| Year: | 2018 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 24 |
| Most Wins: |  Kodai Ichihara (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Shugo Imahira |
| Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
| Honoree2: | Shugo Imahira |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: | Rikuya Hoshino |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Japan Golf Tour was the 46th 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 2018 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan | Singapore | US$1,000,000 |  Sergio García (n/a) | 28 | ||||
| 28 Jan | Myanmar | US$750,000 |  Paul Peterson (1) | 19 | ||||
| 15 Apr | Mie | 130,000,000 | Atomu Shigenaga (1) | 16 | ||||
| 22 Apr | Osaka | 150,000,000 |  Rahil Gangjee (1) | 15 | ||||
| 29 Apr | Aichi | 120,000,000 |  Yang Yong-eun (5) | 16 | ||||
| 13 May | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Toru Taniguchi (20) | 16 | Japan major | |||
| 20 May | Hyōgo | 70,000,000 | Ryuko Tokimatsu (3) | 16 | ||||
| 27 May | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | Shota Akiyoshi (1) | 16 | ||||
| 3 Jun | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Kodai Ichihara (1) | 16 | Japan major | |||
| 24 Jun | Fukushima | 50,000,000 | Shota Akiyoshi (2) | 16 | ||||
| 8 Jul | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 |  Brad Kennedy (3) | 16 | ||||
| 26 Aug | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | Daijiro Izumida (1) | 16 | ||||
| 2 Sep | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | Rikuya Hoshino (1) | 16 | ||||
| 9 Sep | Saitama | 230,000,000 |  Thanyakon Khrongpha (1) | 16 | ||||
| Hokkaidō | – | Cancelled | – | |||||
| 23 Sep | Saitama | 150,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (20) | 15 | ||||
| 30 Sep | Aichi | 110,000,000 |  Angelo Que (1) | 16 | ||||
| 14 Oct | Kanagawa | 200,000,000 | Yuki Inamori (1) | 32 | Flagship event | |||
| 21 Oct | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Shugo Imahira (2) | 16 | ||||
| 28 Oct | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Yuta Kinoshita (1) | 16 | ||||
| 4 Nov | Okinawa | 200,000,000 |  Shaun Norris (3) | 16 | ||||
| 11 Nov | Shizuoka | 200,000,000 | Tatsunori Nukaga (1) | 18 | ||||
| 18 Nov | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | Kodai Ichihara (2) | 30 | ||||
| 25 Nov | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | Choi Ho-sung (2) | 16 | ||||
| 2 Dec | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | Satoshi Kodaira (7) | 17 | 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$11,000,000 | Patrick Reed | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 6 May | Chiba | 50,000,000 | n/a | Pro-Am | ||||
| 17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$12,000,000 | Brooks Koepka | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 22 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | US$10,500,000 |  Francesco Molinari | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 12 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$11,000,000 | Brooks Koepka | 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 | 139,119,332 | ||
| 2 | 103,942,450 | ||
| 3 | 85,301,742 | ||
| 4 | 82,245,918 | ||
| 5 | 79,671,825 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 12 |
| Most Wins: | Taihei Sato (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Taihei Sato |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2018 AbemaTV Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
In January, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with AbemaTV, being renamed as the AbemaTV Tour.[5]
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Park Bae-jong (1) | |
| 20 Apr | i Golf Shaper Challenge | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Naoto Takayanagi (1) | |
| 27 Apr | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Shoji Kawai (1) | |
| 18 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Keisuke Kondo (1) | |
| 8 Jun | ISPS Handa Challenge Cup | Chiba | 20,000,000 | Ryosuke Kinoshita (1) | |
| 22 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Taihei Sato (1) | |
| 29 Jun | Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge | Akita | 15,000,000 | Kazuki Higa (1) | |
| 14 Sep | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Tottori | 15,000,000 | Dodge Kemmer (1) | |
| 21 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Hyōgo | 15,000,000 | Taihei Sato (2) | |
| 6 Oct | Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | Taiji Maekawa (1) | |
| 19 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 15,000,000 | Tomohiro Umeyama (2) | |
| 26 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Yuki Kono (3) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] [8] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2019 Japan Golf Tour.[9]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,256,163 | ||
| 2 | 5,338,803 | ||
| 3 | 4,813,256 | ||
| 4 | 4,251,987 | ||
| 5 | 3,736,339 |