2011 Japan Golf Tour

The 2011 Japan Golf Tour was the 39th season of the Japan Golf Tour. The season consisted of 25 official events, all played in Japan.

2011 Japan Golf Tour season
Duration14 April 2011 (2011-04-14) – 4 December 2011 (2011-12-04)
Number of official events25
Most wins3:
South Korea Bae Sang-moon
Money leaderSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
2010
2012

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
17 AprToken Homemate CupMie130,000,000Japan Tadahiro Takayama (4)20
24 AprTsuruya OpenHyōgo120,000,000Japan Tomohiro Kondo (5)22
1 MayThe CrownsAichi120,000,000Australia Brendan Jones (10)18
15 MayJapan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle CupHyogo150,000,000Japan Hiroo Kawai (1)22Japan major
22 MayTotoumi Hamamatsu OpenShizuoka100,000,000Japan Masanori Kobayashi (1)18New tournament
29 MayDiamond Cup GolfChiba120,000,000Japan Koumei Oda (5)22
5 JunJapan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido HillsIbaraki150,000,000South Korea Park Jae-bum (1)18Japan major
26 JunGateway to The Open Mizuno OpenOkayama110,000,000South Korea Hwang Jung-gon (1)22
24 JulNagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy CupHokkaidō130,000,000South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (4)20
31 JulSun Chlorella ClassicHokkaidō150,000,000Japan Yuta Ikeda (9)18
21 AugKansai Open Golf ChampionshipHyogo50,000,000South Korea Cho Min-gyu (1)16
28 AugVana H Cup KBC AugustaFukuoka110,000,000South Korea Bae Sang-moon (1)20
4 SepFujisankei ClassicYamanashi110,000,000Japan Masatsugu Morofuji (1)16
11 SepToshin Golf Tournament in LakeWoodMie70,000,000South Korea Lee Dong-hwan (2)16
18 SepANA OpenHokkaidō110,000,000Australia Kurt Barnes (1)22
25 SepAsia-Pacific Panasonic OpenShiga150,000,000Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (6)22ASA
2 OctCoca-Cola Tokai ClassicAichi120,000,000South Korea Bae Sang-moon (2)18
9 OctCanon OpenKanagawa150,000,000Japan Kenichi Kuboya (5)20
16 OctJapan Open Golf ChampionshipChiba200,000,000South Korea Bae Sang-moon (3)32Flagship event; Japan major
23 OctBridgestone OpenChiba150,000,000Japan Toru Taniguchi (17)22
30 OctMynavi ABC ChampionshipHyōgo150,000,000Japan Koichiro Kawano (1)22
13 NovMitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo MastersShizuoka150,000,000Japan Hideki Matsuyama (a) (1)26
20 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki200,000,000Japan Toshinori Muto (4)28
27 NovCasio World OpenKōchi200,000,000Japan Tadahiro Takayama (5)16
4 DecGolf Nippon Series JT CupTokyo130,000,000Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (11)18Japan major

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)
Winner(s)OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
10 AprMasters TournamentUnited StatesUS$8,000,000South Africa Charl Schwartzel100Major championship
8 MayLegend Charity Pro-AmChiba25,000,000Japan Kiyoshi Murotan/aPro-Am
19 JunU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$7,850,000Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy100Major championship
3 JulMillion Yard CupSouth KoreaUS$200,000 Team South Korean/aTeam event
17 JulThe Open ChampionshipEngland£5,000,000Northern Ireland Darren Clarke100Major championship
14 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$8,000,000United States Keegan Bradley100Major championship
11 DecHitachi 3Tours ChampionshipChiba57,000,000LPGA of Japan Tourn/aTeam event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[2]

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1South Korea Bae Sang-moon151,078,958
2Japan Tadahiro Takayama98,718,202
3Japan Ryo Ishikawa98,282,603
4Japan Toru Taniguchi96,888,944
5Japan Hiroyuki Fujita94,355,200

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. ASA − Asian Tour.

References

  1. "2011 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "2011 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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