Year: | 2004 |
Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 29 |
Most Wins: | Hur Suk-ho (2) Brendan Jones (2) Shingo Katayama (2) Paul Sheehan (2) Toru Taniguchi (2) Yang Yong-eun (2) |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Shingo Katayama |
Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
Honoree2: | Toru Taniguchi |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Takuya Taniguchi |
Prevseason: | 2003 |
Nextseason: | 2005 |
The 2004 Japan Golf Tour was the 32nd 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.
The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]
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 | Other tours | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$6,000,000 | Phil Mickelson | 100 | Major championship | ||
20 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,250,000 | Retief Goosen | 100 | Major championship | ||
18 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,000,000 | Todd Hamilton | 100 | Major championship | ||
15 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$6,250,000 | Vijay Singh | 100 | Major championship |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2] [3]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 119,512,374 | ||
2 | 101,773,301 | ||
3 | 99,540,333 | ||
4 | 90,176,104 | ||
5 | 85,020,125 |
Award | Winner | ||
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[5] |
Year: | 2004 |
Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 10 |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Yoshiaki Kimura |
Prevseason: | 2003 |
Nextseason: | 2005 |
The 2004 Japan Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[6]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 Apr | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Isao Narukawa (1) | |
25 Jun | PGA Cup Challenge Tournament | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Mitsuo Harada (1) | |
9 Jul | 1st PGM Series Wakagi Challenge | Saga | 10,000,000 | Yutaka Horinouchi (1) | |
30 Jul | 2nd PGM Series Lions Challenge | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Toshihiro Aizawa (1) | |
6 Aug | 3rd PGM Series Segovia Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Toshio Ozaki (1) | |
27 Aug | 4th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Taichiro Kiyota (1) | |
10 Sep | 4th PGM Series Ohinata Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Takeshi Kajikawa (1) | |
2 Oct | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament | Miyagi | 20,000,000 | Yoshiaki Kimura (1) | |
8 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Masanori Ushiyama (1) | |
21 Oct | Tokyo Dome Cup | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Gohei Sato (5) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2005 Japan Golf Tour.
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 4,199,650 | ||
2 | 3,596,022 | ||
3 | 2,789,508 | ||
4 | 2,767,949 | ||
5 | 2,635,826 |