1987 PGA of Japan Tour explained

Year:1987
Tour:PGA of Japan Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:40
Most Wins: David Ishii (6)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: David Ishii
Prevseason:1986
Nextseason:1988

The 1987 PGA of Japan Tour was the 15th 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 1987 season.[1] [2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
22 Mar Shizuoka 35,000,000 Lu Liang-Huan (8) 10
12 Apr Hiroshima 40,000,000 Kinpachi Yoshimura (3) 10
19 Apr Kumamoto 35,000,000 Norio Mikami (2) 10
26 Apr Ibaraki 50,000,000 Isao Aoki (42) 24
3 May Ibaraki 90,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (32) 42
10 May Shizuoka 60,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (33) 22
17 May Ibaraki 40,000,000 Katsunari Takahashi (7) 22
24 May Yamaguchi 45,000,000 Chen Tze-ming (5) 20
31 May Hyōgo 56,000,000 Brian Jones (5) 22
7 Jun Miyagi 42,000,000 Seiichi Kanai (10) 16
14 Jun Hokkaidō 40,000,000 David Ishii (4) 18
21 Jun Hyōgo 50,000,000 Satoshi Higashi (1) 16
28 Jun Ishikawa 50,000,000 David Ishii (5) 20
5 Jul Gunma 30,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (6) 6
5 Jul Kōchi 25,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (11) 4
12 Jul Hiroshima 40,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (3) 10
26 Jul Chiba 60,000,000 David Ishii (6) 36
2 Aug Niigata 40,000,000 Tadao Nakamura (1) 10
16 Aug Gifu 40,000,000 Nobuo Serizawa (1) 10
23 Aug Saitama 60,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (16) 10
30 Aug Fukuoka 50,000,000 Saburo Fujiki (7) 18
6 Sep Fukuoka 15,000,000 Katsuyoshi Tomori (1) 4
6 Sep Hyōgo 20,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (1) 4
6 Sep Chiba 30,000,000 Yoshikazu Yokoshima (3) 10
6 Sep Okayama 15,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (17) 4
6 Sep Gifu 15,000,000 Eitaro Deguchi (5) 4
6 Sep Hokkaidō 10,000,000 Akihiko Kojima (1) 4
13 Sep Chiba 60,000,000 Noboru Sugai (1) 20
20 Sep Hokkaidō 50,000,000 Isao Aoki (43) 18
27 Sep Tochigi 56,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (34) 14
4 Oct Aichi 60,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (31) 22
11 Oct Hyōgo 60,000,000 Isao Aoki (44) 36
18 Oct Shizuoka 60,000,000 Ian Baker-Finch (1) 20
25 Oct Chiba 80,000,000 David Ishii (7) 38
1 Nov Hyōgo 65,000,000 Andy Bean (n/a) n/a
15 Nov Shizuoka 90,000,000 Graham Marsh (18) 44
22 Nov Miyazaki 140,000,000 Craig Stadler (n/a) 46
29 Nov Kagoshima 90,000,000 David Ishii (8) 42
6 Dec Tokyo 30,000,000 Isao Aoki (45)
David Ishii (9)
20 Title shared
13 Dec Okinawa 70,000,000 Isamu Sugita (1) 12

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 86,554,421
2 76,981,199
3 49,854,133
4 49,171,300
5 47,939,450

Japan Challenge Tour

Year:1987
Tour:Japan Challenge Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:3
Honor1:Money list
Prevseason:1986
Nextseason:1988

The 1987 Japan Challenge Tour was the third 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 1987 season.[4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner
4 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 13,000,000 Hiroshi Gohda (1)
30 Jul Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 12,000,000 Minoru Kawakami (1)
1 Oct Sports Shinko Open Osaka 13,000,000 Toshimitsu Kai (1)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1987 Tour Tournaments . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 26 November 2022.
  2. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Mark McCormack

    . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988 . Mark McCormack . Collins Willow . 1988 . 254–273, 462–496 . 0002182831 . Archive.org . 8 November 2023 . limited.

  3. Web site: 1987 Money Rankings . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 26 November 2022.
  4. Web site: 1987 Challenge Schedule . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 19 September 2023.