| Year: | 2012 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 25 |
| Most Wins: |  Hiroyuki Fujita (4) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Hiroyuki Fujita |
| Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
| Honoree2: | Hiroyuki Fujita |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: | Yoshinori Fujimoto |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Japan Golf Tour was the 40th 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 2012 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr | Mie | 130,000,000 |  Brendan Jones (11) | 18 | ||||
| 22 Apr | Hyōgo | 110,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (12) | 18 | ||||
| 29 Apr | Aichi | 120,000,000 |  Jang Ik-jae (2) | 16 | ||||
| 13 May | Tochigi | 150,000,000 | Toru Taniguchi (18) | 16 | Japan major | |||
| 20 May | Shizuoka | 100,000,000 |  Jay Choi (1) | 18 | ||||
| 27 May | Chiba | 120,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (13) | 16 | ||||
| 3 Jun | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Yoshinori Fujimoto (1) | 16 | Japan major | |||
| 24 Jun | Okayama | 110,000,000 | Brad Kennedy (1) | 16 | ||||
| 8 Jul | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Lee Kyoung-hoon (1) | 16 | ||||
| 29 Jul | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Brendan Jones (12) | 16 | ||||
| 19 Aug | Osaka | 60,000,000 | Toshinori Muto (5) | 16 | ||||
| 26 Aug | Fukuoka | 110,000,000 | Kim Hyung-sung (1) | 16 | ||||
| 2 Sep | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (5) | 16 | ||||
| 9 Sep | Mie | 80,000,000 |  Wu Ashun (1) | 16 | ||||
| 16 Sep | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (14) | 16 | ||||
| 23 Sep | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Masanori Kobayashi (2) | 20 | ||||
| 30 Sep | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Ryu Hyun-woo (1) | 16 | ||||
| 7 Oct | Kanagawa | 150,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (10) | 16 | ||||
| 14 Oct | Okinawa | 200,000,000 | Kenichi Kuboya (6) | 32 | Flagship event | |||
| 21 Oct | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Toru Taniguchi (19) | 16 | ||||
| 28 Oct | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Han Lee (1) | 18 | ||||
| 11 Nov | Shizuoka | 150,000,000 | Ryo Ishikawa (10) | 18 | ||||
| 18 Nov | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | Luke Donald (n/a) | 32 | ||||
| 25 Nov | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | Hwang Jung-gon (2) | 18 | ||||
| 2 Dec | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (15) | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$8,000,000 | Bubba Watson | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 6 May | Chiba | 38,000,000 | n/a | Pro-Am | ||||
| 17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$8,000,000 | Webb Simpson | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 1 Jul | Nagasaki | n/a | Team South Korea | n/a | Team event | |||
| 22 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £5,000,000 |  Ernie Els | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 2 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 | Rory McIlroy | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 9 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 | 175,159,972 | ||
| 2 | 102,686,994 | ||
| 3 | 92,078,892 | ||
| 4 | 88,948,069 | ||
| 5 | 88,659,122 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 13 |
| Most Wins: | Yuki Kono (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Yuki Kono |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Japan Challenge Tour was the 28th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Yang Ji-ho (1) | |
| 20 Apr | Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Daijiro Izumida (1) | |
| 25 May | Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Naomi Ohta (2) | |
| 1 Jun | Murasaki CC Sumire GMA Challenge Tournament | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Akio Sadakata (1) | |
| 7 Jun | ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Yosuke Asaji (1) | |
| 15 Jun | Akita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I | Akita | 10,000,000 | Yuki Kono (1) | |
| 29 Jun | Tokyu Nasu Resort JGTO Challenge II | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Yuki Kono (2) | |
| 14 Jul | Shizu Hills Tommy Cup | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Koichi Sugimoto (2) | |
| 27 Jul | Daisen GC JGTO Challenge III | Tottori | 10,000,000 | Masashi Nishimura (1) | |
| 13 Sep | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup I in Onotoyo | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Achi Sato (4) | |
| 21 Sep | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup II in Boso | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Satoshi Kodaira (2) | |
| 228 Sep | Elite Grips JGTO Challenge IV | Mie | 10,000,000 | Toru Morita (2) | |
| 19 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Hur In-hoi (1) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6] [7] The top eight players on the money list earned status to play on the 2013 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,607,237 | ||
| 2 | 4,369,211 | ||
| 3 | 4,365,325 | ||
| 4 | 3,906,933 | ||
| 5 | 3,376,983 | ||
| 6 | 3,347,000 | ||
| 7 | 3,213,055 | ||
| 8 | 3,039,870 |