Year: | 2002 |
Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 29 |
Most Wins: | Toru Taniguchi (4) |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Toru Taniguchi |
Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
Honoree2: | Toru Taniguchi |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Brendan Jones |
Prevseason: | 2001 |
Nextseason: | 2003 |
The 2002 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2002 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th 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.
It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, that began in 2000.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[2]
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$5,600,000 | Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | |
16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,250,000 | Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | |
21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £3,800,000 | Ernie Els | 100 | Major championship | |
18 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$5,500,000 | Rich Beem | 100 | Major championship |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3] [4]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 145,440,341 | ||
2 | 130,825,969 | ||
3 | 129,258,019 | ||
4 | 97,116,100 | ||
5 | 94,103,576 |
Award | Winner | ||
---|---|---|---|
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[6] |
Year: | 2002 |
Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 11 |
Most Wins: | Tatsuhiko Ichihara (2) |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Tatsuhiko Ichihara |
Prevseason: | 2001 |
Nextseason: | 2003 |
The 2002 Japan Challenge Tour was the 18th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[7]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 Apr | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Masayoshi Yamazoe (1) | |
18 Apr | Kourakuen Cup (1st) | Oita | 10,000,000 | Tatsuhiko Ichihara (1) | |
10 May | JGTO iiyama Challenge I | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Shinji Ikeuchi (1) | |
31 May | JGTO iiyama Challenge II | Mie | 10,000,000 | Nobuhiro Masuda (1) | |
14 Jun | Aiful Challenge Cup Spring | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Satoru Hirota (1) | |
28 Jun | PGA Cup Challenge | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | Yuzo Oyama (2) | |
11 Jul | Kourakuen Cup (2nd) | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Paul Sheehan (1) | |
13 Sep | Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn | Aomori | 10,000,000 | Tatsuhiko Ichihara (2) | |
27 Sep | Kasco Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Hideki Haraguchi (1) | |
4 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (1) | |
7 Nov | Kourakuen Cup (3rd) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Mitsuhiro Tateyama (2) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[8] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2003 Japan Golf Tour.
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 4,124,935 | ||
2 | 3,860,479 | ||
3 | 3,182,692 | ||
4 | 2,700,000 | ||
5 | 2,695,742 |