2003 Japan Golf Tour
| Duration | 19 December 2002 – 7 December 2003 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29 |
| Most wins | Todd Hamilton (4) |
| Money list | Toshimitsu Izawa |
| Most Valuable Player | Toshimitsu Izawa |
| Rookie of the Year | Hideto Tanihara |
← 2002 2004 → | |
The 2003 Japan Golf Tour was the 31st 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 2003 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Dec | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | Okinawa | 100,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (3) | 12 | ASA | New to Japan Golf Tour |
| 6 Apr | Token Homemate Cup | Mie | 100,000,000 | Andre Stolz (1) | 16 | ||
| 27 Apr | Tsuruya Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | Hirofumi Miyase (5) | 16 | ||
| 4 May | The Crowns | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Hidemasa Hoshino (1) | 16 | ||
| 11 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 110,000,000 | Todd Hamilton (8) | 16 | ||
| 18 May | Japan PGA Championship | Ibaraki | 110,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (13) | 16 | Japan major | |
| 25 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 | Hirofumi Miyase (6) | 16 | ||
| 1 Jun | Diamond Cup Tournament | Ibaraki | 110,000,000 | Todd Hamilton (9) | 16 | ||
| 8 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | Miyagi | 100,000,000 | Katsuyoshi Tomori (7) | 16 | ||
| 22 Jun | Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (1) | 16 | ||
| 29 Jun | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Todd Hamilton (10) | 16 | ||
| 6 Jul | Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup | Ibaraki | 120,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (13) | 16 | Japan major | |
| 13 Jul | Woodone Open Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 100,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (14) | 16 | ||
| 27 Jul | Sato Foods NST Niigata Open | Niigata | 50,000,000 | Katsumasa Miyamoto (5) | 16 | ||
| 3 Aug | Aiful Cup | Ishikawa | 120,000,000 | Taichi Teshima (3) | 16 | ||
| 10 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hokkaidō | 130,000,000 | Brendan Jones (2) | 16 | ||
| 31 Aug | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | Soushi Tajima (1) | 16 | ||
| 7 Sep | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | Hokkaidō | 80,000,000 | Todd Hamilton (11) | 16 | ||
| 14 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 100,000,000 | Jyoti Randhawa (1) | 16 | ||
| 21 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | Yeh Wei-tze (1) | 16 | ||
| 28 Sep | Acom International | Ibaraki | 120,000,000 | Masahiro Kuramoto (30) | 16 | ||
| 12 Oct | Georgia Tokai Classic | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Nozomi Kawahara (1) | 16 | ||
| 19 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Tochigi | 120,000,000 | Keiichiro Fukabori (6) | 32 | Flagship event[c] | |
| 26 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 110,000,000 | Naomichi Ozaki (30) | 16 | ||
| 2 Nov | ABC Championship | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (14) | 16 | ||
| 16 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 150,000,000 | Kiyoshi Murota (6) | 16 | ||
| 23 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | Thomas Bjørn (n/a) | 20 | ||
| 30 Nov | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 140,000,000 | Katsumune Imai (1) | 16 | ||
| 7 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 100,000,000 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1) | 16 | Japan major |
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[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$6,000,000 | Mike Weir | 100 | Major championship | |
| 15 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,000,000 | Jim Furyk | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £3,900,000 | Ben Curtis | 100 | Major championship | |
| 17 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$6,000,000 | Shaun Micheel | 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 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 135,454,300 |
| 2 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka | 122,227,033 |
| 3 | Todd Hamilton | 117,547,151 |
| 4 | Shingo Katayama | 117,192,413 |
| 5 | Taichi Teshima | 93,688,731 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Toshimitsu Izawa | [4] |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Hideto Tanihara | [5] |
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 17 April 2003 – 23 October 2003 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 11 |
| Money list | Masamichi Uehira |
← 2002 2004 → | |
The 2003 Japan Challenge Tour was the 19th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[d] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Kim Hyung-tae (1) |
| 8 May | Tokyo Dome Cup (1st) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Kazuhiro Fukunaga (3) |
| 13 Jun | Aiful Challenge Cup Spring | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Takuya Taniguchi (1) |
| 27 Jun | PGA Cup Challenge Tournament | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | Toyokazu Hioki (1) |
| 10 Jul | Tokyo Dome Cup (2nd) | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yudai Maeda (1) |
| 20 Jul | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament | Miyagi | 10,000,000 | Kodai Ichihara (1) |
| 12 Sep | Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn | Aomori | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Uehira (1) |
| 26 Sep | Kasco Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Thammanoon Sriroj (1) |
| 3 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Masayoshi Yamazoe (2) |
| 9 Oct | Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament (2nd) | Miyagi | 10,000,000 | Takuya Ogawa (1) |
| 23 Oct | Tokyo Dome Cup (3rd) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Tomonori Takahashi (1) |
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 2004 Japan Golf Tour.
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masamichi Uehira | 3,082,833 |
| 2 | Takuya Ogawa | 2,846,847 |
| 3 | Kazuhiro Fukunaga | 2,836,507 |
| 4 | Thammanoon Sriroj | 2,665,179 |
| 5 | Kim Hyung-tae | 2,533,141 |
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.
- ^ a b ASA − Asian PGA 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
- ^ "2003 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "2003 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "賞金ランキング賞" [Prize Ranking Prize] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
1億3545万4300円を獲得して、2001年以来2度目の賞金王に輝いた伊沢利光には、…
[Toshimitsu Izawa, who won 135,454,300 yen and became the prize money king for the second time since 2001…] - ^ "最優秀選手賞" [Most Valuable Player Award] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "2003ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式の風景(2)最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィ受賞、谷原秀人" [2003 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony (2) Best Rookie of the Year Award, Shimada Trophy Winner, Hideto Tanihara] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "2003 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "2003 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.