| Year: | 2011 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 25 |
| Most Wins: |  Bae Sang-moon (3) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Bae Sang-moon |
| Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
| Honoree2: | Bae Sang-moon |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: | Park Jae-bum |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Japan Golf Tour was the 39th 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 2011 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr | Mie | 130,000,000 |  Tadahiro Takayama (4) | 20 | ||||
| 24 Apr | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 | Tomohiro Kondo (5) | 22 | ||||
| 1 May | Aichi | 120,000,000 |  Brendan Jones (10) | 18 | ||||
| 15 May | Hyogo | 150,000,000 | Hiroo Kawai (1) | 22 | Japan major | |||
| 22 May | Shizuoka | 100,000,000 | Masanori Kobayashi (1) | 18 | New tournament | |||
| 29 May | Chiba | 120,000,000 | Koumei Oda (5) | 22 | ||||
| 5 Jun | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Park Jae-bum (1) | 18 | Japan major | |||
| 26 Jun | Okayama | 110,000,000 | Hwang Jung-gon (1) | 22 | ||||
| 24 Jul | Hokkaidō | 130,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (4) | 20 | ||||
| 31 Jul | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (9) | 18 | ||||
| 21 Aug | Hyogo | 50,000,000 | Cho Min-gyu (1) | 16 | ||||
| 28 Aug | Fukuoka | 110,000,000 | Bae Sang-moon (1) | 20 | ||||
| 4 Sep | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | Masatsugu Morofuji (1) | 16 | ||||
| 11 Sep | Mie | 70,000,000 | Lee Dong-hwan (2) | 16 | ||||
| 18 Sep | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 | Kurt Barnes (1) | 22 | ||||
| 25 Sep | Shiga | 150,000,000 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka (6) | 22 | ||||
| 2 Oct | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Bae Sang-moon (2) | 18 | ||||
| 9 Oct | Kanagawa | 150,000,000 | Kenichi Kuboya (5) | 20 | ||||
| 16 Oct | Chiba | 200,000,000 | Bae Sang-moon (3) | 32 | Flagship event | |||
| 23 Oct | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Toru Taniguchi (17) | 22 | ||||
| 30 Oct | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Koichiro Kawano (1) | 22 | ||||
| 13 Nov | Shizuoka | 150,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (a) (1) | 26 | ||||
| 20 Nov | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | Toshinori Muto (4) | 28 | ||||
| 27 Nov | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | Tadahiro Takayama (5) | 16 | ||||
| 4 Dec | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (11) | 18 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$8,000,000 |  Charl Schwartzel | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 8 May | Chiba | 25,000,000 | n/a | Pro-Am | ||||
| 19 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,850,000 | Rory McIlroy | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 3 Jul | South Korea | US$200,000 | Team South Korea | n/a | Team event | |||
| 17 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £5,000,000 | Darren Clarke | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 14 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 |  Keegan Bradley | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 11 Dec | Chiba | 57,000,000 | 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 | 151,078,958 | ||
| 2 | 98,718,202 | ||
| 3 | 98,282,603 | ||
| 4 | 96,888,944 | ||
| 5 | 94,355,200 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 10 |
| Most Wins: | Tatsunori Nukaga (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Tatsunori Nukaga |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Japan Challenge Tour was the 27th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Tatsunori Nukaga (2) | |
| 22 Apr | Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Takanobu Kondo (1) | |
| 27 May | Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Hidezumi Shirakata (2) | |
| 9 Jun | Boso Country Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Hirohito Koizumi (2) | |
| 1 Jul | Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 |  Chinnarat Phadungsil (1) | |
| 9 Jul | Shizu Hills Tommy Cup | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Koichi Sugimoto (1) | |
| 22 Jul | Srixon Challenge | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Hidemichi Haginomori (1) | |
| 16 Sep | Toshoen GC JGTO Challenge II | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Taro Hiroi (1) | |
| 22 Sep | Elite grips JGTO Challenge III | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Yudai Maeda (2) | |
| 21 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Tatsunori Nukaga (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 2012 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,846,275 | ||
| 2 | 3,795,466 | ||
| 3 | 3,352,733 | ||
| 4 | 3,270,937 | ||
| 5 | 2,487,107 | ||
| 6 | 2,331,320 |