| Year: | 2005 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 29 |
| Most Wins: |  Keiichiro Fukabori (2) Hur Suk-ho (2) Yasuharu Imano (2) Shingo Katayama (2) Naomichi Ozaki (2) David Smail (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Shingo Katayama |
| Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
| Honoree2: | Shingo Katayama |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: | Jang Ik-jae |
| Prevseason: | 2004 |
| Nextseason: | 2006 |
The 2005 Japan Golf Tour was the 33rd 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 2005 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,000,000 |  Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 19 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,250,000 | Michael Campbell | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 17 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,000,000 | Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 15 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$6,500,000 | Phil Mickelson | 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 | 134,075,280 | ||
| 2 | 118,543,753 | ||
| 3 | 93,595,937 | ||
| 4 | 91,548,268 | ||
| 5 | 78,870,984 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 13 |
| Most Wins: | Shoichi Ideguchi (2) Takeshi Kajikawa (2) Akinori Tani (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Shoichi Ideguchi |
| Prevseason: | 2004 |
| Nextseason: | 2006 |
The 2005 Japan Challenge Tour was the 21st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Masaya Tomida (1) | |
| 3 Jun | PGA JGTO Challenge I | Okayama | 10,000,000 | Tsutomu Higa (1) | |
| 17 Jun | Sega Sammy Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Tomonori Takahashi (2) | |
| 24 Jun | PGA JGTO Challenge II | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | C. K. Choi (1) | |
| 8 Jul | 1st PGM Series World Challenge | Kumamoto | 10,000,000 | Takeshi Kajikawa (2) | |
| 22 Jul | 2nd PGM Series Kasagi Challenge | Kyoto | 10,000,000 | Shoichi Ideguchi (1) | |
| 5 Aug | 3rd PGM Series Daitakarazuka Challenge | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Nam Young-woo (1) | |
| 26 Aug | 4th PGM Series Ami Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Kazuhiro Shimizu (1) | |
| 9 Sep | GDO Challenge Cup | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Akinori Tani (1) | |
| 16 Sep | 5th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge | Miyagi | 10,000,000 | Takeshi Kajikawa (3) | |
| 1 Oct | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament | Miyagi | 20,000,000 | Taichiro Kiyota (2) | |
| 7 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Shoichi Ideguchi (2) | |
| 20 Oct | Tokyo Dome Cup | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Akinori Tani (2) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2006 Japan Golf Tour.[7]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,070,263 | ||
| 2 | 4,500,000 | ||
| 3 | 4,456,028 | ||
| 4 | 4,370,189 | ||
| 5 | 3,381,377 |
