2010 Japan Golf Tour Explained

Year:2010
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:25
Most Wins: Yuta Ikeda (4)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Kim Kyung-tae
Honor2:Most Valuable Player
Honoree2: Hiroyuki Fujita
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Shunsuke Sonoda
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 Japan Golf Tour was the 38th 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
18 Apr Mie 130,000,000 Koumei Oda (4) 18
25 Apr Hyōgo 120,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (9) 18
2 May Aichi 120,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa (7) 20
16 May Nagasaki 140,000,000 Toru Taniguchi (16) 20 Japan major
30 May Saitama 120,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (1) 20
6 Jun Ibaraki 120,000,000 Katsumasa Miyamoto (8) 22 Japan major
27 Jun Hyōgo 130,000,000 Shunsuke Sonoda (1) 22
4 Jul Mie 60,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (5) 18 New tournament
11 Jul Ibaraki 150,000,000 Takashi Kanemoto (2) 16
25 Jul Hokkaidō 130,000,000 Mamo Osanai (4) 18
1 Aug Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Tadahiro Takayama (3) 20
22 Aug Kyoto 50,000,000 Shigeru Nonaka (1) 16
29 Aug Fukuoka 110,000,000 Hideto Tanihara (9) 18
5 Sep Yamanashi 110,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa (8) 18
19 Sep Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (6) 18
26 Sep Hyōgo 150,000,000 Brendan Jones (9) 22
3 Oct Aichi 120,000,000 Michio Matsumura (1) 18
10 Oct Kanagawa 150,000,000 Shinichi Yokota (2) 18
17 Oct Aichi 200,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (2) 32 Flagship event
24 Oct Chiba 150,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (7) 22
31 Oct Hyōgo 150,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae (3) 20
14 Nov Shizuoka 150,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa (9) 20
21 Nov Miyazaki 200,000,000 Yuta Ikeda (8) 30
28 Nov Kōchi 200,000,000 Michio Matsumura (2) 24
5 Dec Tokyo 130,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (10) 26 Japan major

Unofficial events

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
11 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$7,500,000 Phil Mickelson 100 Major championship
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,500,000 Graeme McDowell 100 Major championship
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,800,000 Louis Oosthuizen 100 Major championship
12 Aug Chiba 20,000,000 n/a
15 Aug PGA Championship United States US$7,500,000 Martin Kaymer 100 Major championship
12 Sep South Korea US$700,000 Team Japan n/a Team event
12 Dec Chiba 57,000,000 n/a Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2] [3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 181,103,799
2 157,932,927
3 151,461,479
4 145,043,030
5 108,908,063

Awards

AwardWinner
[4]
[5]

Japan Challenge Tour

Year:2010
Tour:Japan Challenge Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:11
Most Wins: Dinesh Chand (2)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Dinesh Chand
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 Japan Challenge Tour was the 26th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[6]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner
11 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Soushi Tajima (1)
21 May Toshin Challenge Gifu 10,000,000 Akira Endo (1)
28 May Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup Gifu 10,000,000 Dinesh Chand (1)
11 Jun Tohoku Yakurai Cup Miyagi 10,000,000 Dinesh Chand (2)
19 Jun Shizu Hills Tommy Cup Ibaraki 15,000,000 Sushi Ishigaki (2)
25 Jun Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge Tochigi 10,000,000 Chiang Chen-chih (1)
15 Jul Boso Country Cup Chiba 10,000,000 Masayoshi Nakayama (1)
20 Aug Hatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge Tournament Saitama 10,000,000 Satoshi Kodaira (a) (1)
10 Sep Srixon Challenge Miyagi 10,000,000 Shunta Maeawakura (1)
17 Sep Itsuurateien JGTO Challenge 2 Fukushima 10,000,000 Hirohito Koizumi (1)
22 Oct JGTO Novil Final Chiba 10,000,000 Park Sung-joon (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] [8] The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2011 Japan Golf Tour.[8]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 4,780,625
2 4,350,520
3 3,258,022
4 3,157,313
5 3,090,963
6 2,966,274
7 2,864,850

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Tour Tournaments . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 10 April 2023.
  2. Web site: 2010 Money Rankings . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 10 April 2023.
  3. Web site: 金庚泰(キムキョンテ)が2010年の賞金王に . Kim Kyung-tae is the 2010 prize winner . Japanese . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 6 December 2010 . 27 June 2023.
  4. Web site: 藤田寛之が最優秀選手賞受賞 . Hiroyuki Fujita wins the Most Valuable Player Award . Japanese . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 26 December 2010 . 28 June 2023.
  5. Web site: 今年の最優秀新人賞島田トロフィは薗田峻輔 . This year's Best Newcomer Shimada Trophy goes to Shunsuke Sonoda . Japanese . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 20 December 2010 . 28 June 2023.
  6. Web site: 2010 Challenge Schedule . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 17 September 2023.
  7. Web site: 2010 Challenge Money Ranking . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 29 December 2022.
  8. Web site: 朴星俊が逆転優勝!来年のツアー前期の出場優先権を獲得 . Park Sung-joon wins the come-from-behind victory! Priority for next year's first half of the Tour . Japan Golf Tour Organization . ja . 23 October 2023 . 17 September 2023 . ...チャレンジ賞金王のデッネッシュ・チャンド(今大会は欠場)が来年のツアーシード権、チャレンジ賞金ランキング2位から7位までのすし石垣、小林正則、前粟蔵俊太、田島創志、小泉洋人、朴星俊の6人が来年前期のツアー出場優先権を獲得した。 . ...and the Challenge Prize King Dinesh Chand (who will not participate in this tournament) has been seeded for next year's tour, and the six players ranked 2nd to 7th in the Challenge Prize Money Rankings: Sushi Ishigaki, Masanori Kobayashi, Shunta Maeawakura, Soji Tajima, Hiroto Koizumi, and Sung Joon Park have been given priority to participate in the Tour in the first half of next year..