2004 Japan Golf Tour
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| Duration | 18 December 2003 – 5 December 2004 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29 |
| Most wins | South Korea Hur Suk-ho (2) Australia Brendan Jones (2) Japan Shingo Katayama (2) Australia Paul Sheehan (2) Japan Toru Taniguchi (2) South Korea Yang Yong-eun (2) |
| Money list | Japan Shingo Katayama |
| Most Valuable Player | Japan Toru Taniguchi |
| Rookie of the Year | Japan Takuya Taniguchi |
← 2003 2005 → | |
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The 2004 Japan Golf Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly 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 2004 season.[1]
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$6,000,000 | United States Phil Mickelson | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,250,000 | South Africa Retief Goosen | 100 | Major championship | |
| 18 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,000,000 | United States Todd Hamilton | 100 | Major championship | |
| 15 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$6,250,000 | 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][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan Shingo Katayama | 119,512,374 |
| 2 | Japan Toru Taniguchi | 101,773,301 |
| 3 | South Korea Yang Yong-eun | 99,540,333 |
| 4 | South Korea Hur Suk-ho | 90,176,104 |
| 5 | Australia Paul Sheehan | 85,020,125 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Japan Toru Taniguchi | [4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Japan Takuya Taniguchi | [5] |
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 15 April 2004 – 21 October 2004 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 10 |
| Money list | Japan Yoshiaki Kimura |
← 2003 2005 → | |
The 2004 Japan Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[lower-alpha 4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Japan Isao Narukawa (1) |
| 25 Jun | PGA Cup Challenge Tournament | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Japan Mitsuo Harada (1) |
| 9 Jul | 1st PGM Series Wakagi Challenge | Saga | 10,000,000 | Japan Yutaka Horinouchi (1) |
| 30 Jul | 2nd PGM Series Lions Challenge | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Japan Toshihiro Aizawa (1) |
| 6 Aug | 3rd PGM Series Segovia Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Japan Toshio Ozaki (1) |
| 27 Aug | 4th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Japan Taichiro Kiyota (1) |
| 10 Sep | 4th PGM Series Ohinata Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Japan Takeshi Kajikawa (1) |
| 2 Oct | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament | Miyagi | 20,000,000 | Japan Yoshiaki Kimura (1) |
| 8 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Japan Masanori Ushiyama (1) |
| 21 Oct | Tokyo Dome Cup | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Japan Gohei Sato (5) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[7] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2005 Japan Golf Tour.
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan Yoshiaki Kimura | 4,199,650 |
| 2 | Japan Mitsuo Harada | 3,596,022 |
| 3 | Japan Yutaka Horinouchi | 2,789,508 |
| 4 | Japan Toshihiro Aizawa | 2,767,949 |
| 5 | Japan Taichiro Kiyota | 2,635,826 |
Notes
- ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ASA − Asian Tour.
- ↑ Also a Japan major championship.
- ↑ 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 Japan Golf Tour.
References
- ↑ "2004 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ↑ "2004 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ↑ "2004年のキング誕生！！" [King was born in 2004!!] (in 日本語). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
しかし2000年以来、自身2度目の賞金王は、昨年の今大会終了時から掲げていた目標のひとつ。
[However, his second prize money title since 2000 is one of the goals he has set since the end of this tournament last year.] - ↑ "Taniguchi nails second MVP award". The Japan Times. 7 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ↑ "2004年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式今年の最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィは、底抜けに明るい25歳・谷口拓也が受賞" [The 2004 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony Best Rookie of the Year award, the Shimada Trophy, was won by 25-year-old Takuya Taniguchi, who was extremely cheerful.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "2004 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "2004 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.