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Golf tour season
The
2004 Japan Golf Tour
was the 32nd 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
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The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.
[1]
Date
|
Tournament
|
Location
|
Purse
(
¥
)
|
Winner
[a]
|
OWGR
points
|
Other
tours
[b]
|
Notes
|
21 Dec
|
Asia Japan Okinawa Open
|
Okinawa
|
100,000,000
|
Hideto Tanihara
(2)
|
12
|
ASA
|
|
28 Mar
|
Token Homemate Cup
|
Mie
|
100,000,000
|
Hiroyuki Fujita
(4)
|
16
|
|
|
25 Apr
|
Tsuruya Open
|
Hy?go
|
100,000,000
|
Brendan Jones
(3)
|
16
|
|
|
2 May
|
The Crowns
|
Aichi
|
120,000,000
|
Shingo Katayama
(15)
|
16
|
|
|
9 May
|
Fujisankei Classic
|
Shizuoka
|
110,000,000
|
Paul Sheehan
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
16 May
|
Japan PGA Championship
|
K?chi
|
110,000,000
|
Hur Suk-ho
(2)
|
16
|
|
Japan major
|
23 May
|
Munsingwear Open KSB Cup
|
Okayama
|
100,000,000
|
Tatsuya Mitsuhashi
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
30 May
|
Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf
|
Ibaraki
|
110,000,000
|
Tetsuji Hiratsuka
(2)
|
16
|
|
|
6 Jun
|
JCB Classic Sendai
|
Miyagi
|
100,000,000
|
Takashi Kamiyama
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
20 Jun
|
Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open
|
Hy?go
|
100,000,000
|
Dinesh Chand
(3)
|
16
|
|
|
27 Jun
|
Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open
|
Okayama
|
100,000,000
|
Brendan Jones
(4)
|
16
|
|
|
4 Jul
|
Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup
|
Ibaraki
|
120,000,000
|
Hur Suk-ho
(3)
|
16
|
|
Japan major
|
11 Jul
|
Woodone Open Hiroshima
|
Hiroshima
|
100,000,000
|
Shingo Katayama
(16)
|
16
|
|
|
25 Jul
|
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
|
Niigata
|
50,000,000
|
Kim Jong-duck
(4)
|
16
|
|
|
1 Aug
|
Aiful Cup
|
Tottori
|
120,000,000
|
Takuya Taniguchi
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
8 Aug
|
Sun Chlorella Classic
|
Hokkaid?
|
150,000,000
|
Yang Yong-eun
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
29 Aug
|
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
|
Fukuoka
|
100,000,000
|
Steven Conran
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
12 Sep
|
Suntory Open
|
Chiba
|
100,000,000
|
Hideki Kase
(4)
|
16
|
|
|
19 Sep
|
ANA Open
|
Hokkaid?
|
100,000,000
|
Chawalit Plaphol
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
3 Oct
|
Acom International
|
Ibaraki
|
120,000,000
|
Toru Suzuki
(7)
|
16
|
|
|
10 Oct
|
Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
|
Aichi
|
120,000,000
|
Katsumune Imai
(2)
|
16
|
|
|
17 Oct
|
Japan Open Golf Championship
|
Ishikawa
|
120,000,000
|
Toru Taniguchi
(8)
|
32
|
|
Flagship event
[c]
|
24 Oct
|
Bridgestone Open
|
Chiba
|
110,000,000
|
Toru Taniguchi
(9)
|
16
|
|
|
31 Oct
|
ABC Championship
|
Hy?go
|
120,000,000
|
Makoto Inoue
(1)
|
16
|
|
|
7 Nov
|
Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial
|
Fukuoka
|
100,000,000
|
Yang Yong-eun
(2)
|
16
|
|
New tournament
|
14 Nov
|
Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
|
Shizuoka
|
150,000,000
|
Darren Clarke
(n/a)
|
18
|
|
|
21 Nov
|
Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
|
Miyazaki
|
200,000,000
|
Tiger Woods
(n/a)
|
40
|
|
|
28 Nov
|
Casio World Open
|
Kagoshima
|
140,000,000
|
David Smail
(3)
|
16
|
|
|
5 Dec
|
Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
|
Tokyo
|
100,000,000
|
Paul Sheehan
(2)
|
16
|
|
Japan major
|
Unofficial events
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The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Money list
[
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The
money list
was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in
Japanese yen
.
