2014 Japan Golf Tour

The 2014 Japan Golf Tour was the 42nd 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.

2014 Japan Golf Tour season

Duration	27 March 2014 (2014-03-27) – 7 December 2014 (2014-12-07)
Number of official events	24[a]
Most wins	Hiroyuki Fujita (3)
Money list	Koumei Oda
Most Valuable Player	Koumei Oda
Rookie of the Year	Kim Seung-hyuk
← 2013 2015 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
23 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	–	Cancelled[2]	–	ONE
30 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship	Indonesia	US$1,000,000	Michio Matsumura (4)	12	ONE
20 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	Yūsaku Miyazato (2)	16
27 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	110,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (16)	16
4 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	Kim Hyung-sung (3)	16
25 May	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	60,000,000	Koumei Oda (7)	16
1 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	110,000,000	Jang Dong-kyu (1)	16
8 Jun	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Taichi Teshima (7)	16		Japan major
22 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Yoshitaka Takeya (1)	16		Japan major
6 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	200,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (11)	18
3 Aug	Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open	Fukushima	50,000,000	Satoshi Kodaira (2)	16		New tournament
31 Aug	RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (17)	16
7 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	Hiroshi Iwata (1)	16
21 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (9)	16
28 Sep	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf	Ibaraki	150,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (18)	15	ASA
5 Oct	Top Cup Tokai Classic	Aichi	110,000,000	Kim Seung-hyuk (1)	16
12 Oct	Toshin Golf Tournament	Gifu	100,000,000	Hur In-hoi (1)	16
19 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Chiba	200,000,000	Yuta Ikeda (12)	32		Flagship event[d]
26 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	Koumei Oda (8)	16
2 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	Ryuichi Oda (2)	16
9 Nov	Heiwa PGM Championship	Ibaraki	200,000,000	Tomohiro Kondo (6)	16
16 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	David Oh (1)	24
23 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	Hideki Matsuyama (6)	26
30 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	Shingo Katayama (28)	16
7 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (10)	17		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(s)	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
13 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$9,000,000	Bubba Watson	100		Major championship
18 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	50,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto	n/a		Pro-Am
15 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$9,000,000	Martin Kaymer	100		Major championship
20 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£5,400,000	Rory McIlroy	100		Major championship
10 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$10,000,000	Rory McIlroy	100		Major championship
14 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	LPGA of Japan Tour	n/a		Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Koumei Oda	137,318,693
2	Hiroyuki Fujita	116,275,130
3	Tomohiro Kondo	107,089,056
4	Hiroshi Iwata	97,794,191
5	Katsumasa Miyamoto	91,048,150

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Koumei Oda	[5]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	Kim Seung-hyuk	[5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2014 Japan Challenge Tour season

Duration	4 April 2014 (2014-04-04) – 24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Shugo Imahira (2) Toru Suzuki (2) Peter Wilson (2)
Money list	Shugo Imahira
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Japan Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.^[6]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner[e]
6 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	Soushi Tajima (2)
9 May	Plus One Fukuoka Raizan Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Peter Wilson (1)
23 May	Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Shugo Imahira (1)
13 Jun	Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	Toru Suzuki (2)
27 Jun	Landic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion Memorial	Fukuoka	10,000,000	Shintaro Kai (1)
10 Jul	ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament	Shizuoka	15,000,000	Shota Akiyoshi (1)
25 Jul	Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship	Niigata	10,000,000	Kiyoshi Miyazato (1)
1 Aug	Akita TV Minami Akita CC Challenge	Akita	10,000,000	Yasunobu Fukunaga (1)
22 Aug	PGA JGTO Challenge Cup	Chiba	13,000,000	Taigen Tsumagari (1)
5 Sep	Madame Shinco Challenge Tournament	Hyōgo	10,000,000	Peter Wilson (2)
12 Sep	Himawari Dragon Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	Toru Suzuki (3)
19 Sep	Seven Dreamers Challenge	Chiba	10,000,000	Yuki Inamori (1)
26 Sep	Elite Grips Challenge	Mie	10,000,000	Yuichiro Nishi (1)
4 Oct	Ishikawa Ryo Everyone Project Challenge	Tochigi	15,000,000	Katsufumi Okino (1)
10 Oct	Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament	Ibaraki	10,000,000	Richard Hattori (1)
24 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	Shugo Imahira (2)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.^[7][8] The top nine players on the money list earned status to play on the 2015 Japan Golf Tour.^[9]

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Shugo Imahira	7,444,288
2	Shintaro Kai	5,456,058
3	Peter Wilson	4,796,324
4	Katsufumi Okino	4,701,020
5	Toru Suzuki	4,215,230
6	Taigen Tsumagari	3,794,109
7	Ryuji Masaoka	3,457,367
8	Kiyoshi Miyazato	3,311,153
9	Shota Akiyoshi	3,254,083

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
2. 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.
3. ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
4. Also a Japan major championship.
5. 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. "2014 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "Thailand Open cancelled". News24. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
3. "2014 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
4. "Team Honma member Koumei Oda becomes the Order of Merit leader on the Japan Golf Tour for the first time!" (PDF). Honma Golf. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
5. "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧" [Category Ranking Awards, List of Winners and Sponsors] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2023. 最優秀選手賞　小田孔明... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　Ｓ・Ｈ・キム [Most Valuable Player Award: Komei Oda... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: S. H. Kim]
6. "2014 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
7. "2014 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
8. "今平周吾が通算7アンダーで優勝、チャレンジ賞金王に" [Shugo Imahira wins at 7 under overall, becoming the challenge money king.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
9. "予選落ちの秋吉翔太は、ギリギリで…" [Shota Akiyoshi, who failed to qualify, was at the last minute...] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023. 2位から9位までの選手に来年のツアー前半戦の出場優先権(第1回リランキングまで)が与えられる。 [Players ranked 2nd to 9th will be given priority for the first half of next year's Tour...]

External links

• Official website