1993 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1993 PGA of Japan Tour was the 21st season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1993 PGA of Japan Tour season

Duration	4 March 1993 (1993-03-04) – 12 December 1993 (1993-12-12)
Number of official events	39
Most wins	Hajime Meshiai (3) Masashi Ozaki (3)
Money list	Hajime Meshiai
← 1992 1994 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1993 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
7 Mar	Token Cup	Kagoshima	100,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (5)	16		New tournament
14 Mar	Imperial Open	Chiba	65,000,000	Nobuo Serizawa (3)	16
21 Mar	Dydo Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	David Ishii (12)	16
28 Mar	TaylorMade KSB Open	Okayama	70,000,000	Tateo Ozaki (14)	16
4 Apr	Descente Classic	Hyōgo	80,000,000	Tetsu Nishikawa (2)	16
11 Apr	Pocari Sweat Open	Hiroshima	80,000,000	Shinji Ikeuchi (1)	16
18 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	70,000,000	Shigeru Kawamata (1)	16
25 Apr	Dunlop Open	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (6)	20	AGC
2 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Peter Senior (2)	30
9 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	120,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (60)	16
16 May	Japan PGA Championship	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (61)	18
23 May	Pepsi Ube Kosan Open	Yamaguchi	80,000,000	Shigeki Maruyama (1)	16
30 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Chen Tze-chung (5)	16
6 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Yoshi Mizumaki (2)	16
13 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Brian Jones (11)	16
20 Jun	Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Katsuji Hasegawa (2)	16
27 Jun	Mizuno Open	Ishikawa	100,000,000	Seiki Okuda (4)	16
4 Jul	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Roger Mackay (7)	16
11 Jul	Yonex Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	80,000,000	Toshiaki Odate (1)	16
25 Jul	Nikkei Cup	Hokkaidō	80,000,000	Samson Gimson (1)	16
1 Aug	NST Niigata Open	Niigata	60,000,000	Kōki Idoki (2)	16
15 Aug	Acom International	Ibaraki	100,000,000	Todd Hamilton (2)	16
22 Aug	Maruman Open	Saitama	120,000,000	Frankie Miñoza (2)	18
29 Aug	Daiwa KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Chen Tze-chung (6)	18
5 Sep	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	Tochigi	80,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (13)	16
12 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	Eiichi Itai (3)	20
19 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (40)	20
26 Sep	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	110,000,000	Toru Suzuki (1)	16
3 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (14)	18
10 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Shiga	100,000,000	Seiki Okuda (5)	32		Flagship event
17 Oct	Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (62)	28
24 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	120,000,000	Ikuo Shirahama (2)	22
31 Oct	Lark Cup	Hyōgo	200,000,000	Hajime Meshiai (7)	20
7 Nov	Daiwa International	Ibaraki	170,000,000	Tsukasa Watanabe (1)	28		New tournament
14 Nov	Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Greg Norman (n/a)	38
21 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Ernie Els (n/a)	44
28 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	150,000,000	Tom Lehman (n/a)	26
5 Dec	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (41)	18
12 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	120,000,000	Tomohiro Maruyama (2)	16

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	Hajime Meshiai	148,718,200
2	Masashi Ozaki	144,597,000
3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	130,842,771
4	Chen Tze-chung	112,427,166
5	Tsukasa Watanabe	103,774,100

Japan Challenge Tour

1993 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	15 April 1993 (1993-04-15) – 18 November 1993 (1993-11-18)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Lim Jin-han (2)
← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 Japan Challenge Tour was the ninth 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 1993 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner^[c]
16 Apr	Korakuen Cup (1st)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Yoshiyuki Isomura (1)
27 May	Kanto Kokusai Open	Tochigi	15,000,000	Lim Jin-han (1)
3 Jun	Mito Green Open	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Shingo Katayama (a) (1)
18 Jun	Korakuen Cup (2nd)	Hokkaido	15,000,000	Jun Hattori (1)
30 Jun	Kansai PGA Philanthropy	Ehme	15,000,000	Yuzo Oyama (1)
30 Jun	Kanto PGA Philanthropy	Tochigi	15,000,000	Mitsuyasu Kojima (1)
7 Jul	Sports Shinko Open	Okayama	15,000,000	Wayne Smith (1)
9 Sep	Korakuen Cup (3rd)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1)
14 Oct	Korakuen Cup (4th)	Oita	15,000,000	Lim Jin-han (2)
18 Nov	Korakuen Cup (5th)	Tochigi	15,000,000	Keiichiro Fukabori (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. "1993 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
2. Williams, Michael (1994). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1994. pp. 96–97. ISBN 0333609441. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
3. "1993 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
4. "1993 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

• Official website