2015 Japan Golf Tour


The 2015 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 16 March to 6 December. The season consisted of 25 official money events, mostly in Japan, as well as the four majors. One event was played in Thailand.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2015 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. Most tournaments are played in Japan.
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
WinnerOWGR
pts
Notes
19 AprToken Homemate CupMie130,000,000 Michael Hendry 16
3 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000 Jang Ik-jae 16
17 MayJapan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles CupSaitama150,000,000 Adam Bland 16Japan major
24 MayKansai Open Golf ChampionshipShiga70,000,000 Daisuke Kataoka 16
31 MayGateway to the Open Mizuno OpenOkayama100,000,000 Taichi Teshima 16
7 JunJapan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido HillsIbaraki150,000,000 Liang Wenchong 16Tour Championship; Japan major
14 JunSingha Corporation Thailand OpenThailand119,340,000 Kim Kyung-tae 11
28 JunISPS Handa Global CupYamanashi100,000,000 Toshinori Muto 24
5 JulShigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy CupHokkaidō150,000,000 Hiroshi Iwata 16
12 JulMusee Platinum OpenHyōgo100,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae 16
26 JulDunlop Srixon Fukushima OpenFukushima50,000,000 Prayad Marksaeng 16
30 AugRIZAP KBC AugustaFukuoka110,000,000 Yuta Ikeda 16
6 SepFujisankei ClassicYamanashi110,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae 16
20 SepANA OpenHokkaidō110,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa 16
27 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfIbaraki150,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae 15
4 OctTop Cup Tokai ClassicAichi110,000,000 Kim Hyung-sung 16
11 OctHonma TourWorld Cup at Trophia GolfIbaraki100,000,000 Lee Kyoung-hoon 16
18 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipHyōgo200,000,000 Satoshi Kodaira 32Flagship event; Japan major
25 OctBridgestone OpenChiba150,000,000 Michio Matsumura 16
1 NovMynavi ABC ChampionshipHyōgo150,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae 16
8 NovHeiwa PGM ChampionshipChiba200,000,000 Hideto Tanihara 16
15 NovMitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka150,000,000 Shingo Katayama 22
22 NovDunlop PhoenixMiyazaki200,000,000 Yūsaku Miyazato 24
29 NovCasio World OpenKōchi200,000,000 Hwang Jung-gon 16
6 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo130,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa 17Japan major

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Leaders

Money list leaders
PositionPlayerPrize money
1 Kim Kyung-tae165,981,625
2 Yūsaku Miyazato103,999,119
3 Yuta Ikeda99,380,317
4 Yoshinori Fujimoto98,642,449
5 Shingo Katayama90,577,641

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Scoring average leaders
PositionPlayerScoring average
1 Kim Kyung-tae69.83
2 Yūsaku Miyazato70.35
3 Yoshinori Fujimoto70.37
4 Shingo Katayama70.60
5 Hideto Tanihara70.62

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