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2004 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration18 December 2003 (2003-12-18) – 5 December 2004 (2004-12-05)
Number of official events29
Most winsSouth Korea Hur Suk-ho (2)
Australia Brendan Jones (2)
Japan Shingo Katayama (2)
Australia Paul Sheehan (2)
Japan Toru Taniguchi (2)
South Korea Yang Yong-eun (2)
Money listJapan Shingo Katayama
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Toru Taniguchi
Rookie of the YearJapan Takuya Taniguchi
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 Japan Golf Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
21 Dec Asia Japan Okinawa Open Okinawa 100,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (2) 12 ASA
28 Mar Token Homemate Cup Mie 100,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (4) 16
25 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (3) 16
2 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (15) 16
9 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 110,000,000 Australia Paul Sheehan (1) 16
16 May Japan PGA Championship Kōchi 110,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (2) 16 Japan major
23 May Munsingwear Open KSB Cup Okayama 100,000,000 Japan Tatsuya Mitsuhashi (1) 16
30 May Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf Ibaraki 110,000,000 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2) 16
6 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Takashi Kamiyama (1) 16
20 Jun Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Fiji Dinesh Chand (3) 16
27 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (4) 16
4 Jul Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Ibaraki 120,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (3) 16 Japan major
11 Jul Woodone Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 100,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (16) 16
25 Jul Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Niigata 50,000,000 South Korea Kim Jong-duck (4) 16
1 Aug Aiful Cup Tottori 120,000,000 Japan Takuya Taniguchi (1) 16
8 Aug Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 150,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (1) 16
29 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Australia Steven Conran (1) 16
12 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Japan Hideki Kase (4) 16
19 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Thailand Chawalit Plaphol (1) 16
3 Oct Acom International Ibaraki 120,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (7) 16
10 Oct Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Katsumune Imai (2) 16
17 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Ishikawa 120,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (8) 32 Flagship event; Japan major
24 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 110,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (9) 16
31 Oct ABC Championship Hyōgo 120,000,000 Japan Makoto Inoue (1) 16
7 Nov Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial Fukuoka 100,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (2) 16 New tournament
14 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (n/a) 18
21 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 40
28 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 140,000,000 New Zealand David Smail (3) 16
5 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Australia Paul Sheehan (2) 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 OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
11 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$6,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson 100 Major championship
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$6,250,000 South Africa Retief Goosen 100 Major championship
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton 100 Major championship
15 Aug PGA Championship United States US$6,250,000 Fiji Vijay Singh 100 Major championship

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Shingo Katayama 119,512,374
2 Japan Toru Taniguchi 101,773,301
3 South Korea Yang Yong-eun 99,540,333
4 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 90,176,104
5 Australia Paul Sheehan 85,020,125

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Most Valuable Player Japan Toru Taniguchi [4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) Japan Takuya Taniguchi [5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2004 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration15 April 2004 (2004-04-15) – 21 October 2004 (2004-10-21)
Number of official events10
Money listJapan Yoshiaki Kimura
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 Japan Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c]
16 Apr PRGR Cup (Kanto) Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Isao Narukawa (1)
25 Jun PGA Cup Challenge Tournament Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Mitsuo Harada (1)
9 Jul 1st PGM Series Wakagi Challenge Saga 10,000,000 Japan Yutaka Horinouchi (1)
30 Jul 2nd PGM Series Lions Challenge Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Toshihiro Aizawa (1)
6 Aug 3rd PGM Series Segovia Challenge Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Toshio Ozaki (1)
27 Aug 4th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge Ibaraki 10,000,000 Japan Taichiro Kiyota (1)
10 Sep 4th PGM Series Ohinata Challenge Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Takeshi Kajikawa (1)
2 Oct Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament Miyagi 20,000,000 Japan Yoshiaki Kimura (1)
8 Oct PRGR Cup (Kansai) Hyōgo 10,000,000 Japan Masanori Ushiyama (1)
21 Oct Tokyo Dome Cup Tochigi 10,000,000 Japan Gohei Sato (5)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2005 Japan Golf Tour.

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Yoshiaki Kimura 4,199,650
2 Japan Mitsuo Harada 3,596,022
3 Japan Yutaka Horinouchi 2,789,508
4 Japan Toshihiro Aizawa 2,767,949
5 Japan Taichiro Kiyota 2,635,826

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
  2. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour.
  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 Japan Golf Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2004 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "2004年のキング誕生！！" [King was born in 2004!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2023. しかし2000年以来、自身2度目の賞金王は、昨年の今大会終了時から掲げていた目標のひとつ。 [However, his second prize money title since 2000 is one of the goals he has set since the end of this tournament last year.]
  4. ^ "Taniguchi nails second MVP award". The Japan Times. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ "2004年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式今年の最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィは、底抜けに明るい25歳・谷口拓也が受賞" [The 2004 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony Best Rookie of the Year award, the Shimada Trophy, was won by 25-year-old Takuya Taniguchi, who was extremely cheerful.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ "2004 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "2004 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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