1996 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 7 March to 8 December. The season consisted of 36 official money events in Japan.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 1996 season. The number in parentheses 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.

Date Tournament Prize fund
(￥)		 Winner OWGR
points[1]
10 Mar Token Corporation Cup 100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (3) 20
17 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open 100,000,000 Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1) 16
24 Mar Novell KSB Open 70,000,000 Toru Suzuki (3) 16
7 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup 90,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (3) 16
14 Apr Tsuruya Open 100,000,000 Peter McWhinney (1) 16
21 Apr Kirin Open 100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (4) –
28 Apr The Crowns 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (75) 28
5 May Fujisankei Classic 120,000,000 Brian Watts (8) 20
12 May Japan PGA Championship 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (76) 22
19 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open 80,000,000 Hidemichi Tanaka (2) 18
26 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (77) 22
2 Jun JCB Classic Sendai 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (78) 18
9 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open 100,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (8) 16
16 Jun Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open 100,000,000 Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1) 18
23 Jun Mizuno Open 100,000,000 Yoshinori Kaneko (5) 18
30 Jun PGA Philanthropy Tournament 100,000,000 Todd Hamilton (6) 16
7 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima 80,000,000 Hideyuki Sato (1) 16
14 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial 100,000,000 Hideki Kase (3) 16
28 Jul NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 60,000,000 Masatoshi Horikawa (1) 16
4 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship 100,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2) 16
18 Aug Acom International 100,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (3) 16
25 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (79) 20
1 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 70,000,000 Nobuo Serizawa (4) 18
8 Sep Suntory Open 100,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (9) 26
15 Sep ANA Open 100,000,000 Carlos Franco (3) 16
22 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic 110,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (80) 16
29 Sep Japan Open Golf Championship 120,000,000 Peter Teravainen (1) 32
6 Oct Tokai Classic 110,000,000 Masanobu Kimura (4) 22
13 Oct Golf Digest Tournament 100,000,000 Yoshi Mizumaki (5) 16
20 Oct Bridgestone Open 120,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (3) 34
27 Oct Philip Morris Championship 200,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (23) 22
10 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters 150,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 24
17 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 200,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (81) 38
24 Nov Casio World Open 150,000,000 Paul Stankowski (n/a) 30
1 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (82) 22
8 Dec Daikyo Open 120,000,000 Eduardo Herrera (2) 16

Source:[2]

Money list leaders
PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Masashi Ozaki209,646,746
2 Yoshinori Kaneko117,697,448
3 Brian Watts89,346,882
4 Kazuhiko Hosokawa79,510,295
5 Shigeki Maruyama75,961,133

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References
  1. "1996 Japan Golf Tour Events". OWGR. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. "1996 Tour Tournaments". JGTO.
  3. "1996 Prize Money List". JGTO.
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