1977 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1977 PGA of Japan Tour was the fifth season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1977 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration21 April 1977 (1977-04-21) – 4 December 1977 (1977-12-04)
Number of official events31
Most wins Masashi Ozaki (4)
Money list Masashi Ozaki
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1977 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
24 AprDunlop International OpenIbarakiUS$80,000 Ben Arda (4)AGC
1 MayChunichi CrownsAichi60,000,000 Graham Marsh (10)
15 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa30,000,000 Tadashi Kitta (2)
22 MayFujisankei ClassicSaitama30,000,000 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (4)
29 MayPepsi-Wilson TournamentKanagawa25,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (16)
5 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentIshikawa30,000,000 Hsu Sheng-san (1)
12 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi23,000,000 Isao Aoki (13)
19 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō25,000,000 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (5)
26 JunShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000 Lu Liang-Huan (6)
3 JulANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō30,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (8)
10 JulKansai OpenShiga12,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (4)
15 JulChushikoku OpenHiroshia2,100,000 Tadami Ueno (3)
16 JulChubu OpenAichi5,000,000 Hiroshi Ishii (4)
17 JulKyusyu OpenFukuoka5,000,000 Norio Suzuki (7)
24 JulKanto OpenShizuoka20,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (17)
7 AugKanto Pro ChampionshipTochigi20,000,000 Kenji Mori (1)
7 AugKansai Pro ChampionshipYamaguchi10,000,000 Kosaku Shimada (5)
28 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka32,000,000 Brian Jones (1)
28 AugHokkaido OpenHokkaidō1,700,000 Koichi Uehara (1)
4 SepHiroshima OpenHiroshima20,000,000 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (6)
11 SepSuntory OpenChiba40,000,000 Masaji Kusakabe (2)
18 SepSanpo ClassicChiba20,000,000 Shigeru Uchida (1)
25 SepJapan PGA ChampionshipGifu25,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)
9 OctTaiheiyo Club MastersShizuokaUS$300,000 Bill Rogers (n/a)
16 OctTokai ClassicAichi32,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (18)
23 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka20,000,000 Takashi Murakami (11)
30 OctBridgestone TournamentChiba30,000,000 Fujio Kobayashi (1)
13 NovABC Japan vs USA Golf MatchesHyōgoUS$120,000 Isao Aoki (14)
20 NovJapan Open Golf ChampionshipChiba65,000,000 Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
27 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki60,000,000 Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
4 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo15,000,000 Masashi Ozaki (19)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Masashi Ozaki35,932,608
2 Isao Aoki31,425,073
3 Teruo Sugihara28,135,386
4 Yasuhiro Miyamoto27,027,699
5 Tsuneyuki Nakajima24,440,839

Notes
  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
  2. AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.

References
  1. "1977 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. Simms, George (1978). World of Golf 1978. Queen Anne Press. pp. 116–125. ISBN 0354090356. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. "1977 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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