2009 Japan Golf Tour
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Golf tour season
| Duration | 16 April 2009 (2009年04月16日) – 6 December 2009 (2009年12月06日) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 24 |
| Most wins | Japan Yuta Ikeda (4) Japan Ryo Ishikawa (4) |
| Money list | Japan Ryo Ishikawa |
| Most Valuable Player | Japan Ryo Ishikawa |
| Rookie of the Year | Japan Yuta Ikeda |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 Japan Golf Tour was the 37th 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
[edit ]The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]
Unofficial events
[edit ]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(s) | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US7,500,000ドル | Argentina Ángel Cabrera | 100 | Major championship | |
| 22 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US7,500,000ドル | United States Lucas Glover | 100 | Major championship | |
| 19 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | 4,200,000ドル | United States Stewart Cink | 100 | Major championship | |
| 16 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US7,500,000ドル | South Korea Yang Yong-eun | 100 | Major championship | |
| 14 Sep | Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf | Chiba | 18,000,000 | Japan Kaname Yokoo | n/a | ||
| 13 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Japan PGA Senior Tour | n/a | Team event |
Money list
[edit ]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2] [3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (\) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan Ryo Ishikawa | 183,524,051 |
| 2 | Japan Yuta Ikeda | 158,556,695 |
| 3 | Japan Koumei Oda | 118,774,176 |
| 4 | Japan Shingo Katayama | 113,678,535 |
| 5 | Japan Hiroyuki Fujita | 91,244,625 |
Awards
[edit ]| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Japan Ryo Ishikawa | [4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Japan Yuta Ikeda | [4] |
Japan Challenge Tour
[edit ]| Duration | 10 April 2009 (2009年04月10日) – 23 October 2009 (2009年10月23日) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 11 |
| Most wins | Australia Chris Campbell (2) Japan Kazuhiro Kida (2) Japan Achi Sato (2) |
| Money list | Australia Chris Campbell |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 Japan Challenge Tour was the 25th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
[edit ]The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (\) |
Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 20,000,000 | Japan Achi Sato (2) |
| 22 May | Sashima JGTO Challenge I | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Australia Chris Campbell (1) |
| 20 Jun | Shizu Hills Tommy Cup | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Australia Chris Campbell (2) |
| 26 Jun | Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II | Nagano | 10,000,000 | Japan Junpei Takayama (1) |
| 10 Jul | Boso Country Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Japan Katsumi Kubo (1) |
| 16 Jul | Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Japan Kazuhiro Kida (1) |
| 11 Sep | Srixon Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Japan Toru Morita (1) |
| 18 Sep | Asakura JGTO Challenge III | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Japan Kazuhiro Kida (2) |
| 25 Sep | Toshin Challenge Tournament | Mie | 10,000,000 | Japan Yuta Kinoshita (1) |
| 9 Oct | Sunroyal GC Cup | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Japan Achi Sato (3) |
| 23 Oct | PRGR Novil Cup Final | Ibaraki | 13,000,000 | Taiwan Lu Wei-chih (1) |
Money list
[edit ]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6] [7] The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2010 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (\) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia Chris Campbell | 6,136,154 |
| 2 | Japan Achi Sato | 6,119,944 |
| 3 | Taiwan Lu Wei-chih | 4,890,916 |
| 4 | Japan Kazuhiro Kida | 4,491,550 |
| 5 | Japan Kodai Ichihara | 4,259,750 |
| 6 | Japan Yoshikazu Haku | 3,594,500 |
| 7 | Japan Junpei Takayama | 3,395,371 |
Notes
[edit ]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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
[edit ]- ^ "2009 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "2009 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Golf-Ishikawa becomes youngest Japanese Tour money list winner". Reuters. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ a b "各部門別ランキング受賞者と全表彰一覧" [List of Ranking Winners and All Awards by Category] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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[Most Valuable Player Award: Ryo Ishikawa... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Yuta Ikeda] - ^ "2009 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "2009 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "C・キャンベル / 2010年、1年間の優先出場権を獲得 賞金ランキング1位" [C. Campbell / 2010, 1st place in the prize money ranking, 1 place in the prize money ranking] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "2009年チャレンジ賞金ランキング1位はC・キャンベルが。佐藤、呂、貴田、市原、白、高山が第1回リランキングまでのツアー優先出場権を獲得" [The first place in the 2009 Challenge prize money ranking is C. Campbell. Sato, Lu, Kida, Ichihara, Haku, and Takayama earn priority berth on the tour until the first reranking] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2023.