[2]
[3]
Position
|
Player
|
Prize money (
¥
)
|
1
|
Shingo Katayama
|
119,512,374
|
2
|
Toru Taniguchi
|
101,773,301
|
3
|
Yang Yong-eun
|
99,540,333
|
4
|
Hur Suk-ho
|
90,176,104
|
5
|
Paul Sheehan
|
85,020,125
|
Awards
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Japan Challenge Tour
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]
The
2004 Japan Challenge Tour
was the 20th season of the
Japan Challenge Tour
, the official development tour to the
Japan Golf Tour
.
Schedule
[
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]
The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.
[6]
Date
|
Tournament
|
Location
|
Purse
(
¥
)
|
Winner
[d]
|
16 Apr
|
PRGR Cup (Kanto)
|
Ibaraki
|
10,000,000
|
Isao Narukawa
(1)
|
25 Jun
|
PGA Cup Challenge Tournament
|
Ibaraki
|
10,000,000
|
Mitsuo Harada
(1)
|
9 Jul
|
1st PGM Series Wakagi Challenge
|
Saga
|
10,000,000
|
Yutaka Horinouchi
(1)
|
30 Jul
|
2nd PGM Series Lions Challenge
|
Hy?go
|
10,000,000
|
Toshihiro Aizawa
(1)
|
6 Aug
|
3rd PGM Series Segovia Challenge
|
Ibaraki
|
10,000,000
|
Toshio Ozaki
(1)
|
27 Aug
|
4th PGM Series Matsushima Chisan Challenge
|
Ibaraki
|
10,000,000
|
Taichiro Kiyota
(1)
|
10 Sep
|
4th PGM Series Ohinata Challenge
|
Tochigi
|
10,000,000
|
Takeshi Kajikawa
(1)
|
2 Oct
|
Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament
|
Miyagi
|
20,000,000
|
Yoshiaki Kimura
(1)
|
8 Oct
|
PRGR Cup (Kansai)
|
Hy?go
|
10,000,000
|
Masanori Ushiyama
(1)
|
21 Oct
|
Tokyo Dome Cup
|
Tochigi
|
10,000,000
|
Gohei Sato
(5)
|
Money list
[
edit
]
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
2005 Japan Golf Tour
.
Position
|
Player
|
Prize money (
¥
)
|
1
|
Yoshiaki Kimura
|
4,199,650
|
2
|
Mitsuo Harada
|
3,596,022
|
3
|
Yutaka Horinouchi
|
2,789,508
|
4
|
Toshihiro Aizawa
|
2,767,949
|
5
|
Taichiro Kiyota
|
2,635,826
|
Notes
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- ^
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
.
- ^
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
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- ^
"2004 Tour Tournaments"
. Japan Golf Tour Organization
. Retrieved
10 April
2023
.
- ^
"2004 Money Rankings"
. Japan Golf Tour Organization
. Retrieved
10 April
2023
.
- ^
"2004年のキング誕生!!"
[King was born in 2004!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 December 2004
. Retrieved
18 September
2023
.
しかし2000年以?、自身2度目の賞金王は、昨年の今大?終了時から?げていた目標のひとつ。
[However, his second prize money title since 2000 is one of the goals he has set since the end of this tournament last year.]
- ^
"Taniguchi nails second MVP award"
.
The Japan Times
. 7 December 2004
. Retrieved
29 June
2023
.
- ^
"2004年度ジャパンゴルフツア?表彰式今年の最優秀新人賞?島田トロフィは、底?けに明るい25??谷口拓也が受賞"
[The 2004 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony Best Rookie of the Year award, the Shimada Trophy, was won by 25-year-old Takuya Taniguchi, who was extremely cheerful.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 8 December 2004
. Retrieved
29 June
2023
.
- ^
"2004 Challenge Schedule"
. Japan Golf Tour Organization
. Retrieved
18 September
2023
.
- ^
"2004 Challenge Money Ranking"
. Japan Golf Tour Organization
. Retrieved
30 December
2022
.
External links
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