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The 2016 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 28 January to 4 December. The season consisted of 26 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Singapore, and one in Myanmar, both co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2016 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members (does not include the four major golf championships).

Date Tournament Location Prize fund
(¥)
Winner OWGR
pts
Notes
1 Feb [nb 1] SMBC Singapore Open Singapore 120,000,000 South Korea Song Young-han (1) 28 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
7 Feb Leopalace21 Myanmar Open Myanmar 90,000,000 South Africa Shaun Norris (1) 15 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
17 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (11) 16
24 Apr Panasonic Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (14) 16 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
1 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (12) 16
22 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Wakayama 70,000,000 South Korea Cho Byung-min (1) 16
29 May Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (13) 16
5 Jun Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills Ibaraki 150,000,000 Japan Yosuke Tsukada (1) 16 Tour Championship; Japan major
26 Jun ISPS Handa Global Cup Ishikawa 100,000,000 South Korea Park Jun-won (1) 20
3 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (12) 16
10 Jul Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup Hokkaidō 150,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (13) 16 Japan major
24 Jul Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Fukushima 50,000,000 Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) 16
28 Aug RIZAP KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (14) 16
4 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 South Korea Cho Min-gyu (2) 16
18 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 110,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (14) 16
25 Sep Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf Osaka 150,000,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (n/a) 15 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
2 Oct Top Cup Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Daisuke Kataoka (2) 16
9 Oct Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (15) 16 Playoff concluded on Monday
16 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 200,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (7) 32 Flagship event; Japan major
23 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 150,000,000 Japan Satoshi Kodaira (4) 18
30 Oct Mynavi ABC Championship Hyōgo 150,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (30) 16
6 Nov Heiwa PGM Championship Chiba 200,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (14) 16
13 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (8) 23
20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Miyazaki 200,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (n/a) 26
27 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000 Japan Yuta Ikeda (16) 16 Shortened to 54 holes
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 South Korea Park Sang-hyun (1) 18 Japan major

Source:[1]

Leaders

Money list leaders

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Yuta Ikeda 207,901,567
2 Japan Hideto Tanihara 171,902,867
3 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 113,714,688
4 South Korea Song Young-han 91,562,130
5 Japan Daisuke Kataoka 86,019,113

Source:[2]

Scoring average leaders

Position Player Scoring average
1 Japan Yuta Ikeda 69.62
2 Japan Hideto Tanihara 69.67
3 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 70.05
4 South Korea Song Young-han 70.21
5 Australia Brad Kennedy 70.43

Source:[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Final round delayed to Monday due to bad weather and lightning.

References

  1. ^ "2016 Tour Tournaments". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  2. ^ "2016 Prize Money List". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  3. ^ "2016 Scoring Average". JGTO. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.