Japan Challenge Tour

The Japan Challenge Tour is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organisation. It has been in operation since 1985. The 2010 schedule will feature 11 tournaments, with 10 Million Yen in the prize fund for each tournament, except for the Novil Cup and the Shizu Hills Tommy Cup which will feature 15 Million Yen This is around a tenth of the level of prize money per event on offer on the main Japanese Tour, and the main tour also has a longer season.

Tournament schedule

The 2011 schedule is set out below. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the Japan Golf Tour.

Dates	Tournament	Winner
8–10 April	Novil Cup	Tatsunori Nukaga
21–22 April	Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament	Takanobu Kondo
26–27 May	Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup	Hidezumi Shirakata
8–9 June	Boso Country Cup	Hirohito Koizumi
30 June–1 July	Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge	Chinnarat Phadungsil
7–9 July	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Koichi Sugimoto
21–22 July	SRIXON Challenge	Hidemichi Haginomori
15–16 September	Toshoen GC JGTO Challenge II	Taro Hiroi
21–22 September	elite grips JGTO Challenge III	Yudai Maeda
19–21 October	JGTO Novil Final	Tatsunori Nukaga

External links

• Current season schedule on the Japan Golf Tour's official site