2025 Japan Golf Tour
| Duration | 10 April 2025 – 7 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 25 |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Japan Golf Tour is the 52nd 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 2025 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Token Homemate Cup | Mie | 130,000,000 | Tatsunori Shogenji (1) | 8.14 | ||
| 27 Apr | Maezawa Cup | Chiba | 200,000,000 | Takanori Konishi (1) | 6.77 | New tournament | |
| 4 May | The Crowns | Aichi | 110,000,000 | Yosuke Asaji (4) | 6.92 | ||
| 18 May | Kansai Open Golf Championship | Shiga | 80,000,000 | Kota Kaneko (1) | 8.04 | ||
| 25 May | Japan PGA Championship | Gifu | 150,000,000 | Taisei Shimizu (1) | 8.23 | Japan major | |
| 1 Jun | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Mikiya Akutsu (1) | 8.38 | ||
| 8 Jun | BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Taiga Semikawa (5) | 8.45 | Japan major | |
| 15 Jun | Hana Bank Invitational | South Korea | ₩1,300,000,000 | Shaun Norris (8) | 9.53 | KOR | |
| 29 Jun | Japan Players Championship | Tochigi | 50,000,000 | Tatsunori Shogenji (2) | 8.73 | ||
| 3 Aug | Richard Mille Charity Tournament | Ishikawa | 100,000,000 | New tournament | |||
| 17 Aug | ISPS Handa Explosion in the Summer | Hokkaidō | 60,000,000 | New tournament | |||
| 24 Aug | ISPS Handa Summer Golf Battle | Hokkaidō | 213,000,000 | New tournament | |||
| 31 Aug | Sansan KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | ||||
| 7 Sep | Fujisankei Classic | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | ||||
| 14 Sep | Shinhan Donghae Open | South Korea | ₩1,400,000,000 | ASA, KOR | |||
| 21 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | ||||
| 28 Sep | Panasonic Open Golf Championship | Osaka | 100,000,000 | ||||
| 5 Oct | Vantelin Tokai Classic | Aichi | 110,000,000 | ||||
| 19 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Tochigi | 210,000,000 | Japan major | |||
| 2 Nov | Fortinet Players Cup | Chiba | 100,000,000 | ||||
| 9 Nov | ACN Championship | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | ||||
| 16 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 200,000,000 | ||||
| 23 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | ||||
| 30 Nov | Casio World Open | Kōchi | 180,000,000 | ||||
| 7 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | 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(s) | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$21,000,000 | Rory McIlroy | 100 | Major championship | |
| 18 May | PGA Championship | United States | US$19,000,000 | Scottie Scheffler | 100 | Major championship | |
| 15 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$21,500,000 | J. J. Spaun | 100 | Major championship | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | Northern Ireland | 100 | Major championship | |||
| 12 Oct | Baycurrent Classic | Kanagawa | US$8,500,000 | PGAT | Limited-field event | ||
| 14 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | n/a | Team event |
Japan Challenge Tour
| Duration | 2 April 2025 – 24 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 13 |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2025 ACN Tour, is the 40th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
ACN title sponsorship
In March, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with ACN, being renamed as the ACN Tour.[3]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[4]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[c] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Kota Takeda (a) (1) | 2.92 |
| 25 Apr | i Golf Shaper Challenge | Fukuoka | 18,000,000 | Taiga Yamamoto (1) | 2.73 |
| 9 May | Japan Players Championship Challenge | Fukui | 15,000,000 | Taiga Mishima (1) | 3.17 |
| 30 May | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 15,000,000 | Shotaro Tanaka (1) | 2.33 |
| 13 Jun | Landic Challenge 12 | Fukuoka | 18,000,000 | Ryunosuke Furukawa (1) | 3.69 |
| 20 Jun | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 20,000,000 | Yuto Katsumata (1) | 3.85 |
| 4 Jul | Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge | Akita | 15,000,000 | Yuki Moriyama (1) | 3.56 |
| 8 Aug | Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | ||
| 30 Aug | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge | Fukushima | 15,000,000 | ||
| 12 Sep | K-dash Second Challenge Cup | Ibaraki | 20,000,000 | ||
| 3 Oct | Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 18,000,000 | ||
| 10 Oct | Elite Grips Challenge | Hyōgo | 15,000,000 | ||
| 24 Oct | Delight Works JGTO Final | Ibaraki | 20,000,000 |
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 Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
- ^ 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
- ^ "2025 Tournament schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "来季ツアーは24試合、うち新規開催4試合。2025年もJGTOツアーをよろしくお願いいたします" [Next season, there will be 24 matches on the tour, including four new ones. We look forward to your continued support of the JGTO Tour in 2025] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "国内男子下部は「ACNツアー」に名称変更 YouTubeでも中継" [The men's lower division in Japan will be renamed "ACN Tour" and will be broadcast on YouTube.]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 19 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "2025 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 December 2024.