golf Championship Hyogo 50,000,000 South Korea Cho Min-gyu (1) 16
28 Aug Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Fukuoka 110,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (1) 20
4 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Japan Masatsugu Morofuji (1) 16
11 Sep Toshin Golf Tournament Mie 70,000,000 South Korea Lee Dong-hwan (2) 16
18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Australia Kurt Barnes (1) 22
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open Shiga 150,000,000 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (6) 22 ASA
2 Oct Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (2) 18
9 Oct Canon Open Kanagawa 150,000,000 Japan Kenichi Kuboya (5) 20
16 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Chiba 200,000,000 South Korea Bae Sang-moon (3) 32 Flagship event[c]
23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (17) 22
30 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Koichiro Kawano (1) 22
13 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (a) (1) 26
20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Japan Toshinori Muto (4) 28
27 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Tadahiro Takayama (5) 16
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (11) 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
10 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$8,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 100 Major championship
8 May Legend Charity Pro-Am Chiba 25,000,000 Japan Kiyoshi Murota n/a Pro-Am
19 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,850,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 100 Major championship
3 Jul Million Yard Cup South Korea US$200,000 Team South Korea n/a Team event
17 Jul The Open Championship England £5,000,000 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 100 Major championship
14 Aug PGA Championship United States US$8,000,000 United States Keegan Bradley 100 Major championship
11 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.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 151,078,958
2 Japan Tadahiro Takayama 98,718,202
3 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 98,282,603
4 Japan Toru Taniguchi 96,888,944
5 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 94,355,200

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player South Korea Bae Sang-moon [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) South Korea Park Jae-bum [4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2011 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration8 April 2011 (2011-04-08) – 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)
Number of official events10
Most winsJapan Tatsunori Nukaga (2)
Money listJapan Tatsunori Nukaga
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 Japan Challenge Tour was the 27th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[d]
10 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Japan Tatsunori Nukaga (2)
22 Apr Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Takanobu Kondo (1)
27 May Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup Gifu 10,000,000 Japan Hidezumi Shirakata (2)
9 Jun Boso Country Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Hirohito Koizumi (2)
1 Jul Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge Tochigi 10,000,000 Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil (1)
9 Jul Shizu Hills Tommy Cup Ibaraki 15,000,000 Japan Koichi Sugimoto (1)
22 Jul Srixon Challenge Hokkaido 10,000,000 Japan Hidemichi Haginomori (1)
16 Sep Toshoen GC JGTO Challenge II Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Taro Hiroi (1)
22 Sep Elite grips JGTO Challenge III Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Yudai Maeda (2)
21 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 Japan Tatsunori Nukaga (3)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2012 Japan Golf Tour.[8]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Tatsunori Nukaga 5,846,275
2 Japan Hidezumi Shirakata 3,795,466
3 Japan Koichi Sugimoto 3,352,733
4 Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil 3,270,937
5 Japan Yudai Maeda 2,487,107
6 Japan Toru Morita 2,331,320

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. ^ a b ASA − Asian 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.

References

  1. ^ "2011 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2011 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "大会恒例の全員参加の閉会式" [The Closing Ceremony of the Convention's annual all-hands event] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 裵相文（ベサンムン）も、そのうちの一人であった。８月にツアー初Ｖを飾ると、それから一気に破竹の勢いで、最多の３勝を上げて賞金王に輝いた。 [Baesang-moon was one of them. After making his first tour victory in August, he quickly broke down and won the prize money with a record three wins.]
  4. ^ a b "２０１１年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式を開催" [2011 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞 裵相文（ベサンムン）... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ Ｊ・Ｂ・パク [Most Valuable Player Award: Baesang-moon... Best Rookie Award Shimada Trophy: J.B. Park]
  5. ^ "2011 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  6. ^ "2011 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ "額賀辰徳が逆転優勝、チャレンジ賞金王も獲得！" [Tatsunori Nukaga wins the come-from-behind victory, and also wins the challenge prize king!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ^ "森田徹、ひやひやの賞金ランキング6位" [Toru Morita, 6th in Hiyahiya's prize money ranking] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2023. 来年の第一回リランキングまでのツアー前期出場優先権を懸けた戦い（チャレンジ賞金ランキング2位から6位）は熾烈を極めた。 [The battle for priority to participate in the first half of the tour until the first reranking next year (from 2nd to 6th in the challenge prize money ranking) was fierce.]
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