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1992 PGA of Japan Tour

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1992 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration5 March 1992 (1992-03-05) – 13 December 1992 (1992-12-13)
Number of official events38
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (6)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
1991
1993

The 1992 PGA of Japan Tour was the 20th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
8 Mar Daiichi Cup Miyazaki 100,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (6) 16
15 Mar Imperial Open Ibaraki 65,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (19) 16
22 Mar Dydo Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 80,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Makino (3) 16
29 Mar TaylorMade KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000 Japan Seiki Okuda (2) 16
5 Apr Descente Classic Hyōgo 70,000,000 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko (2) 16 New tournament
12 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 80,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (7) 16
19 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 70,000,000 Australia Peter Senior (1) 16
26 Apr Dunlop Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (54) 28 AGC
3 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (55) 32
10 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Makino (4) 18
17 May Japan PGA Championship Gunma 100,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (25) 16
24 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (37) 16
31 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Iwate 100,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (50) 16
7 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 85,000,000 Australia Roger Mackay (6) 16
14 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara (5) 16
21 Jun Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open Hyōgo 80,000,000 United States David Ishii (11) 16
28 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 90,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (20) 16
5 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Chiba 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (56) 16
12 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000 Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara (6) 16
26 Jul Nikkei Cup Hokkaidō 80,000,000 Japan Kiyoshi Murota (2) 16
2 Aug NST Niigata Open Niigata 60,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (38) 16
16 Aug Acom International Shiga 100,000,000 Japan Hisao Inoue (1) 16
23 Aug Maruman Open Saitama 100,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton (1) 16
30 Aug Daiwa KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (8) 16
6 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Tochigi 80,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (39) 16
13 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (20) 16
20 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (57) 24
27 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung (4) 16
4 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 United States Mark O'Meara (n/a) 20
11 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (58) 32 Flagship event
18 Oct Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Seiki Okuda (3) 18
25 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (26) 34
1 Nov Lark Cup Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (21) 18
15 Nov Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (59) 42
22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 South Africa David Frost (n/a) 38
29 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (51) 20
6 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Hyōgo 60,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (9) 16
13 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (27) 16

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Masashi Ozaki 186,816,466
2 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 130,880,179
3 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming 122,317,851
4 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 116,361,950
5 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 108,674,116

Japan Challenge Tour

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1992 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration9 April 1992 (1992-04-09) – 19 November 1992 (1992-11-19)
Number of official events10
Most winsJapan Hiroshi Gohda (2)
Japan Hisayuki Sasaki (2)
1991
1993

The 1992 Japan Challenge Tour was the eighth season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[c]
10 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Gohda (2)
28 May Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki (2)
4 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 15,000,000 Japan Motoi Nakamura (1)
18 Jun Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 15,000,000 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki (3)
1 Jul Kanto PGA Philanthropy Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Ueda (1)
1 Jul Kansai PGA Philanthropy Hiroshima 15,000,000 Japan Naoya Sugiyama (1)
8 Jul Sports Shinko Open Hyōgo 15,000,000 Japan Hiroshi Gohda (3)
31 Jul Korakuen Cup (3rd) Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Yukio Noguchi (1)
23 Oct Korakuen Cup (4th) Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Katsunori Kuwabara (1)
19 Nov Korakuen Cup (5th) Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Yukio Noguchi (2)

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
  2. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
  3. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Japan Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA of Japan Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "1992 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ "1992 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  3. ^ "1992 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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