1991 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1991 PGA of Japan Tour was the 19th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1991 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	7 March 1991 (1991-03-07) – 15 December 1991 (1991-12-15)
Number of official events	43
Most wins	Naomichi Ozaki (4)
Money list	Naomichi Ozaki
← 1990 1992 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1991 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
10 Mar	Daiichi Fudosan Cup	Miyazaki	100,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (12)	12
17 Mar	Imperial Open	Ibaraki	65,000,000	Yutaka Hagawa (4)	12
24 Mar	Dydo Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	80,000,000	Yutaka Hagawa (5)	12
31 Mar	KSB Open	Kagawa	60,000,000	Masanobu Kimura (2)	12
14 Apr	Pocari Sweat Open	Hiroshima	60,000,000	Ryoken Kawagishi (4)	10
21 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	50,000,000	Kiyoshi Murota (1)	10
28 Apr	Dunlop Open	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Roger Mackay (3)	20	AGC
5 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Seve Ballesteros (n/a)	20
12 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	87,500,000	Saburo Fujiki (13)	14
19 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup	Gifu	50,000,000	Satoshi Higashi (3)	12
26 May	Ube Kosan Open	Yamaguchi	80,000,000	Chen Tze-chung (3)	12
2 Jun	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Ishikawa	85,000,000	Koichi Suzuki (4)	12
9 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	70,000,000	Tadami Ueno (7)	12
16 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	60,000,000	Rick Gibson (1)	12
23 Jun	Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open	Hyōgo	80,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (35)	12
30 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	65,000,000	Roger Mackay (4)	10
7 Jul	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	Chiba	100,000,000	Harumitsu Hamano (1)	12		New tournament
14 Jul	Yonex Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	70,000,000	Eiichi Itai (1)	12
28 Jul	Nikkei Cup	Fukuoka	80,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (15)	10
4 Aug	NST Niigata Open	Niigata	60,000,000	Akihito Yokoyama (3)	12
18 Aug	Japan PGA Championship	Tochigi	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (52)	12
25 Aug	Maruman Open	Saitama	100,000,000	Tetsu Nishikawa (1)	24
1 Sep	Daiwa KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Raymond Floyd (n/a)	12
8 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	20,000,000	Toshikazu Sugihara (1)	4
8 Sep	Kanto Open	Kanagawa	30,000,000	Yoshinori Kaneko (1)	4
8 Sep	Chubu Open	Aichi	20,000,000	Teruo Nakamura (3)	4
8 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Ehime	20,000,000	Kosei Miyata (1)	4
8 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Kagoshima	20,000,000	Kinpachi Yoshimura (4)	4
8 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	10,000,000	Katsunari Takahashi (10)	4
15 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (16)	14
22 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Akiyoshi Ohmachi (4)	20
29 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	110,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (53)	12
6 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	100,000,000	Eiichi Itai (2)	12
13 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Yamaguchi	100,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (36)	12
20 Oct	Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	120,000,000	Harumitsu Hamano (2)	24
27 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	120,000,000	Isao Aoki (49)	8
3 Nov	ABC Lark Cup	Hyōgo	190,000,000	Yoshikazu Yokoshima (6)	12
10 Nov	Acom International	Chiba	100,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (24)	12
17 Nov	Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Roger Mackay (5)	42
24 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Larry Nelson (n/a)	42
1 Dec	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	140,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (17)	20
8 Dec	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup	Tokyo	60,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (18)	12
15 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	120,000,000	Hiroshi Makino (2)	12

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[3][2]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Naomichi Ozaki	119,507,974
2	Roger Mackay	113,137,135
3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	111,639,213
4	Masashi Ozaki	99,060,539
5	Isao Aoki	74,237,850

Japan Challenge Tour

1991 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	11 April 1991 (1991-04-11) – 21 November 1991 (1991-11-21)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Minoru Hatsumi (2)
← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Japan Challenge Tour was the seventh season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1991 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner^[c]
12 Apr	Korakuen Cup (1st)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Takeshi Matsukawa (1)
30 May	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	15,000,000	Hisayuki Sasaki (1)
6 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Kazunari Matsunaga (1)
20 Jun	Korakuen Cup (2nd)	Hokkaido	15,000,000	Satoshi Furuyama (1)
3 Jul	Kanto PGA Philanthropy Takeda Cup	Shizuoka	15,000,000	Kazushige Kono (1)
3 Jul	Kansai PGA Philanthropy Takeda Cup	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Hisashi Terada (1)
10 Jul	Sports Shinko Open	Osaka	15,000,000	Minoru Hatsumi (1)
26 Jul	Korakuen Cup (3rd)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Minoru Hatsumi (2)
3 Oct	Korakuen Cup (4th)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Fujio Kobayashi (1)
21 Nov	Korakuen Cup (5th)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Osamu Machino (1)

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
2. AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
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 PGA of Japan Tour.

References

1. "1991 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
2. Wilson, Mark (1992). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1992. Macmillan. pp. 87–88. ISBN 0333573765. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
3. "1991 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
4. "1991 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website