1985 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1985 PGA of Japan Tour was the 13th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1985 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration21 March 1985 (1985-03-21) – 15 December 1985 (1985-12-15)
Number of official events40
Most wins Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
Money list Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1984
1986

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1985 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
24 MarShizuoka OpenShizuoka30,000,000 Seiichi Kanai (7)
14 AprPocari Sweat OpenHiroshima40,000,000 Motomasa Aoki (2)
21 AprBridgestone Aso OpenKumamoto35,000,000 Hsieh Min-Nan (10)
28 AprDunlop International OpenIbarakiUS$200,000 Chen Tze-chung (2)AGC
5 MayChunichi CrownsAichi80,000,000 Seiji Ebihara (1)
12 MayFujisankei ClassicShizuoka40,000,000 Mark O'Meara (n/a)
19 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipIbaraki32,000,000 Katsunari Takahashi (3)
26 MayPepsi Ube OpenYamaguchi40,000,000 Chen Tze-ming (4)
2 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentOkayama50,000,000 Brian Jones (2)
9 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi35,000,000 David Ishii (1)
16 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō40,000,000 Teruo Sugihara (22)
23 JunYomiuri Sapporo Beer OpenHyōgo40,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (19)
30 JunMizuno OpenIshikawa40,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (3)
Katsunari Takahashi (4)
Title shared
7 JulKansai Pro ChampionshipOsaka20,000,000 Keiichi Kobayashi (1)
7 JulKanto Pro ChampionshipShizuoka27,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (20)
4 AugNST Niigata OpenNiigata35,000,000 Hsieh Min-Nan (11)
11 AugJapan PGA ChampionshipIbaraki40,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (4)
18 AugNikkei CupSaitama40,000,000 Naomichi Ozaki (4)New tournament
25 AugMaruman OpenIshikawa40,000,000 Brian Jones (3)
1 SepKBC AugustaFukuoka42,000,000 Hajime Meshiai (1)
8 SepKyusyu OpenFukuoka12,000,000 Kinpachi Yoshimura (1)
8 SepKansai OpenHyōgo20,000,000 Tsutomu Irie (2)
8 SepKanto OpenSaitama30,000,000 Seiichi Kanai (8)
8 SepChushikoku OpenHiroshima10,000,000 Mitoshi Tomita (1)
8 SepChubu OpenMie15,000,000 Masahiro Shiota (1)
8 SepHokkaido OpenHokkaidō7,280,000 Katsunari Takahashi (5)
15 SepSuntory OpenChiba60,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (5)
22 SepANA OpenHokkaidō50,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (21)
29 SepGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi50,000,000 Kazushige Kono (1)
Masahiro Kuramoto (12)
Payne Stewart (n/a)
Title shared
6 OctTokai ClassicAichi50,000,000 Graham Marsh (16)
13 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipAichi60,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (22)
20 OctPolaroid Cup Golf Digest TournamentShizuoka60,000,000 D. A. Weibring (n/a)
27 OctBridgestone OpenChiba70,000,000 Masahiro Kuramoto (13)
3 NovABC Japan-U.S. MatchHyōgo65,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (6)
Corey Pavin (n/a)
Title shared
10 NovHiroshima OpenHiroshima40,000,000 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (10)
17 NovTaiheiyo Club MastersShizuoka80,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (23)
24 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki120,000,000 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (24)
1 DecCasio World OpenKagoshima80,000,000 Hubert Green (n/a)
8 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo30,000,000 Tateo Ozaki (7)
15 DecDaikyo OpenOkinawa60,000,000 Seiichi Kanai (9)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1 Tsuneyuki Nakajima101,609,333
2 Masahiro Kuramoto58,767,582
3 Tateo Ozaki42,782,235
4 Seiichi Kanai41,341,664
5 Teruo Sugihara39,703,266

Japan Challenge Tour

1985 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration29 August 1985 (1985-08-29) – 8 November 1985 (1985-11-08)
Number of official events2
1986

The 1985 Japan Challenge Tour was the inaugural season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1985 season.[3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 3]
30 AugKanto Kokusai OpenTochigi12,000,000 Isamu Sugita (1)
8 NovMito Green OpenIbaraki12,000,000 Tomohiro Maruyama (1)

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.
  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 PGA of Japan Tour.

References

  1. "1985 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. "1985 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. "1985 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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