1986 PGA of Japan Tour explained

Year:1986
Tour:PGA of Japan Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:40
Most Wins: Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Prevseason:1985
Nextseason:1987

The 1986 PGA of Japan Tour was the 14th season of 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 1986 season.[1] [2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
23 Mar Shizuoka 35,000,000 Akiyoshi Ohmachi (1) 10
13 Apr Hiroshima 40,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (2) 10
20 Apr Kumamoto 35,000,000 Brian Jones (4) 10
27 Apr Ibaraki 50,000,000 Hideto Shigenobu (5) 20
4 May Aichi 90,000,000 David Ishii (2) 40
11 May Shizuoka 40,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (28) 20
18 May Ibaraki 40,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (25) 20
24 May Yamaguchi 40,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (5) 20
1 Jun Ibaraki 56,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (26) 20
8 Jun Miyagi 40,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (23) 20
15 Jun Hokkaidō 40,000,000 Isao Aoki (38) 20
22 Jun Hyōgo 50,000,000 Koichi Suzuki (1) 20
29 Jun Ishikawa 50,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (27) 20
6 Jul Okayama 25,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (24) 4
6 Jul Miyagi 30,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (28) 10
27 Jul Gifu 50,000,000 Isao Aoki (39) 40
3 Aug Niigata 35,000,000 David Ishii (3) 20
17 Aug Shiga 40,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (29) 20
24 Aug Ishikawa 50,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (30) 20
31 Aug Fukuoka 42,000,000 Isao Aoki (40) 20
7 Sep Yamaguchi 15,000,000 Tadami Ueno (5) 4
7 Sep Hyōgo 20,000,000 Yoshiyuki Isomura (1) 4
7 Sep Ibaraki 30,000,000 Isao Aoki (41) 10
7 Sep Kagoshima 15,000,000 Kinpachi Yoshimura (2) 4
7 Sep Aichi 15,000,000 Eitaro Deguchi (4) 4
7 Sep Hokkaidō 7,000,000 Katsunari Takahashi (6) 4
14 Sep Chiba 60,000,000 Graham Marsh (17) 20
21 Sep Hokkaidō 50,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (14) 20
28 Sep Tochigi 56,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (31) 20
5 Oct Aichi 50,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (15) 20
12 Oct Kanagawa 60,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (29) 40
19 Oct Shizuoka 60,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (30) 20
26 Oct Chiba 70,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (8) 40
2 Nov Hyōgo 65,000,000 Curtis Strange (n/a) n/a
9 Nov Hiroshima 40,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (15) 10
16 Nov Shizuoka 80,000,000 Yasuhiro Funatogawa (4) 40
23 Nov Shizuoka 130,000,000 Bobby Wadkins (n/a) 46
30 Nov Kagoshima 85,000,000 Scott Hoch (n/a) 40
7 Dec Tokyo 30,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (16) 20
14 Dec Okinawa 60,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (9) 10

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 90,202,066
2 80,356,632
3 78,341,666
4 53,812,650
5 52,454,085

Japan Challenge Tour

Year:1986
Tour:Japan Challenge Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:2
Honor1:Money list
Prevseason:1985
Nextseason:1987

The 1986 Japan Challenge Tour was the second 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 1986 season.[4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner
5 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 12,000,000 Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)
31 Jul Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 12,000,000 Kiyoshi Nomura (1)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1986 Tour Tournaments . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 27 November 2022.
  2. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987 . Mark McCormack . Collins Willow . 1987 . 262–282, 473–505 . 0002182572 . Archive.org . 8 November 2023 . limited.
  3. Web site: 1986 Money Rankings . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 27 November 2022.
  4. Web site: 1986 Challenge Schedule . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 19 September 2023.