2016 Japan Golf Tour

The 2016 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 28 January to 4 December. The season consisted of 26 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2016 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships).

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
(¥)		WinnerOWGR
pts		Notes
1 Feb [nb 1]SMBC Singapore OpenSingapore120,000,000 Song Young-han (1)28Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
7 FebLeopalace21 Myanmar OpenMyanmar90,000,000 Shaun Norris (1)15Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
17 AprToken Homemate CupMie130,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (11)16
24 AprPanasonic OpenChiba150,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (14)16Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
1 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (12)16
22 MayKansai Open Golf ChampionshipWakayama70,000,000 Cho Byung-min (1)16
29 MayGateway to the Open Mizuno OpenOkayama100,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (13)16
5 JunJapan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido HillsIbaraki150,000,000 Yosuke Tsukada (1)16Tour Championship; Japan major
26 JunISPS Handa Global CupIshikawa100,000,000 Park Jun-won (1)20
3 JulShigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy CupHokkaidō150,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (12)16
10 JulJapan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles CupHokkaidō150,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (13)16Japan major
24 JulDunlop Srixon Fukushima OpenFukushima50,000,000 Ryuko Tokimatsu (1)16
28 AugRIZAP KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa (14)16
4 SepFujisankei ClassicYamanashi110,000,000 Cho Min-gyu (2)16
18 SepANA OpenHokkaidō110,000,000 Brendan Jones (14)16
25 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfOsaka150,000,000 Chan Shih-chang (n/a)15Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
2 OctTop Cup Tokai ClassicAichi110,000,000 Daisuke Kataoka (2)16
9 OctHonma TourWorld Cup at Trophia GolfIbaraki100,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (15)16Playoff concluded on Monday
16 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipSaitama200,000,000 Hideki Matsuyama (7)32Flagship event; Japan major
23 OctBridgestone OpenChiba150,000,000 Satoshi Kodaira (4)18
30 OctMynavi ABC ChampionshipHyōgo150,000,000 Shingo Katayama (30)16
6 NovHeiwa PGM ChampionshipChiba200,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (14)16
13 NovMitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka200,000,000 Hideki Matsuyama (8)23
20 NovDunlop PhoenixMiyazaki200,000,000 Brooks Koepka (n/a)26
27 NovCasio World OpenKōchi200,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (16)16Shortened to 54 holes
4 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo130,000,000 Park Sang-hyun (1)18Japan major

Source:[1]

Leaders

Money list leaders

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Yuta Ikeda207,901,567
2 Hideto Tanihara171,902,867
3 Kim Kyung-tae113,714,688
4 Song Young-han91,562,130
5 Daisuke Kataoka86,019,113

Source:[2]

Scoring average leaders

PositionPlayerScoring average
1 Yuta Ikeda69.62
2 Hideto Tanihara69.67
3 Kim Kyung-tae70.05
4 Song Young-han70.21
5 Brad Kennedy70.43

Source:[3]

Footnotes
  1. Final round delayed to Monday due to bad weather and lightning.

References
  1. "2016 Tour Tournaments". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  2. "2016 Prize Money List". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  3. "2016 Scoring Average". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
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