2020–21 Japan Golf Tour Explained

Year:	2020–21
Tour:	Japan Golf Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	30
Most Wins:	Rikuya Hoshino (3) Chan Kim (3)
Honor1:	Money list
Honoree1:	Chan Kim
Honor2:	Most Valuable Player
Honoree2:	Chan Kim
Honor3:	Rookie of the Year
Honoree3:	Takumi Kanaya
Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2022

The 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour was the 48th 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.

In-season changes

The 2020 season was originally scheduled to be played from 16 January to 6 December 2020, consisting of 25 official events. However, most of the scheduled tournaments were cancelled during 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. On 25 December 2020, the tour announced the schedule for 2021 and confirmed that it would be merged with the 2020 schedule to form the 2020–21 season.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours	Notes
		Singapore	US$1,000,000	Matt Kuchar (n/a)	26
		Mie	–	Cancelled^[3]	–
		Aichi	–	Cancelled	–
		Chiba	–	Cancelled	–
		Hyōgo	–	Cancelled	–
		Ibaraki	–	Cancelled	–
		Ibaraki	–	Cancelled	–		Japan major
		Fukushima	–	Cancelled	–
		Tochigi	–	Cancelled	–		Japan major
		Ibaraki	–	Cancelled	–		New Pro-Am tournament
		Hokkaido	–	Cancelled	–
		Fukuoka	–	Cancelled	–
		Yamanashi	110,000,000	Rikuya Hoshino (3)	16
		South Korea	–	Removed	–	ASA, KOR
		Hokkaido	–	Cancelled	–
		Kyoto	–	Cancelled^[4]	–
		Aichi	–	Cancelled	–
		Chiba	–	Cancelled	–
		Chiba	157,500,000	Yuki Inamori (2)	32		Flagship event
		United States	–	Removed	–	PGAT	Limited-field event
		TBD	–	Cancelled	–		New tournament
		Hyōgo	–	Cancelled	–
		Shizuoka	120,000,000	Jinichiro Kozuma (1)	16
		Miyazaki	100,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (2)	16
		Kōchi	–	Cancelled	–
		Tokyo	100,000,000	Chan Kim (5)	16		Japan major
		Mie	130,000,000	Takumi Kanaya (3)	16
		Hyōgo	60,000,000	Rikuya Hoshino (4)	16
		Aichi	100,000,000	Hiroshi Iwata (3)	16
		Tochigi	50,000,000	Naoyuki Kataoka (1)	16		New tournament
		Kanagawa	100,000,000	Rikuya Hoshino (5)	16
		Ibaraki	50,000,000	Shaun Norris (5)	16		New Pro-Am tournament
		Okayama	80,000,000	Juvic Pagunsan (1)	16
		Ibaraki	150,000,000	Ryosuke Kinoshita (1)	16		Japan major
		Fukushima	50,000,000	Ryosuke Kinoshita (2)	16
		Tochigi	100,000,000	Kim Seong-hyeon (1)	16		Japan major
		Hokkaido	120,000,000	Kazuki Higa (2)	16
		Fukuoka	100,000,000	Scott Vincent (1)	16
		Yamanashi	110,000,000	Shugo Imahira (5)	16
		South Korea	–	Removed	–	KOR
		Hokkaido	100,000,000	Scott Vincent (2)	16
		Kyoto	100,000,000	Keita Nakajima (a) (1)	16
		Aichi	110,000,000	Chan Kim (6)	16
		Chiba	110,000,000	Tomoyasu Sugiyama (1)	16
		Shiga	210,000,000	Shaun Norris (6)	32		Flagship event
		Ibaraki	83,000,000	Tomoyo Ikemura (1)	16		New tournament
		Hyōgo	150,000,000	Yosuke Asaji (3)	16
		Shizuoka	150,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (15)	16
		Miyazaki	150,000,000	Chan Kim (7)	16
		Kōchi	150,000,000	Mikumu Horikawa (2)	16
		Tokyo	130,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (16)	16		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
19 Jul 2020	The Open Championship	England	–	Cancelled	–		Major championship
	PGA Championship	United States	US$11,000,000	Collin Morikawa	100		Major championship
	U.S. Open	United States	US$12,500,000	Bryson DeChambeau	100		Major championship
	Masters Tournament	United States	US$11,500,000	Dustin Johnson	100		Major championship
	Masters Tournament	United States	US$11,500,000	Hideki Matsuyama	100		Major championship
	PGA Championship	United States	US$12,000,000	Phil Mickelson	100		Major championship
	U.S. Open	United States	US$12,500,000	Jon Rahm	100		Major championship
	The Open Championship	England	US$11,500,000	Collin Morikawa	100		Major championship
		Chiba	US$9,950,000		40		Limited-field event
12 Dec 2021		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.^{[5] [6]}

