1977 PGA of Japan Tour

1977 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration21 April 1977 (1977-04-21) – 4 December 1977 (1977-12-04)
Number of official events31
Most winsJapan Masashi Ozaki (4)
Money listJapan Masashi Ozaki
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The 1977 PGA of Japan Tour was the fifth 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 1977 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[a]Other
tours[b]		Notes
24 AprDunlop International OpenIbarakiUS$80,000Philippines Ben Arda (4)AGC
1 MayChunichi CrownsAichi60,000,000Australia Graham Marsh (10)
15 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa30,000,000Japan Tadashi Kitta (2)
22 MayFujisankei ClassicSaitama30,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (4)
29 MayPepsi-Wilson TournamentKanagawa25,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (16)
5 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentIshikawa30,000,000Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san (1)
12 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi23,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (13)
19 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō25,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (5)
26 JunShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan (6)
3 JulANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō30,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (8)
10 JulKansai OpenShiga12,000,000Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (4)
15 JulChushikoku OpenHiroshia2,100,000Japan Tadami Ueno (3)
16 JulChubu OpenAichi5,000,000Japan Hiroshi Ishii (4)
17 JulKyusyu OpenFukuoka5,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (7)
24 JulKanto OpenShizuoka20,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (17)
7 AugKanto Pro ChampionshipTochigi20,000,000Japan Kenji Mori (1)
7 AugKansai Pro ChampionshipYamaguchi10,000,000Japan Kosaku Shimada (5)
28 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka32,000,000Australia Brian Jones (1)
28 AugHokkaido OpenHokkaidō1,700,000Japan Koichi Uehara (1)
4 SepHiroshima OpenHiroshima20,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto (6)
11 SepSuntory OpenChiba40,000,000Japan Masaji Kusakabe (2)
18 SepSanpo ClassicChiba20,000,000Japan Shigeru Uchida (1)
25 SepJapan PGA ChampionshipGifu25,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)
9 OctTaiheiyo Club MastersShizuokaUS$300,000United States Bill Rogers (n/a)
16 OctTokai ClassicAichi32,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (18)
23 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka20,000,000Japan Takashi Murakami (11)
30 OctBridgestone TournamentChiba30,000,000Japan Fujio Kobayashi (1)
13 NovABC Japan vs USA Golf MatchesHyōgoUS$120,000Japan Isao Aoki (14)
20 NovJapan Open Golf ChampionshipChiba65,000,000Spain Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
27 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki60,000,000Spain Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
4 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo15,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (19)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Masashi Ozaki35,932,608
2Japan Isao Aoki31,425,073
3Japan Teruo Sugihara28,135,386
4Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto27,027,699
5Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima24,440,839

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. ↑ "1977 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Simms, George (1978). World of Golf 1978. Queen Anne Press. pp. 116–125. ISBN 0354090356. Retrieved 24 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "1977 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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