| Year: | 2008 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 24 |
| Most Wins: |  Shingo Katayama (3) Prayad Marksaeng (3) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Shingo Katayama |
| Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
| Honoree2: | Shingo Katayama |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: | Ryo Ishikawa |
| Prevseason: | 2007 |
| Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 Japan Golf Tour was the 36th 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 2008 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr | Mie | 110,000,000 | Katsumasa Miyamoto (7) | 16 | ||||
| 27 Apr | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 |  Hur Suk-ho (7) | 16 | ||||
| 4 May | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Tomohiro Kondo (4) | 16 | ||||
| 11 May | China | 110,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (6) | 16 | New to Japan Golf Tour | |||
| 18 May | Gunma | 130,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (24) | 16 | Japan major | |||
| 25 May | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (7) | 16 | ||||
| 1 Jun | Hyōgo | 110,000,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (1) | 18 | ||||
| 22 Jun | Hyōgo | 130,000,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (2) | 16 | ||||
| 6 Jul | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Hidemasa Hoshino (3) | 16 | Japan major | |||
| 27 Jul | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 |  Jeev Milkha Singh (3) | 16 | ||||
| 3 Aug | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Takuya Taniguchi (2) | 16 | ||||
| 31 Aug | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | Shintaro Kai (1) | 16 | ||||
| 7 Sep | Yamanashi | 150,000,000 | Toyokazu Fujishima (1) | 16 | ||||
| 21 Sep | Hokkaidō | 130,000,000 | Azuma Yano (2) | 16 | ||||
| 28 Sep | Osaka | 200,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (8) | 20 | New tournament | |||
| 5 Oct | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Toshinori Muto (2) | 20 | ||||
| 12 Oct | Kanagawa | 200,000,000 | Makoto Inoue (2) | 16 | New tournament | |||
| 19 Oct | Fukuoka | 200,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (25) | 32 | Flagship event | |||
| 26 Oct | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Azuma Yano (3) | 16 | ||||
| 2 Nov | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Ryo Ishikawa (2) | 16 | ||||
| 9 Nov | Ibaraki | 200,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (8) | 18 | New tournament | |||
| 16 Nov | Shizuoka | 150,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (26) | 22 | ||||
| 23 Nov | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | Prayad Marksaeng (3) | 36 | ||||
| 30 Nov | Kōchi | 140,000,000 | Koumei Oda (1) | 18 | ||||
| 7 Dec | Tokyo | 100,000,000 | Jeev Milkha Singh (4) | 24 | Japan major |
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 | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,500,000 |  Trevor Immelman | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 9 May | Chiba | 6,000,000 | Shunsuke Sonoda (a) | n/a | ||||
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,500,000 |  Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £4,200,000 |  Pádraig Harrington | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 10 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$7,500,000 | Pádraig Harrington | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 22 Sep | Chiba | 17,800,000 | n/a | |||||
| 13 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 | 180,094,895 | ||
| 2 | 137,064,052 | ||
| 3 | 126,430,825 | ||
| 4 | 110,414,719 | ||
| 5 | 106,318,166 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 10 |
| Most Wins: | Shigeru Nonaka (2) Masamichi Uehira (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Masamichi Uehira |
| Prevseason: | 2007 |
| Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 Japan Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | PRGR Cup | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Tatsunori Nukaga (1) | |
| 23 May | Arita Tokyu JGTO Challenge I | Wakayama | 13,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (3) | |
| 13 Jun | Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II | Nagano | 13,000,000 | Shigeru Nonaka (1) | |
| 29 Jun | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 20,000,000 | Taichiro Kiyota (3) | |
| 10 Jul | Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (1) | |
| 26 Jul | Shizu Hills Tommy Cup | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Hirotaro Naito (1) | |
| 12 Sep | Sunroyal GC Cup | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (4) | |
| 19 Sep | Srixon Challenge | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Shigeru Nonaka (2) | |
| 26 Sep | Toshin Challenge Tournament | Mie | 10,000,000 | Hiro Aoyama (1) | |
| 26 Oct | PRGR Cup Final | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Hiroaki Iijima (3) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6] [7] The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,329,033 | ||
| 2 | 6,040,545 | ||
| 3 | 5,502,620 | ||
| 4 | 4,587,176 | ||
| 5 | 4,286,250 | ||
| 6 | 3,737,039 |