2016 Japan Golf Tour


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.
DateTournamentLocationPrize fund
WinnerOWGR
pts
Notes
1 Feb SMBC Singapore OpenSingapore120,000,000 Song Young-han 28Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
7 FebLeopalace21 Myanmar OpenMyanmar90,000,000 Shaun Norris 15Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
17 AprToken Homemate CupMie130,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae 16
24 AprPanasonic OpenChiba150,000,000 Yuta Ikeda 16Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
1 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae 16
22 MayKansai Open Golf ChampionshipWakayama70,000,000 Cho Byung-min 16
29 MayGateway to the Open Mizuno OpenOkayama100,000,000 Kim Kyung-tae 16
5 JunJapan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido HillsIbaraki150,000,000 Yosuke Tsukada 16Tour Championship; Japan major
26 JunISPS Handa Global CupIshikawa100,000,000 Park Jun-won 20
3 JulShigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy CupHokkaidō150,000,000 Hideto Tanihara 16
10 JulJapan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles CupHokkaidō150,000,000 Hideto Tanihara 16Japan major
24 JulDunlop Srixon Fukushima OpenFukushima50,000,000 Ryuko Tokimatsu 16
28 AugRIZAP KBC AugustaFukuoka100,000,000 Ryo Ishikawa 16
4 SepFujisankei ClassicYamanashi110,000,000 Cho Min-gyu 16
18 SepANA OpenHokkaidō110,000,000 Brendan Jones 16
25 SepAsia-Pacific Diamond Cup GolfOsaka150,000,000 Chan Shih-chang 15Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
2 OctTop Cup Tokai ClassicAichi110,000,000 Daisuke Kataoka 16
9 OctHonma TourWorld Cup at Trophia GolfIbaraki100,000,000 Yuta Ikeda 16Playoff concluded on Monday
16 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipSaitama200,000,000 Hideki Matsuyama 32Flagship event; Japan major
23 OctBridgestone OpenChiba150,000,000 Satoshi Kodaira 18
30 OctMynavi ABC ChampionshipHyōgo150,000,000 Shingo Katayama 16
6 NovHeiwa PGM ChampionshipChiba200,000,000 Hideto Tanihara 16
13 NovMitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka200,000,000 Hideki Matsuyama 23
20 NovDunlop PhoenixMiyazaki200,000,000 Brooks Koepka 26
27 NovCasio World OpenKōchi200,000,000 Yuta Ikeda 16Shortened to 54 holes
4 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo130,000,000 Park Sang-hyun 18Japan major

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Leaders

Money list leaders
PositionPlayerPrize money
1 Yuta Ikeda207,901,567
2 Hideto Tanihara171,902,867
3 Kim Kyung-tae113,714,688
4 Song Young-han91,562,130
5 Daisuke Kataoka86,019,113

Source:
Scoring average leaders
PositionPlayerScoring average
1 Yuta Ikeda69.62
2 Hideto Tanihara69.67
3 Kim Kyung-tae70.05
4 Song Young-han70.21
5 Brad Kennedy70.43

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Footnotes