2004 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration18 December 2003 (2003-12-18) – 5 December 2004 (2004-12-05)
Number of official events29
Most winsSouth Korea Hur Suk-ho (2)
Australia Brendan Jones (2)
Japan Shingo Katayama (2)
Australia Paul Sheehan (2)
Japan Toru Taniguchi (2)
South Korea Yang Yong-eun (2)
Money listJapan Shingo Katayama
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Toru Taniguchi
Rookie of the YearJapan Takuya Taniguchi
2003
2005

The 2004 Japan Golf Tour was the 32nd 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
21 Dec Asia Japan Okinawa Open Okinawa 100,000,000 Japan Hideto Tanihara (2) 12 ASA
28 Mar Token Homemate Cup Mie 100,000,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (4) 16
25 Apr Tsuruya Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (3) 16
2 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (15) 16
9 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 110,000,000 Australia Paul Sheehan (1) 16
16 May Japan PGA Championship Kōchi 110,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (2) 16 Japan major
23 May Munsingwear Open KSB Cup Okayama 100,000,000 Japan Tatsuya Mitsuhashi (1) 16
30 May Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf Ibaraki 110,000,000 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2) 16
6 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Takashi Kamiyama (1) 16
20 Jun Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Fiji Dinesh Chand (3) 16
27 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Australia Brendan Jones (4) 16
4 Jul Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Ibaraki 120,000,000 South Korea Hur Suk-ho (3) 16 Japan major
11 Jul Woodone Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 100,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (16) 16
25 Jul Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Niigata 50,000,000 South Korea Kim Jong-duck (4) 16
1 Aug Aiful Cup Tottori 120,000,000 Japan Takuya Taniguchi (1) 16
8 Aug Sun Chlorella Classic Hokkaidō 150,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (1) 16
29 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Australia Steven Conran (1) 16
12 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Japan Hideki Kase (4) 16
19 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Thailand Chawalit Plaphol (1) 16
3 Oct Acom International Ibaraki 120,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (7) 16
10 Oct Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Aichi 120,000,000 Japan Katsumune Imai (2) 16
17 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Ishikawa 120,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (8) 32 Flagship event[lower-alpha 3]
24 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 110,000,000 Japan Toru Taniguchi (9) 16
31 Oct ABC Championship Hyōgo 120,000,000 Japan Makoto Inoue (1) 16
7 Nov Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial Fukuoka 100,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (2) 16 New tournament
14 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (n/a) 18
21 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 40
28 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 140,000,000 New Zealand David Smail (3) 16
5 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Australia Paul Sheehan (2) 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurseWinnerOWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
11 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$6,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson 100 Major championship
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$6,250,000 South Africa Retief Goosen 100 Major championship
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton 100 Major championship
15 Aug PGA Championship United States US$6,250,000 Fiji Vijay Singh 100 Major championship

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2][3]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Shingo Katayama119,512,374
2Japan Toru Taniguchi101,773,301
3South Korea Yang Yong-eun99,540,333
4South Korea Hur Suk-ho90,176,104
5Australia Paul Sheehan85,020,125

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Most Valuable PlayerJapan Toru Taniguchi[4]
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)Japan Takuya Taniguchi[5]

Japan Challenge Tour

2004 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration15 April 2004 (2004-04-15) – 21 October 2004 (2004-10-21)
Number of official events10
Money listJapan Yoshiaki Kimura
2003
2005

The 2004 Japan Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[6]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 4]
16 AprPRGR Cup (Kanto)Ibaraki10,000,000Japan Isao Narukawa (1)
25 JunPGA Cup Challenge TournamentIbaraki10,000,000Japan Mitsuo Harada (1)
9 Jul1st PGM Series Wakagi ChallengeSaga10,000,000Japan Yutaka Horinouchi (1)
30 Jul2nd PGM Series Lions ChallengeHyōgo10,000,000Japan Toshihiro Aizawa (1)
6 Aug3rd PGM Series Segovia ChallengeIbaraki10,000,000Japan Toshio Ozaki (1)
27 Aug4th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan ChallengeIbaraki10,000,000Japan Taichiro Kiyota (1)
10 Sep4th PGM Series Ohinata ChallengeTochigi10,000,000Japan Takeshi Kajikawa (1)
2 OctKanitop Cup Challenge TournamentMiyagi20,000,000Japan Yoshiaki Kimura (1)
8 OctPRGR Cup (Kansai)Hyōgo10,000,000Japan Masanori Ushiyama (1)
21 OctTokyo Dome CupTochigi10,000,000Japan Gohei Sato (5)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2005 Japan Golf Tour.

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Yoshiaki Kimura4,199,650
2Japan Mitsuo Harada3,596,022
3Japan Yutaka Horinouchi2,789,508
4Japan Toshihiro Aizawa2,767,949
5Japan Taichiro Kiyota2,635,826

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. 1 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.

References

  1. "2004 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "2004 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "2004年のキング誕生!!" [King was born in 2004!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2023. しかし2000年以来、自身2度目の賞金王は、昨年の今大会終了時から掲げていた目標のひとつ。 [However, his second prize money title since 2000 is one of the goals he has set since the end of this tournament last year.]
  4. "Taniguchi nails second MVP award". The Japan Times. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. "2004年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式今年の最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィは、底抜けに明るい25歳・谷口拓也が受賞" [The 2004 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony Best Rookie of the Year award, the Shimada Trophy, was won by 25-year-old Takuya Taniguchi, who was extremely cheerful.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. "2004 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. "2004 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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