2000 Japan Golf Tour Explained

Year:2000
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:33
Most Wins: Shingo Katayama (5)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Shingo Katayama
Honor2:Most Valuable Player
Honoree2: Shingo Katayama
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Dean Wilson
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2001

The 2000 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2000 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th 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.

Iiyama title sponsorship

It was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, being renamed as the iiyama Tour. The agreement was reported to be worth over three years.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner OWGR
points
Notes
12 MarToken Corporation CupKagoshima100,000,000 Nobuo Serizawa (5)16
19 MarDydo Drinco Shizuoka OpenShizuoka100,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (7)16
16 AprTsuruya OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Richard Backwell (1)16
23 AprAsia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin OpenIbaraki100,000,000 Shingo Katayama (3)16
30 AprThe CrownsAichi110,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (8)24
7 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka110,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (15)16
14 MayJapan PGA ChampionshipChiba110,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (3)16Japan major
21 MayMunsingwear Open KSB CupOkayama120,000,000 Shingo Katayama (4)16New tournament
28 MayMitsubishi Motors TournamentShiga100,000,000 Hirofumi Miyase (3)16
4 JunJCB Classic SendaiMiyagi100,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (4)16
11 JunPGA Philanthropy TournamentNara50,000,000 Masashi Shimada (1)16
18 JunTamanoi Yomiuri OpenHyōgo90,000,000 Yoshi Mizumaki (7)16
25 JunGateway to The Open Mizuno OpenOkayama90,000,000 Yasuharu Imano (2)16
2 JulJGTO TPC iiyama CupTochigi120,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa (5)16New tournament
Japan major
9 JulJuken Sangyo Open HiroshimaHiroshima90,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (3)16
16 JulAiful CupAomori90,000,000 Dean Wilson (1)16
30 JulNST Niigata Open Golf ChampionshipNiigata50,000,000 Hidezumi Shirakata (1)16
6 AugSun Chlorella ClassicHokkaidō100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (93)16
27 AugHisamitsu-KBC AugustaFukuoka90,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa (6)16
3 SepJapan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise CupHokkaidō80,000,000 Kaname Yokoo (3)16
10 SepSuntory OpenChiba90,000,000 Kiyoshi Maita (1)16
17 SepANA OpenHokkaidō100,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (5)16
24 SepAcom InternationalIbaraki110,000,000 Toru Taniguchi (2)16
8 OctTokai ClassicAichi100,000,000 Hirofumi Miyase (4)16
15 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipChiba120,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (29)32Flagship event
22 OctBridgestone OpenChiba110,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (6)16
29 OctPhilip Morris ChampionshipHyōgo200,000,000 Toru Taniguchi (3)16
5 NovUbe Kosan OpenYamaguchi140,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (4)16
12 NovSumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka140,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa (7)16
19 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000 Shingo Katayama (5)34
26 NovCasio World OpenKagoshima140,000,000 Toru Suzuki (5)22
3 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo90,000,000 Shingo Katayama (6)16Japan major
10 DecFancl Open in OkinawaOkinawa90,000,000 Shingo Katayama (7)16

Unofficial events

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 OWGR
points
Notes
9 AprMasters TournamentUnited StatesUS$4,600,000 Vijay Singh100Major championship
18 JunU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$4,500,000 Tiger Woods100Major championship
23 JulThe Open ChampionshipScotland£2,800,000 Tiger Woods100Major championship
20 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$5,000,000 Tiger Woods100Major championship

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3] [4]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 177,116,489
2 175,829,742
3 155,246,900
4 120,316,633
5 108,807,851

Awards

AwardWinner
[5]
[6] [7]

Japan Challenge Tour

Year:2000
Tour:Japan Challenge Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:13
Most Wins: Masanori Kobayashi (2)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Masanori Kobayashi
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2001

The 2000 Japan Challenge Tour was the 16th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[8]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner
14 Apr PRGR Cup (East) Tochigi 10,000,000 Naoki Hattori (1)
20 Apr Kourakuen Cup (1st) Oita 10,000,000 Mitsuhiro Tateyama (1)
27 Apr Nishino Cup Open Ibaraki 10,000,000 Koichi Nogami (1)
12 May Hisamitsu Seiyaku KBC Challenge Fukuoka 10,000,000 Masanori Kobayashi (1)
2 Jun Aiful Challenge Cup Spring Hyōgo 10,000,000 Yukiharu Morita (1)
6 Jul Kourakuen Cup (2nd) Tochigi 10,000,000 Hajime Tanaka (1)
19 Jul PRGR Cup (West) Shiga 10,000,000 Masanori Kobayashi (2)
3 Aug JGTO iiyama Challenge 1 Shiga 10,000,000 Taisuke Kitajima (4)
21 Sep Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn Fukushima 10,000,000 Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa (1)
5 Oct JGTO iiyama Challenge 2 Hyōgo 10,000,000 Takeshi Ohyama (1)
21 Oct Shinwa Golf Classic Shiga 10,000,000 Tatsuo Takasaki (1)
2 Nov Kourakuen Cup (3rd) Chiba 10,000,000 Yui Ueda (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[9] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2001 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 3,851,250
2 3,838,130
3 3,477,724
4 3,414,967
5 3,058,938

Notes and References

  1. 年間スポンサーのイーヤマ撤退を正式発表 . Official announcement of the withdrawal of annual sponsor iiyama . ja . Golf Digest Japan . 11 May 2002 . 5 January 2024.
  2. Web site: 2000 Tour Tournaments . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 10 April 2023.
  3. Web site: 2000 Money Rankings . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 10 April 2023.
  4. Web site: 片山晋呉が、今季5勝目で逆転賞金王に!! . Shingo Katayama comes from behind to become the prize money champion with his 5th win of the season!! . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 11 December 2000 . ja . 20 September 2023.
  5. News: Katayama picks up MVP title . The Japan Times . 6 December 2005 . 2 January 2024 . Katayama, who claimed the money rankings crown for the third time overall, won the MVP title for the first time in five years and second time in his career..
  6. News: Short putts . The Honolulu Advertiser . Honolulu, Hawaii . 13 (C6 in paper) . 17 January 2001 . 6 March 2024 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  7. Web site: 2004 PGA Tour Media Guide . 2004 . PGA Tour . 2 January 2024 . 170 (2-156 in document) . Dean Wilson 2000: JPGA rookie of the year..
  8. Web site: 2000 Challenge Schedule . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 18 September 2023.
  9. Web site: 2000 Challenge Money Ranking . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 30 December 2022.