| Year: | 2006 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 29 |
| Most Wins: |  Shingo Katayama (3) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Shingo Katayama |
| Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
| Honoree2: | Shingo Katayama |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: |  Lee Dong-hwan |
| Prevseason: | 2005 |
| Nextseason: | 2007 |
The 2006 Japan Golf Tour was the 34th 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 2006 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,000,000 |  Phil Mickelson | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,250,000 |  Geoff Ogilvy | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 23 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £4,000,000 | Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 20 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$6,800,000 | Tiger Woods | 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 | 178,402,190 | ||
| 2 | 119,888,517 | ||
| 3 | 113,538,173 | ||
| 4 | 113,468,445 | ||
| 5 | 96,488,270 |
| Award | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| [4] | |||
| Lee Dong-hwan |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 16 |
| Most Wins: | Yosuke Mizobuchi (2) Keishiro Nakata (2) Takaki Ono (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Takaki Ono |
| Prevseason: | 2005 |
| Nextseason: | 2007 |
The 2006 Japan Challenge Tour was the 22nd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr | PRGR Cup | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Hirotoshi Shigehara (1) | |
| 19 May | Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Takaki Ono (1) | |
| 2 Jun | PGA JGTO Challenge I | Yamaguchi | 10,000,000 | Tatsuaki Nakamura (2) | |
| 9 Jun | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament I | Miyagi | 15,000,000 | Yosuke Mizobuchi (1) | |
| 16 Jun | Segasammy Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Yosuke Mizobuchi (2) | |
| 23 Jun | PGA JGTO Challenge II | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Lee Dong-hwan (1) | |
| 7 Jul | 1st PGM Series Country Club The Lakes Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Shinichi Yamazaki (1) | |
| 28 Jul | 2nd PGM Series Wakagi Challenge | Saga | 10,000,000 | Taku Sugaya (2) | |
| 9 Aug | 3rd PGM Series Sun-Park Sapporo Challenge | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Seita Matsumoto (1) | |
| 25 Aug | 4th PGM Series Ohinata Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Keishiro Nakata (1) | |
| 8 Sep | 5th PGM Series Kasagi Challenge | Kyoto | 10,000,000 | Keishiro Nakata (2) | |
| 14 Sep | Srixon Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Takaki Ono (2) | |
| 22 Sep | GDO Challenge Cup | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Naruhito Ueda (1) | |
| 30 Sep | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament II | Miyagi | 20,000,000 | Kazuya Omae (1) | |
| 6 Oct | Par 72 Challenge Cup | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Achi Sato (1) | |
| 19 Oct | Tokyo Dome Cup | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (2) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6] [7] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2007 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,710,069 | ||
| 2 | 5,536,423 | ||
| 3 | 4,849,623 | ||
| 4 | 4,801,984 | ||
| 5 | 4,439,831 |
