1979 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1979 PGA of Japan Tour was the seventh season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1979 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration29 March 1979 (1979-03-29) – 2 December 1979 (1979-12-02)
Number of official events37
Most wins Isao Aoki (4)
Money list Isao Aoki
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1979 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
1 AprShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000 Akira Yabe (2)
8 AprAso National Park OpenKumamoto10,000,000 Takashi Kurihara (3)
15 AprKuzuha Kokusai TournamentOsaka12,000,000 Hsieh Min-Nan (3)
22 AprDunlop International OpenIbarakiUS$100,000 Hiroshi Ishii (6)AGC
29 AprChunichi CrownsAichi60,000,000 Isao Aoki (21)
13 MayFujisankei ClassicSaitama30,000,000 Shoichi Sato (1)
20 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa30,000,000 Isao Aoki (22)
27 MayYomiuri OpenHyōgo30,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (11)
3 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentIbaraki30,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (7)
10 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi25,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (8)
17 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō25,000,000 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (7)
24 JunPepsi-Wilson TournamentAomori25,000,000 Mya Aye (2)
1 JulKanto Pro ChampionshipIbaraki20,000,000 Isao Aoki (23)
1 JulKansai Pro ChampionshipIshikawa12,000,000 Tōru Nakamura (9)
5 AugNihon Kokudo Keikaku SummersTochigi30,000,000 Norio Mikami (1)
12 AugMizuno TournamentIshikawa20,000,000 Mitsuhiro Kitta (1)New to PGA of Japan Tour
19 AugJPGA East-West TournamentMiyagi12,000,000 Kosaku Shimada (7)
26 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka32,000,000 Masaji Kusakabe (4)
27 AugHokkaido OpenHokkaidō4,100,000 Shoichi Sato (2)
2 SepANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō30,000,000 Graham Marsh (11)
9 SepSuntory OpenChiba40,000,000 Masaji Kusakabe (5)
16 SepJapan PGA ChampionshipIbaraki25,000,000 Hsieh Min-Nan (4)
23 SepKansai OpenHyōgo15,000,000 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (8)
23 SepKanto OpenGunma20,000,000 Masaru Amono (2)
23 SepKyusyu OpenNagasaki5,000,000 Yurio Akitomi (1)
23 SepChushikoku OpenYamaguchi5,050,000 Hideto Shigenobu (1)
23 SepChubu OpenGifu12,000,000 Kenichi Matsuoka (1)
30 SepHiroshima OpenHiroshima20,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (6)
7 OctGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi35,000,000 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (2)
14 OctTokai ClassicAichi33,500,000 Tsutomu Irie (1)
21 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka25,000,000 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3)
28 OctBridgestone TournamentChiba30,000,000 Lanny Wadkins (n/a)
4 NovJapan Open Golf ChampionshipShiga50,000,000 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4)
11 NovABC Japan vs USA Golf MatchesHyōgo30,000,000 Tom Purtzer (n/a)
18 NovTaiheiyo Club MastersShizuokaUS$300,000 Norio Suzuki (9)
25 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki60,000,000 Bobby Wadkins (n/a)
2 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo16,000,000 Isao Aoki (24)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Isao Aoki45,554,211
2 Tōru Nakamura34,707,816
3 Masaji Kusakabe30,521,932
4 Norio Suzuki29,258,974
5 Hsieh Min-Nan23,471,810

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. "1979 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. pp. 219–232, 377–403. ISBN 0905947835.
  3. "1979 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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