1979 PGA of Japan Tour

Golf tour season September 2023 1979 PGA of Japan Tour 1979 3 29 y – 1979 12 2 y 37 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (4) Money list JPN 1870 Isao Aoki 1978 1980 The 1979 PGA of Japan Tour was the seventh 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 1979 season.https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=1&year=1979 1979 Tour Tournaments Japan Golf Tour Organization 26 June 2023Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980 Mark H. McCormack Mark McCormack Springwood Books 1980 0905947835 219–232, 377–403 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 1 Apr Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 JPN 1870 Akira Yabe (2) 8 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 10,000,000 JPN 1870 Takashi Kurihara (3) 15 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 12,000,000 TWN Hsieh Min-Nan (3) 22 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$100,000 JPN 1870 Hiroshi Ishii (6) AGC 29 Apr Chunichi Crowns Aichi 60,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (21) 13 May Fujisankei Classic Saitama 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Shoichi Sato (1) 20 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (22) 27 May Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Teruo Sugihara (11) 3 Jun Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ibaraki 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Tōru Nakamura (7) 10 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 25,000,000 JPN 1870 Tōru Nakamura (8) 17 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 25,000,000 JPN 1870 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (7) 24 Jun Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Aomori 25,000,000 MYA 1974 Mya Aye (2) 1 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Ibaraki 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (23) 1 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Ishikawa 12,000,000 JPN 1870 Tōru Nakamura (9) 5 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Tochigi 30,000,000 JPN 1870 Norio Mikami (1) 12 Aug Mizuno Tournament Ishikawa 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Mitsuhiro Kitta (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour 19 Aug JPGA East-West Tournament Miyagi 12,000,000 JPN 1870 Kosaku Shimada (7) 26 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000 JPN 1870 Masaji Kusakabe (4) 27 Aug Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 4,100,000 JPN 1870 Shoichi Sato (2) 2 Sep ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 AUS Graham Marsh (11) 9 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000 JPN 1870 Masaji Kusakabe (5) 16 Sep Japan PGA Championship Ibaraki 25,000,000 TWN Hsieh Min-Nan (4) 23 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 15,000,000 JPN 1870 Yasuhiro Miyamoto (8) 23 Sep Kanto Open Gunma 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Masaru Amono (2) 23 Sep Kyusyu Open Nagasaki 5,000,000 JPN 1870 Yurio Akitomi (1) 23 Sep Chushikoku Open Yamaguchi 5,050,000 JPN 1870 Hideto Shigenobu (1) 23 Sep Chubu Open Gifu 12,000,000 JPN 1870 Kenichi Matsuoka (1) 30 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 20,000,000 JPN 1870 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (6) 7 Oct Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 35,000,000 TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung (2) 14 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 33,500,000 JPN 1870 Tsutomu Irie (1) 21 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 25,000,000 TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung (3) 28 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 30,000,000 USA Lanny Wadkins (n/a) 4 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Shiga 50,000,000 TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung (4) 11 Nov ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches Hyōgo 30,000,000 USA Tom Purtzer (n/a) 18 Nov Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka US$300,000 JPN 1870 Norio Suzuki (9) 25 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 60,000,000 USA Bobby Wadkins (n/a) 2 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 16,000,000 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki (24) 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=1979 1979 Money Rankings Japan Golf Tour Organization 26 June 2023 Position Player Prize money (¥)1 JPN 1870 Isao Aoki 45,554,2112 JPN 1870 Tōru Nakamura 34,707,8163 JPN 1870 Masaji Kusakabe 30,521,9324 JPN 1870 Norio Suzuki 29,258,9745 TWN Hsieh Min-Nan 23,471,810 Notes References External links https://www.jgto.org/en Category:Japan Golf Tour seasons PGA of Japan Tour PGA of Japan Tour