Year: | 2007 |
Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 24 |
Most Wins: | Brendan Jones (3) Toru Taniguchi (3) |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Toru Taniguchi |
Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
Honoree2: | Toru Taniguchi |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Lee Seong-ho |
Prevseason: | 2006 |
Nextseason: | 2008 |
The 2007 Japan Golf Tour was the 35th 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 2007 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(s) | OWGR points | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,000,000 | Zach Johnson | 100 | Major championship | |
17 Jun | Hyōgo | 30,000,000 | n/a | ||||
17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,000,000 | Ángel Cabrera | 100 | Major championship | |
22 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,200,000 | Pádraig Harrington | 100 | Major championship | |
12 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$7,000,000 | Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | |
10 Sep | Chiba | 20,800,000 | n/a | ||||
8 Dec | Chiba | 80,000,000 | n/a | Team event |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2] [3]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 171,744,498 | ||
2 | 141,053,934 | ||
3 | 115,531,323 | ||
4 | 77,622,976 | ||
5 | 74,841,936 |
Year: | 2007 |
Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 11 |
Most Wins: | Michio Matsumura (2) Shinichi Yokota (2) |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Michio Matsumura |
Prevseason: | 2006 |
Nextseason: | 2008 |
The 2007 Japan Challenge Tour was the 23rd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[5]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 Apr | PRGR Cup | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Naomi Ohta (1) | |
31 May | Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Shinichi Yokota (1) | |
8 Jun | Segasammy Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Yoshi Mizumaki (1) | |
22 Jun | Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge I | Nagano | 13,000,000 | Shinichi Yokota (2) | |
28 Jul | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament | Miyagi | 20,000,000 | Masao Nakajima (1) | |
3 Aug | Sashima JGTO Challenge II | Ibaraki | 13,000,000 | Satoshi Tomiyama (1) | |
13 Sep | Srixon Challenge | Aichi | 10,000,000 | Toshikazu Sugihara (1) | |
22 Sep | SYNX Novil Cup | Tokushima | 20,000,000 | Takashi Kanemoto (1) | |
29 Sep | BMW Challenge Cup | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Kazunori Suzuki (1) | |
5 Oct | Par 72 Challenge Cup | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | Michio Matsumura (1) | |
21 Oct | PRGR Cup Final | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Michio Matsumura (2) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6] [7] The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2008 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 6,685,183 | ||
2 | 5,778,865 | ||
3 | 5,721,750 | ||
4 | 5,517,270 | ||
5 | 5,314,523 | ||
6 | 4,268,958 | ||
7 | 3,863,730 |