2008 Japan Golf Tour
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golf season The 2008 Japan Golf Tour was the 36th 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 2008 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(s) | OWGR points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,500,000 | Template:Flagicon Trevor Immelman | 100 | Major championship | |
| 9 May | Sponichi Cup | Chiba | 6,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Shunsuke Sonoda (a) | n/a | ||
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,500,000 | Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £4,200,000 | Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington | 100 | Major championship | |
| 10 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$7,500,000 | Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington | 100 | Major championship | |
| 22 Sep | Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf | Chiba | 17,800,000 | Template:Flagicon Dinesh Chand | n/a | ||
| 13 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 80,000,000 | Japan Golf Tour | n/a | Team event |
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 | Template:Flagicon Shingo Katayama | 180,094,895 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Azuma Yano | 137,064,052 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Prayad Marksaeng | 126,430,825 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Hideto Tanihara | 110,414,719 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Ryo Ishikawa | 106,318,166 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Template:Flagicon Shingo Katayama | [4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Template:Flagicon Ryo Ishikawa | [4] |
Japan Challenge Tour
Template:Infobox golf season The 2008 Japan Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
WinnerTemplate:Efn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr | PRGR Cup | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Tatsunori Nukaga (1) |
| 23 May | Arita Tokyu JGTO Challenge I | Wakayama | 13,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Masamichi Uehira (3) |
| 13 Jun | Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II | Nagano | 13,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Shigeru Nonaka (1) |
| 29 Jun | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 20,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Taichiro Kiyota (3) |
| 10 Jul | Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Yuta Ikeda (1) |
| 26 Jul | Shizu Hills Tommy Cup | Ibaraki | 15,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Hirotaro Naito (1) |
| 12 Sep | Sunroyal GC Cup | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Masamichi Uehira (4) |
| 19 Sep | Srixon Challenge | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Shigeru Nonaka (2) |
| 26 Sep | Toshin Challenge Tournament | Mie | 10,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Hiro Aoyama (1) |
| 26 Oct | PRGR Cup Final | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Hiroaki Iijima (3) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[6][7] The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Masamichi Uehira | 6,329,033 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Yuta Ikeda | 6,040,545 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Shigeru Nonaka | 5,502,620 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Hiroaki Iijima | 4,587,176 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Taichiro Kiyota | 4,286,250 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Tatsunori Nukaga | 3,737,039 |
Notes
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