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2024 Japan Golf Tour

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2024 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration28 March 2024 (2024-03-28) – 1 December 2024 (2024-12-01)
Number of official events24
Most winsJapan Kensei Hirata (4)
Money listJapan Takumi Kanaya
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Takumi Kanaya
Rookie of the YearJapan Kensei Hirata
2023
2025

The 2024 Japan Golf Tour was the 51st 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

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The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
31 Mar Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Japan Takumi Kanaya (6) 6.95
28 Apr ISPS Handa Championship Shizuoka US$2,250,000 Japan Yuto Katsuragawa (2) 20.72 EUR
5 May The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Ren Yonezawa (1) 5.92
12 May For The Players by The Players Gunma 50,000,000 New Zealand Michael Hendry (2) 5.78
19 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Shiga 80,000,000 Japan Takahiro Hataji (1) 6.11
26 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita (3) 7.01
9 Jun BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Iwata (6) 6.67 Japan major
16 Jun Hana Bank Invitational South Korea ₩1,300,000,000 Japan Takashi Ogiso (1) 8.16 KOR
23 Jun Japan Players Championship Tochigi 50,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (19) 5.19
7 Jul Japan PGA Championship Gifu 150,000,000 Japan Yuta Sugiura (2) 5.60 Japan major
14 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Kensei Hirata (3) 6.14
11 Aug Yokohama Minato Championship Kanagawa 120,000,000 Japan Ren Yonezawa (2) 6.47
25 Aug Sansan KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Jinichiro Kozuma (3) 6.68
1 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Japan Kensei Hirata (4) 4.49
8 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,400,000,000 Japan Kensei Hirata (5) 9.05 ASA, KOR
15 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Aguri Iwasaki (2) 6.22
22 Sep Panasonic Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Kensei Hirata (6) 6.16
29 Sep Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Takahiro Hataji (2) 6.00
6 Oct ACN Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Takumi Kanaya (7) 5.84
13 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 210,000,000 Japan Shugo Imahira (10) 7.25 Japan major
10 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (20) 5.88
17 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 United States Max McGreevy (n/a) 8.72
24 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Iwata (7) 6.41
1 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (7) 5.30 Japan major

Unofficial events

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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
14 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$20,000,000 United States Scottie Scheffler 100 Major championship
19 May PGA Championship United States US$18,500,000 United States Xander Schauffele 100 Major championship
16 Jun U.S. Open United States US$21,500,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau 100 Major championship
21 Jul The Open Championship Scotland US$17,000,000 United States Xander Schauffele 100 Major championship
27 Oct Zozo Championship Chiba US$8,500,000 Colombia Nico Echavarría 40.43 PGAT Limited-field event
8 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 LPGA of Japan Tour n/a Team event

Money list

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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 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour).[5]

Position Player Prize money (¥) Status earned
1 Japan Takumi Kanaya 119,551,222 Promoted to European Tour
2 Japan Kensei Hirata 114,388,472
3 South Africa Shaun Norris 99,063,677 Forfeited exemption
4 Japan Hiroshi Iwata 95,988,495 Promoted to European Tour
5 Japan Shugo Imahira 95,044,299

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Takumi Kanaya [6][7]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Japan Kensei Hirata [6][8]

Japan Challenge Tour

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2024 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration3 April 2024 (2024-04-03) – 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)
Number of official events12
Money listJapan Taisei Yamada
2023
2025

The 2024 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2024 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 39th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[9]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[c] OWGR
points
5 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Japan Tatsuya Kodai (2) 2.10
26 Apr i Golf Shaper Challenge Fukuoka 18,000,000 Japan Minato Oshima (1) 2.01
3 May Japan Players Championship Challenge Fukui 15,000,000 Japan Satoshi Hara (1) 1.76
31 May Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 15,000,000 Japan Koichi Kitamura (1) 1.95
7 Jun Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 18,000,000 Japan Hirotaro Naito (3) 1.48
14 Jun Landic Challenge 11 Fukuoka 18,000,000 Japan Masashi Hidaka (2) 2.08
26 Jul Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge Akita 15,000,000 Japan Yuki Furukawa (1) 1.90
31 Aug Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge Fukushima 15,000,000 Japan Itsuki Kurokawa (1) 1.28
6 Sep PGM Challenge Fukuoka 15,000,000 Japan Suguru Shimoke (1) 1.73
27 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000 Japan Daichi Sakuda (1) 1.38
4 Oct Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Takara Oshima (1) 1.26
18 Oct Delight Works JGTO Final Ibaraki 20,000,000 Japan Taisei Yamada (2) 1.76

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[10][11] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2025 Japan Golf Tour.[12]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Taisei Yamada 5,259,789
2 Japan Hirotaro Naito 5,232,920
3 Japan Takara Oshima 4,671,424
4 Japan Minato Oshima 4,525,639
5 Japan Koichi Kitamura 4,033,433

Notes

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  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; 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.

References

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  1. ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "2024年のジャパンゴルフツアートーナメント日程を発表しました" [2024 Japan Golf Tour Tournament Dates Announced] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Money list". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ "三度目の正直への軌跡 金谷拓実が怒涛の追い上げで逆転初戴冠" [The trajectory to honesty for the third time Takumi Kanaya was crowned for the first time with a reversal with a catch-up of anger]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  5. ^ Yamanishi, Hideki (3 December 2024). "「3位以内は欧州ツアー出場権獲得」じゃないの!? 昨季のMR2位と3位が欧州ツアーに1試合しか出ていない理由とは?" [Isn't it "the top 3 places will qualify for the European Tour"? Why did last season's MR 2nd and 3rd place finishers only play one match on the European Tour?]. egolf.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Kanaya clinches top gong as award winners get recognised at 2024 JGTO Awards ceremony". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Kanaya Named Japan Tour's Most Valuable Player". Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  8. ^ "新人賞とゴルフ記者賞受賞。平田憲聖の幸せな2024" [Winner of the Rookie of the Year Award and the Golf Reporter Award. Kensei Hirata's Happy 2024] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ "2024 Abema Tour money list". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  11. ^ "26,869円差で山田大晟が逆転賞金王!Abemaツアー最終戦を制す" [Taisei Yamada becomes the winner of the prize money title by 26,869 yen! He wins the final round of the Abema Tour.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  12. ^ "日本オープンでの経験がプラス材料に!1発逆転滑り込みを狙う中道洋平が好発進" [The experience at the Japan Open is a plus! Yohei Nakamichi, who aims for a one-shot comeback slide, gets off to a good start] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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