The 2024 Japan Golf Tour is the 51st 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.

2024 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration28 March 2024 (2024-03-28) – 1 December 2024 (2024-12-01)
Number of official events24
2023
2025

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
31 Mar Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000   Takumi Kanaya (6) 6.95
28 Apr ISPS Handa Championship Shizuoka US$2,250,000   Yuto Katsuragawa (2) 20.72 EUR
5 May The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000   Ren Yonezawa (1) 5.92
12 May For The Players by The Players Gunma 50,000,000   Michael Hendry (2) 5.78
19 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Shiga 80,000,000   Takahiro Hataji (1) 6.11
26 May Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000   Ryosuke Kinoshita (3) 7.01
9 Jun BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Ibaraki 150,000,000   Hiroshi Iwata (6) 6.67 Japan major
16 Jun Hana Bank Invitational South Korea ₩1,300,000,000   Takashi Ogiso (1) 8.16 KOR
23 Jun Japan Players Championship Tochigi 50,000,000   Ryo Ishikawa (19) 5.19
7 Jul Japan PGA Championship Gifu 150,000,000   Yuta Sugiura (2) 5.60 Japan major
14 Jul Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Hokkaidō 100,000,000   Kensei Hirata (3) 6.14
11 Aug Yokohama Minato Championship Kanagawa 120,000,000   Ren Yonezawa (2) 6.47
25 Aug Sansan KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000   Jinichiro Kozuma (3) 6.68
1 Sep Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000   Kensei Hirata (4) 4.49
8 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,400,000,000   Kensei Hirata (5) 9.05 ASA, KOR
15 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 150,000,000   Aguri Iwasaki (2) 6.22
22 Sep Panasonic Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000   Kensei Hirata (6) 6.16
29 Sep Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000   Takahiro Hataji (2) 6.00
6 Oct ACN Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000   Takumi Kanaya (7) 5.84
13 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 210,000,000   Shugo Imahira (10) 7.25 Japan major
10 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000   Ryo Ishikawa (20) 5.88
17 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000  
24 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 200,000,000  
1 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000   Japan major

Unofficial events

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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[b]
Notes
14 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$20,000,000   Scottie Scheffler 100 Major championship
19 May PGA Championship United States US$18,500,000   Xander Schauffele 100 Major championship
16 Jun U.S. Open United States US$21,500,000   Bryson DeChambeau 100 Major championship
21 Jul The Open Championship Scotland US$17,000,000   Xander Schauffele 100 Major championship
27 Oct Zozo Championship Chiba US$8,500,000   Nico Echavarría 40.43 PGAT Limited-field event
8 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 n/a Team event

Japan Challenge Tour

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2024 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration3 April 2024 (2024-04-03) – 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)
Number of official events12
Money list  Taisei Yamada
2023
2025

The 2024 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2024 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 39th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[c] OWGR
points
5 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000   Tatsuya Kodai (2) 2.10
26 Apr i Golf Shaper Challenge Fukuoka 18,000,000   Minato Oshima (1) 2.01
3 May Japan Players Championship Challenge Fukui 15,000,000   Satoshi Hara (1) 1.76
31 May Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 15,000,000   Koichi Kitamura (1) 1.95
7 Jun Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 18,000,000   Hirotaro Naito (3) 1.48
14 Jun Landic Challenge 11 Fukuoka 18,000,000   Masashi Hidaka (2) 2.08
26 Jul Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge Akita 15,000,000   Yuki Furukawa (1) 1.90
31 Aug Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge Fukushima 15,000,000   Itsuki Kurokawa (1) 1.28
6 Sep PGM Challenge Fukuoka 15,000,000   Suguru Shimoke (1) 1.73
27 Sep Elite Grips Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000   Daichi Sakuda (1) 1.38
4 Oct Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 15,000,000   Takara Oshima (1) 1.26
18 Oct Delight Works JGTO Final Ibaraki 20,000,000   Taisei Yamada (2) 1.76

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[4][5] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2025 Japan Golf Tour.[6]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1   Taisei Yamada 5,259,789
2   Hirotaro Naito 5,232,920
3   Takara Oshima 4,671,424
4   Minato Oshima 4,525,639
5   Koichi Kitamura 4,033,433

Notes

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  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. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  3. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "2024年のジャパンゴルフツアートーナメント日程を発表しました" [2024 Japan Golf Tour Tournament Dates Announced] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  4. ^ "2024 Abema Tour money list". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  5. ^ "26,869円差で山田大晟が逆転賞金王!Abemaツアー最終戦を制す" [Taisei Yamada becomes the winner of the prize money title by 26,869 yen! He wins the final round of the Abema Tour.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  6. ^ "日本オープンでの経験がプラス材料に!1発逆転滑り込みを狙う中道洋平が好発進" [The experience at the Japan Open is a plus! Yohei Nakamichi, who aims for a one-shot comeback slide, gets off to a good start] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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