1998 PGA of Japan Tour
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| Duration | 12 March 1998 – 13 December 1998 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 36 |
| Most wins | United States Brandt Jobe (3) Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) Japan Hidemichi Tanaka (3) |
| Money list | Japan Masashi Ozaki |
← 1997 1999 → | |
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The 1998 PGA of Japan Tour was the 26th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[1]
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Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$3,200,000 | United States Mark O'Meara | 100 | Major championship | |
| 21 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$3,000,000 | United States Lee Janzen | 100 | Major championship | |
| 19 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £1,700,000 | United States Mark O'Meara | 100 | Major championship | |
| 16 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$3,000,000 | Fiji Vijay Singh | 100 | Major championship |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan Masashi Ozaki | 179,627,400 |
| 2 | United States Brian Watts | 132,014,990 |
| 3 | Japan Hidemichi Tanaka | 103,941,437 |
| 4 | United States Brandt Jobe | 97,566,406 |
| 5 | Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto | 93,580,618 |
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 25 March 1998 – 19 November 1998 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14 |
| Most wins | Japan Taisuke Kitajima (2) Japan Masakazu Noritake (2) Japan Gohei Sato (2) |
← 1997 1999 → | |
The 1998 Japan Challenge Tour was the 14th 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 1998 season.[3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[lower-alpha 3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar | PRGR Cup | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Japan Gohei Sato (3) |
| 16 Apr | Korakuen Cup (1st) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Japan Shinsuke Yanagisawa (1) |
| 24 Apr | Nishino Cup Open | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Japan Masakazu Noritake (1) |
| 29 Apr | Daiwa Cup Kochi Open | Kochi | 10,000,000 | Japan Naoya Sugiyama (2) |
| 21 May | Aiful Challenge Cup Spring | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Japan Hiroshi Ueda (2) |
| 12 Jun | Matsugamine Open | Niigata | 10,000,000 | Japan Taisuke Kitajima (2) |
| 18 Jun | Korakuen Cup (2nd) | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Japan Tetsuya Haraguchi (1) |
| 29 Jul | Twin Fields Cup | Ishikawa | 10,000,000 | Japan Kazumasa Sakaitani (1) |
| 20 Aug | Daiwa Cup Akita Open | Akita | 10,000,000 | Japan Takashi Tsutsumi (1) |
| 27 Aug | Andersen Consulting Growing Cup | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Japan Masakazu Noritake (2) |
| 11 Sep | Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Japan Taisuke Kitajima (3) |
| 8 Oct | Korakuen Cup (3rd) | Oita | 10,000,000 | Japan Masayuki Tomita (1) |
| 22 Oct | Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open | Yamanashi | 10,000,000 | Japan Yoshimi Niizeki (1) |
| 19 Nov | Korakuen Cup (4th) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Japan Gohei Sato (4) |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "1998 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ↑ "1998 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ↑ "1998 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.