1997 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1997 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 13 March to 14 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 1997 season.[1] 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[2]
16 Mar Token Corporation Cup 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (83) 22
23 Mar Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open 100,000,000 Hisayuki Sasaki (3) 18
30 Mar Just System KSB Open 70,000,000 Keiichiro Fukabori (1) 16
6 Apr Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup 100,000,000 Peter Teravainen (2) 16
20 Apr Tsuruya Open 100,000,000 Mitsuo Harada (1) 16
27 Apr Kirin Open[lower-alpha 1] 100,000,000 Kim Jong-duck (1) 22
4 May The Crowns 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (84) 36
11 May Fujisankei Classic 120,000,000 Kenichi Kuboya (1) 22
18 May Japan PGA Championship 100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (4) 22
25 May Ube Kosan Open 100,000,000 Shigenori Mori (2) 16
1 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (85) 18
8 Jun JCB Classic Sendai 100,000,000 Nobuhito Sato (1) 18
15 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open 100,000,000 Hirofumi Miyase (1) 16
22 Jun Yomiuri Open 100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (5) 18
29 Jun Mizuno Open 100,000,000 Brian Watts (9) 22
6 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament 100,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (24) 16
13 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima 80,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (25) 16
27 Jul Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial 100,000,000 Yeh Chang-ting (1) 20
3 Aug NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 60,000,000 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (4) 16
10 Aug Sanko Grand Summer Championship 100,000,000 Shoichi Kuwabara (1) 16
17 Aug Acom International 100,000,000 Kazuo Kanayama (1) 16
31 Aug Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta 100,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (86) 18
7 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 80,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (6) 18
14 Sep Suntory Open 100,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (1) 26
21 Sep ANA Open 100,000,000 Shinichi Yokota (1) 28
28 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic 110,000,000 Eduardo Herrera (3) 22
5 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship 120,000,000 Craig Parry (2) 32
12 Oct Tokai Classic 110,000,000 Brandt Jobe (2) 24
19 Oct Golf Digest Tournament 100,000,000 Brandt Jobe (3) 16
26 Oct Bridgestone Open 120,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (87) 28
2 Nov Philip Morris Championship 200,000,000 Brian Watts (10) 26
16 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters 150,000,000 Lee Westwood (n/a) 36
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament 200,000,000 Tom Watson (n/a) 38
30 Nov Casio World Open 150,000,000 Mitsutaka Kusakabe (2) 28
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup 100,000,000 Shigeki Maruyama (7) 22
14 Dec Daikyo Open 120,000,000 Kenichi Kuboya (2) 16
  1. Also an event on the Asia Golf Circuit.

Money list leaders

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Masashi Ozaki170,847,633
2 Shigeki Maruyama152,774,420
3 Brian Watts111,153,198
4 Naomichi Ozaki96,994,361
5 Tateo Ozaki77,555,311

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