2002 Japan Golf Tour
Duration | 14 March 2002 | – 8 December 2002
---|---|
Number of official events | 29 |
Most wins | ![]() |
Money list | ![]() |
Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 2001 2003 → |
The 2002 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2002 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th 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.
It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, that began in 2000.[1]
Zeitplan
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[2]
Date | Tournament | Standort | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 Mar | Token Corporation Cup | Kagoshima | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
24 Mar | Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open | Shizuoka | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
28 Apr | Tsuruya Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
5 May | The Crowns | Aichi | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
12 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 140,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
19 May | Japan PGA Championship | Nara | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Japan major |
26 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | Kagawa | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
2 Jun | Diamond Cup Tournament | Saitama | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
9 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | Miyagi | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
23 Jun | Tamanoi Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
30 Jun | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
7 Jul | Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup | Tochigi | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Japan major |
14 Jul | Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
28 Jul | Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | Niigata | 50,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
4 Aug | Aiful Cup | Ishikawa | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
11 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hokkaidō | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
1 Sep | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
8 Sep | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | Hokkaidō | 80,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
15 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
22 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
29 Sep | Acom International | Ibaraki | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
13 Oct | Georgia Tokai Classic | Aichi | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
20 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Yamaguchi | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
32 | Flagship event[b] |
27 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
3 Nov | Philip Morris K.K. Championship | Hyōgo | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
17 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 150,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
24 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
44 | |
1 Dec | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 140,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
8 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Japan major |
Unofficial events
[edit]The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Standort | Purse | Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 Apr | Masters Tournament | Vereinigte Staaten | US$5,600,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
16 Jun | U.S. Open | Vereinigte Staaten | US$6,250,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £3,800,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
18 Aug | PGA Championship | Vereinigte Staaten | US$5,500,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
Money list
[edit]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][4]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
145,440,341 |
2 | ![]() |
130,825,969 |
3 | ![]() |
129,258,019 |
4 | ![]() |
97,116,100 |
5 | ![]() |
94,103,576 |
Awards
[edit]Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
[5][6] |
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | ![]() |
[5] |
Japan Challenge Tour
[edit]Duration | 4 April 2002 | – 7 November 2002
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Number of official events | 11 |
Most wins | ![]() |
Money list | ![]() |
← 2001 2003 → |
The 2002 Japan Challenge Tour was the 18th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Zeitplan
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[7]
Date | Tournament | Standort | Purse (¥) |
Winner[c] |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 Apr | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
18 Apr | Kourakuen Cup (1st) | Oita | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
10 May | JGTO iiyama Challenge I | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
31 May | JGTO iiyama Challenge II | Mie | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
14 Jun | Aiful Challenge Cup Spring | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
28 Jun | PGA Cup Challenge | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
11 Jul | Kourakuen Cup (2nd) | Chiba | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
13 Sep | Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn | Aomori | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
27 Sep | Kasco Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
4 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
7 Nov | Kourakuen Cup (3rd) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
Money list
[edit]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[8] The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2003 Japan Golf Tour.
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4,124,935 |
2 | ![]() |
3,860,479 |
3 | ![]() |
3,182,692 |
4 | ![]() |
2,700,000 |
5 | ![]() |
2,695,742 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "年間スポンサーのイーヤマ撤退を正式発表" [Official announcement of the withdrawal of annual sponsor iiyama]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 11 May 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "2002 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "2002 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "賞金王争いに決着! 谷口徹が初のキングの座を決めた" [The battle for the top prize is settled! Toru Taniguchi has decided to become the first king] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 2 December 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ a b "2002年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式" [2002 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 9 December 2002. Archived from the original on 21 December 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Taniguchi hospitalized with illness". The Japan Times. 15 February 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
Last December, Taniguchi was named the Player of the Year after finishing on top of the 2002 money list…
- ^ "2002 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "2002 Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.