2005 Japan Golf Tour

The 2005 Japan Golf Tour was the 33rd season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

2005 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	16 December 2004 (2004-12-16) – 4 December 2005 (2005-12-04)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Keiichiro Fukabori (2) Hur Suk-ho (2) Yasuharu Imano (2) Shingo Katayama (2) Naomichi Ozaki (2) David Smail (2)
Money list	Shingo Katayama
Most Valuable Player	Shingo Katayama
Rookie of the Year	Jang Ik-jae
← 2004 2006 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
19 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Okinawa	100,000,000	Kiyoshi Miyazato (1)	12	ASA
27 Mar	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	100,000,000	Tadahiro Takayama (1)	16
24 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (31)	16
1 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Naomichi Ozaki (32)	16
15 May	Japan PGA Championship	Kumamoto	110,000,000	Hur Suk-ho (4)	16		Japan major
22 May	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	Okayama	100,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (5)	16
29 May	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	Hyōgo	110,000,000	Jang Ik-jae (1)	16
5 Jun	JCB Classic Sendai	Miyagi	100,000,000	Hur Suk-ho (5)	16
19 Jun	Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	100,000,000	Satoru Hirota (1)	16
26 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	100,000,000	Chris Campbell (1)	16
3 Jul	Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup	Ibaraki	120,000,000	Kazuhiko Hosokawa (8)	16		Japan major
10 Jul	Woodone Open Hiroshima	Hiroshima	100,000,000	Takao Nogami (1)	16
24 Jul	Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	120,000,000	Lin Keng-chi (3)	16		New tournament
31 Jul	Aiful Cup	Tottori	120,000,000	Tatsuhiko Takahashi (1)	16
7 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	Keiichiro Fukabori (7)	16
28 Aug	Under Armour KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa (15)	16
4 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	150,000,000	Daisuke Maruyama (1)	16
11 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	100,000,000	Yasuharu Imano (5)	16
18 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	100,000,000	Keiichiro Fukabori (8)	16
25 Sep	Acom International	Ibaraki	120,000,000	David Smail (4)	16
9 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	Yang Yong-eun (3)	16
16 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Shingo Katayama (17)	32		Flagship event[c]
23 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	110,000,000	David Smail (5)	16
30 Oct	ABC Championship	Hyōgo	120,000,000	Shingo Katayama (18)	16
6 Nov	Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial	Fukuoka	100,000,000	Azuma Yano (1)	16
13 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	Darren Clarke (n/a)	20
20 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	34
27 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	140,000,000	Toru Taniguchi (10)	16
4 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	Yasuharu Imano (6)	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
10 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,000,000	Tiger Woods	100		Major championship
19 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$6,250,000	Michael Campbell	100		Major championship
17 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,000,000	Tiger Woods	100		Major championship
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$6,500,000	Phil Mickelson	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	Shingo Katayama	134,075,280
2	Yasuharu Imano	118,543,753
3	Keiichiro Fukabori	93,595,937
4	Hur Suk-ho	91,548,268
5	David Smail	78,870,984

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Shingo Katayama	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Jang Ik-jae	[4]

Japan Challenge Tour

2005 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	14 April 2005 (2005-04-14) – 20 October 2005 (2005-10-20)
Number of official events	13
Most wins	Shoichi Ideguchi (2) Takeshi Kajikawa (2) Akinori Tani (2)
Money list	Shoichi Ideguchi
← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Japan Challenge Tour was the 21st season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.^[5]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[d]
15 Apr	PRGR Cup (Kanto)	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Masaya Tomida (1)
3 Jun	PGA JGTO Challenge I	Okayama	10,000,000	Tsutomu Higa (1)
17 Jun	Sega Sammy Challenge	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Tomonori Takahashi (2)
24 Jun	PGA JGTO Challenge II	Tochigi	10,000,000	C. K. Choi (1)
8 Jul	1st PGM Series World Challenge	Kumamoto	10,000,000	Takeshi Kajikawa (2)
22 Jul	2nd PGM Series Kasagi Challenge	Kyoto	10,000,000	Shoichi Ideguchi (1)
5 Aug	3rd PGM Series Daitakarazuka Challenge	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Nam Young-woo (1)
26 Aug	4th PGM Series Ami Challenge	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Kazuhiro Shimizu (1)
9 Sep	GDO Challenge Cup	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Akinori Tani (1)
16 Sep	5th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge	Miyagi	10,000,000	Takeshi Kajikawa (3)
1 Oct	Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament	Miyagi	20,000,000	Taichiro Kiyota (2)
7 Oct	PRGR Cup (Kansai)	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Shoichi Ideguchi (2)
20 Oct	Tokyo Dome Cup	Tochigi	10,000,000	Akinori Tani (2)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[6] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2006 Japan Golf Tour.^[7]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Shoichi Ideguchi	5,070,263
2	Taichiro Kiyota	4,500,000
3	Takeshi Kajikawa	4,456,028
4	Akinori Tani	4,370,189
5	Kazuhiro Shimizu	3,381,377

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. ASA − Asian Tour.
3. Also a Japan major championship.
4. 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.