1983 PGA of Japan Tour
| Duration | 17 March 1983 – 11 December 1983 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 46 |
| Most wins | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8) |
| Money list | Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
← 1982 1984 → | |
The 1983 PGA of Japan Tour was the 11th 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 1983 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner(s)[a] | Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Mar | Shizuoka Open | Shizuoka | 30,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (9) | ||
| 27 Mar | KSB Setonaikai Open | Kagawa | 15,000,000 | Kenji Sogame (1) | New to PGA of Japan Tour | |
| 3 Apr | Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament | Osaka | 15,000,000 | Kikuo Arai (4) | ||
| 10 Apr | Pocari-Sweat Hakuryuko Open | Hiroshima | 30,000,000 | Hiroshi Makino (1) | ||
| 17 Apr | Bridgestone Aso Open | Kumamoto | 30,000,000 | Fujio Kobayashi (5) | ||
| 24 Apr | Dunlop International Open | Ibaraki | 40,000,000 | Larry Nelson (n/a) | AGC | |
| 1 May | Chunichi Crowns | Aichi | 70,000,000 | Chen Tze-ming (2) | ||
| 8 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 40,000,000 | Nobumitsu Yuhara (3) | ||
| 15 May | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | Ibaraki | 32,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (10) | ||
| 22 May | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | Iwate | 50,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (11) | ||
| 29 May | Pepsi Ube Open | Yamaguchi | 30,000,000 | Seiichi Kanai (5) | ||
| 5 Jun | Tohoku Classic | Miyagi | 32,000,000 | Yutaka Hagawa (3) | ||
| 12 Jun | Sapporo Tokyu Open | Hokkaidō | 35,000,000 | Isao Aoki (34) | ||
| 19 Jun | Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 30,000,000 | Graham Marsh (15) | ||
| 26 Jun | Mizuno Tournament | Ishikawa | 30,000,000 | Eitaro Deguchi (2) | ||
| 3 Jul | Kansai Pro Championship | Hyōgo | 15,000,000 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto (9) | ||
| 3 Jul | Kanto Pro Championship | Gunma | 30,000,000 | Isao Aoki (35) | ||
| 9 Jul | Toyamaken Open | Toyama | 15,000,000 | Kikuo Arai (5) | ||
| 17 Jul | Gunmaken Open | Gunma | 15,000,000 | Masaru Amono (3) | ||
| 17 Jul | Descente Osaka Open | Kyoto | 15,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (20) | ||
| 24 Jul | Niigata Open | Niigata | 15,000,000 | Hideto Shigenobu (3) | ||
| 24 Jul | Kanagawa Open | Kanagawa | 15,000,000 | Takaaki Kono (2) | ||
| 31 Jul | Japan PGA Championship | Niigata | 35,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (12) | ||
| 7 Aug | Descente Cup Hokkoku Open | Ishikawa | 30,000,000 | Shozo Miyamoto (2) | ||
| 14 Aug | JPGA East-West Tournament | Chiba | 18,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (13) | ||
| 21 Aug | Acom Doubles | Shiga | 40,000,000 | Lu Hsi-chuen (2) and Lu Liang-Huan (7) |
New team event | |
| 28 Aug | KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 40,000,000 | Saburo Fujiki (3) | ||
| 3 Sep | Chushikoku Open | Okayama | 5,800,000 | Masahiro Kuramoto (8) | ||
| 4 Sep | Chubu Open | Gifu | 12,000,000 | Teruo Nakamura (1) | ||
| 4 Sep | Kyusyu Open | Fukuoka | 12,000,000 | Noboru Fujiike (1) | ||
| 4 Sep | Kansai Open | Hyōgo | 15,000,000 | Susumu Wakita (1) | ||
| 4 Sep | Kanto Open | Nagano | 20,000,000 | Saburo Fujiki (4) | ||
| 4 Sep | Hokkaido Open | Hokkaidō | 5,000,000 | Katsunari Takahashi (1) | ||
| 11 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (14) | ||
| 18 Sep | ANA Sapporo Open | Hokkaidō | 40,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (15) | ||
| 25 Sep | Hiroshima Open | Hiroshima | 30,000,000 | Katsunari Takahashi (2) | ||
| 2 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Hyōgo | 50,000,000 | Isao Aoki (36) | ||
| 9 Oct | Tokai Classic | Aichi | 40,000,000 | Masahiro Kuramoto (9) | ||
| 16 Oct | Golf Digest Tournament | Shizuoka | 40,000,000 | Seiichi Kanai (6) | ||
| 23 Oct | Bridgestone Tournament | Chiba | 60,000,000 | Eitaro Deguchi (3) | ||
| 30 Oct | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | Tochigi | 50,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (26) | ||
| 13 Nov | Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA | Hyōgo | US$440,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (16) | ||
| 20 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 100,000,000 | Chen Tze-ming (3) | ||
| 27 Nov | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 70,000,000 | Bernhard Langer (n/a) | ||
| 4 Dec | Golf Nippon Series | Tokyo | 20,000,000 | Isao Aoki (37) | ||
| 11 Dec | Daikyo Open | Okinawa | 25,000,000 | Masaji Kusakabe (8) | New to PGA of Japan Tour |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 85,514,183 |
| 2 | Isao Aoki | 58,508,614 |
| 3 | Masahiro Kuramoto | 49,247,776 |
| 4 | Kikuo Arai | 41,782,074 |
| 5 | Saburo Fujiki | 39,038,137 |
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.
- ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
References
- ^ "1983 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1984). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1984. Springwood Books. pp. 214–233, 436–485. ISBN 0862541123. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "1983 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.