1978 PGA of Japan Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 1978 PGA of Japan Tour 1978 4 8 y – 1978 12 3 y 36 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (6) Money list JPN 1870 Isao Aoki 1977 1979 The 1978 PGA of Japan Tour was the sixth 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 1978 season.https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=1&year=1978 1978 Tour Tournaments Japan Golf Tour Organization 27 June 2023Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 Mark H. McCormack Mark McCormack Doubleday 1979 0385149409 https://archive.org/details/dunhillgolfyearb0000unse_a9z2 244–254, 383–414 Archive.org 8 November 2023 limited Date Tournament Location Purse(¥) Winnertotals 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. Othertourstour AGC − Asia Golf Circuit. Notes 9 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 8,000,000 JPN 1870 Tadami Ueno (4) New to PGA of Japan Tour 16 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 10,000,000 JPN 1870 Akira Yabe (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour 23 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$70,000 TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1) AGC 30 Apr Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (15) 7 May Wizard Tournament Wakayama 25,000,000 JPN 1870 Tōru Nakamura (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour 14 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Kosaku Shimada (8) 21 May Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Yamaguchi 25,000,000 JPN 1870 Masashi Ozaki (20) 28 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (16) 4 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 23,000,000 JPN 1870 Haruo Yasuda (3) 11 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Iwate 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Tōru Nakamura (6) 18 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 25,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (17) 25 Jun Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 TWN Hsieh Min-Nan (2) 2 Jul ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Teruo Sugihara (9) 9 Jul Kansai Open Shiga 15,000,000 JPN 1870 Akio Kanemoto (1) 14 Jul Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 3,000,000 JPN 1870 Seiji Katayama (1) 15 Jul Chubu Open Mie 12,000,000 JPN 1870 Kouichi Inoue (1) 16 Jul Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 5,000,000 JPN 1870 Norio Suzuki (8) 16 Jul Kanto Open Niigata 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Seiichi Kanai (2) 23 Jul Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 35,000,000 JPN 1870 Kesahiko Uchida (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour 6 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Osaka 10,000,000 JPN 1870 Teruo Sugihara (10) 6 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Chiba 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (18) 13 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Tochigi 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (5) New to PGA of Japan Tour 20 Aug Japan PGA Championship Hokkaidō 25,000,000 JPN 1870 Fujio Kobayashi (2) 27 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000 JPN 1870 Kenichi Yamada (2) 27 Aug Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 2,850,000 JPN 1870 Koichi Uehara (2) 10 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000 JPN 1870 Akio Kanemoto (2) 17 Sep Sanpo Classic Chiba 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Koichi Uehara (3) 24 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Masashi Ozaki (21) 8 Oct Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka US$300,000 USA Gil Morgan (n/a) 15 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 32,000,000 JPN 1870 Masaji Kusakabe (3) 21 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Masaru Amono (1) 29 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Hiroshi Ishii (5) 5 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Kanagawa 65,000,000 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros (n/a) 12 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo US$150,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (19) 26 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000 USA Andy Bean (n/a) 3 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 15,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (20) Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.https://www.jgto.org/en/stats/tour/money_ranking_all?year=1978 1978 Money Rankings Japan Golf Tour Organization 27 June 2023 Position Player Prize money (¥)1 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki 62,987,2002 JPN 1870 Masashi Ozaki 29,017,2863 JPN 1870 Kosaku Shimada 28,217,5424 JPN 1870 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 26,850,8105 JPN 1870 Tōru Nakamura 25,102,008 Notes References External links https://www.jgto.org/en Category:Japan Golf Tour seasons PGA of Japan Tour PGA of Japan Tour