2024 Japan Golf Tour
| Duration | 28 March 2024 – 1 December 2024 |
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| Number of official events | 24 |
← 2023 2025 → | |
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.
Schedule[edit]
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 |  |
5.92 | ||
| 12 May | For The Players by The Players | Gunma | 50,000,000 | |
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| 19 May | Kansai Open Golf Championship | Shiga | 80,000,000 | |
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| 26 May | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | |
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| 9 Jun | BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | |
Japan major | ||
| 16 Jun | Hana Bank Invitational | South Korea | ₩1,300,000,000 | |
KOR | ||
| 23 Jun | Japan Players Championship | Tochigi | 50,000,000 | |
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| 7 Jul | Japan PGA Championship | Gifu | 150,000,000 | |
Japan major | ||
| 14 Jul | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | |
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| 11 Aug | Yokohama Minato Championship | Kanagawa | 120,000,000 | |
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| 25 Aug | Sansan KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | |
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| 1 Sep | Fujisankei Classic | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | |
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| 8 Sep | Shinhan Donghae Open | South Korea | ₩1,400,000,000 | |
ASA, KOR | ||
| 15 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | |
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| 22 Sep | Panasonic Open Golf Championship | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | |
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| 29 Sep | Vantelin Tokai Classic | Aichi | 110,000,000 | |
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| 6 Oct | ACN Championship | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | |
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| 13 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Saitama | 210,000,000 | |
Japan major | ||
| 10 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 200,000,000 | |
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| 17 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | |
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| 24 Nov | Casio World Open | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | |
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| 1 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | |
Japan major |
Unofficial events[edit]
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 | |
100 | Major championship | ||
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | |
100 | Major championship | ||
| 21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | |
100 | Major championship | ||
| 8 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | n/a | Team event |
Japan Challenge Tour[edit]
| Duration | 3 April 2024 – 18 October 2024 |
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| Number of official events | 12 |
← 2023 2025 → | |
The 2024 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2024 Abema Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 39th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule[edit]
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 | |
1.76 |
| 31 May | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 15,000,000 | |
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| 7 Jun | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 18,000,000 | |
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| 14 Jun | Landic Challenge 11 | Fukuoka | 18,000,000 | |
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| 26 Jun | Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge | Akita | 15,000,000 | |
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| 31 Aug | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge | Fukushima | 15,000,000 | |
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| 6 Sep | PGM Challenge | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | |
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| 27 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Hyōgo | 15,000,000 | |
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| 4 Oct | Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | |
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| 18 Oct | Delight Works JGTO Final | Ibaraki | 20,000,000 | |
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.
- ^ 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[edit]
- ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2024 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2023.