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1		127,599,803
2		119,803,605
3		115,001,239
4		111,599,542
5		107,341,089

Awards

Award	Winner
		^[7]
		^[8]

Japan Challenge Tour

Year:	2020–21
Tour:	Japan Challenge Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	16
Most Wins:	Ryo Hisatsune (3)
Honor1:	Money list
Honoree1:	Ryo Hisatsune
Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2022

The 2020–21 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2020–21 AbemaTV Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.^[9]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner	OWGR points
5 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	–	Cancelled	–
17 Apr	i Golf Shaper Challenge	Fukuoka	–	Cancelled	–
24 Apr	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	–	Cancelled	–
15 May	PGM Challenge I	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled	–
29 May	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	–	Cancelled	–
12 Jun	Landic Challenge 8	Fukuoka	–	Cancelled	–
19 Jun	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	–	Cancelled	–
27 Jun	Daisendori Cup	Tottori	–	Cancelled	–
4 Sep	Elite Grips Challenge	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled	–
18 Sep	PGM Challenge II	Chiba	15,000,000	Daichi Sato (1)	4
2 Oct	TI Challenge	Gunma	15,000,000	Keisuke Otawa (1)	4
9 Oct	Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	15,000,000	Ren Takeuchi (1)	4
23 Oct	Delight Works Challenge	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Hideto Kobukuro (1)	4
16 Apr	i Golf Shaper Challenge	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Ayumi Kawamitsu (1)	4
28 May	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Saitama	15,000,000	Shingo Ito (1)	4
11 Jun	Landic Challenge 8	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Daisuke Yasumoto (1)	4
18 Jun	Japan Create Challenge	Fukuoka	15,000,000	Ryo Hisatsune (1)	4
26 Jun	Daisendori Cup	Tottori	18,000,000	Akihiro Narutomi (1)	4
9 Jul	Japan Players Championship Challenge	Iwate	15,000,000	Tomoyasu Sugiyama (1)	4
30 Jul	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	Akita	15,000,000	Ryo Hisatsune (2)	4
3 Sep	Elite Grips Challenge	Hyōgo	–	Cancelled	–
17 Sep	PGM Challenge	Ibaraki	15,000,000	Konosuke Nakazato (4)	4
24 Sep	ISPS Handa Hero ni nare! Challenge Tournament	Tochigi	23,000,000	Ryo Hisatsune (3)	4
1 Oct	TI Challenge	Gunma	15,000,000	Riki Kawamoto (a) (1)	4
8 Oct	Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	15,000,000	Yuto Katsuragawa (1)	4
22 Oct	Delight Works JGTO Final	Ibaraki	20,000,000	Junya Kameshiro (1)	4

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[10] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2022 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1		10,922,467
2		6,132,326
3		5,938,614
4		5,547,031
5		5,404,507

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021年のJGTOツアートーナメント開催日程発表 . 2021 JGTO Tour Tournament Schedule Announcement . https://web.archive.org/web/20210119180056/https://www.jgto.org/pc/OtherTopicsDetail.do?year=2021&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=000&languageKbn=0&administerNo=998 . 19 January 2021 . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 10 April 2023 . Japanese . 12 December 2020.
2. Web site: 2020–21 Tour Tournaments . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 10 April 2023.
3. Web site: ジャパンゴルフツアーの開催状況 . Japan Golf Tour Status . Japan Golf Tour Organization . Japanese . 6 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200715104720/https://www.jgto.org/pc/OtherTopicsDetail.do?year=2020&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=000&languageKbn=0&administerNo=909 . 15 July 2020 . 10 April 2023.
4. Web site: Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled . Asian Tour . 31 July 2020 . 10 April 2023.
5. Web site: 2020–21 Money Rankings . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 10 April 2023.
6. Web site: Tanihara wins again in Japan, Kim awarded OOM crown . Golf Grinder . Anthony . Powter . 6 December 2021 . 27 June 2023.
7. Web site: チャン・キムがサプライズな3冠 . Chan Kim wins surprise triple crown . Japanese . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 6 December 2021 . 27 June 2023 . 最優秀選手賞　チャン・キム(初受賞)... 最優秀新人賞 島田トロフィ　金谷拓実(初受賞) . Most Valuable Player Award: Chan Kim (first winner)... Best Newcomer Award: Shimada Trophy Takumi Kanaya (first award).
8. Web site: 新人賞ほか４冠。金谷拓実が今年いちばん笑った日 . Rookie of the Year and four other awards. The day Takumi Kanaya laughed the most this year . Japanese . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 6 December 2021 . 1 July 2023.
9. Web site: 2020–21 Challenge Schedule . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 15 September 2023.
10. Web site: 2020–21 Challenge Money Ranking . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 29 December 2022.