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2008 Japan Golf Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2008
tour	Japan Golf Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	24
most_wins	JPN Shingo Katayama (3)
THA Prayad Marksaeng (3)
honor1	Money list
honoree1	JPN Shingo Katayama
honor2	Most Valuable Player
honoree2	JPN Shingo Katayama
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	JPN Ryo Ishikawa
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

THA Prayad Marksaeng (3) The 2008 Japan Golf Tour was the 36th 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

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
20 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	110,000,000	JPN Katsumasa Miyamoto (7)	16
27 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	KOR Hur Suk-ho (7)	16
4 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Tomohiro Kondo (4)	16
11 May	Pine Valley Beijing Open	China	110,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (6)	16	ASA	New to Japan Golf Tour
18 May	Japan PGA Championship	Gunma	130,000,000	JPN Shingo Katayama (24)	16		Japan major
25 May	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	Okayama	100,000,000	JPN Hideto Tanihara (7)	16
1 Jun	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	Hyōgo	110,000,000	THA Prayad Marksaeng (1)	18
22 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	Hyōgo	130,000,000	THA Prayad Marksaeng (2)	16
6 Jul	UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	JPN Hidemasa Hoshino (3)	16		Japan major
27 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	IND Jeev Milkha Singh (3)	16
3 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	JPN Takuya Taniguchi (2)	16
31 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	100,000,000	JPN Shintaro Kai (1)	16
7 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	150,000,000	JPN Toyokazu Fujishima (1)	16
21 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	JPN Azuma Yano (2)	16
28 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Osaka	200,000,000	JPN Hideto Tanihara (8)	20	ASA	New tournament
5 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Toshinori Muto (2)	20
12 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	200,000,000	JPN Makoto Inoue (2)	16		New tournament
19 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Fukuoka	200,000,000	JPN Shingo Katayama (25)	32		Flagship event
26 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	JPN Azuma Yano (3)	16
2 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (2)	16
9 Nov	The Championship by Lexus	Ibaraki	200,000,000	KOR Hur Suk-ho (8)	18		New tournament
16 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	JPN Shingo Katayama (26)	22
23 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	THA Prayad Marksaeng (3)	36
30 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	140,000,000	JPN Koumei Oda (1)	18
7 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	100,000,000	IND Jeev Milkha Singh (4)	24		Japan major

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner(s)	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
13 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,500,000	ZAF Trevor Immelman	100	Major championship
9 May	Sponichi Cup	Chiba	6,000,000	JPN Shunsuke Sonoda (a)	n/a
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,500,000	USA Tiger Woods	100	Major championship
20 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£4,200,000	IRL Pádraig Harrington	100	Major championship
10 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	IRL Pádraig Harrington	100	Major championship
22 Sep	Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf	Chiba	17,800,000	FIJ Dinesh Chand	n/a
13 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	80,000,000	Japan Golf Tour	n/a	Team event

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	JPN Shingo Katayama	180,094,895
2	JPN Azuma Yano	137,064,052
3	THA Prayad Marksaeng	126,430,825
4	JPN Hideto Tanihara	110,414,719
5	JPN Ryo Ishikawa	106,318,166

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	JPN Shingo Katayama	url=https://www.jgto.org/news/10832	title=各部門別ランキング受賞者と全表彰一覧	trans-title=List of Ranking Winners and All Awards by Category	language=Japanese	publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization	date=24 December 2008	access-date=28 June 2023	quote=最優秀選手賞　片山晋呉... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　石川遼	trans-quote=Most Valuable Player Award: Shingo Katayama... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Ryo Ishikawa}}
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	JPN Ryo Ishikawa

Japan Challenge Tour

JPN Masamichi Uehira (2) The 2008 Japan Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner
12 Apr	PRGR Cup	Chiba	15,000,000	JPN Tatsunori Nukaga (1)
23 May	Arita Tokyu JGTO Challenge I	Wakayama	13,000,000	JPN Masamichi Uehira (3)
13 Jun	Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II	Nagano	13,000,000	JPN Shigeru Nonaka (1)
29 Jun	Novil Cup	Tokushima	20,000,000	JPN Taichiro Kiyota (3)
10 Jul	Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament	Fukuoka	10,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (1)
26 Jul	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	JPN Hirotaro Naito (1)
12 Sep	Sunroyal GC Cup	Hyōgo	10,000,000	JPN Masamichi Uehira (4)
19 Sep	Srixon Challenge	Hyōgo	10,000,000	JPN Shigeru Nonaka (2)
26 Sep	Toshin Challenge Tournament	Mie	10,000,000	JPN Hiro Aoyama (1)
26 Oct	PRGR Cup Final	Chiba	15,000,000	JPN Hiroaki Iijima (3)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top six players on the money list earned status to play on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	JPN Masamichi Uehira	6,329,033
2	JPN Yuta Ikeda	6,040,545
3	JPN Shigeru Nonaka	5,502,620
4	JPN Hiroaki Iijima	4,587,176
5	JPN Taichiro Kiyota	4,286,250
6	JPN Tatsunori Nukaga	3,737,039

Notes

References

"2008 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2008 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(28 December 2008). "２００８年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式最終章". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(24 December 2008). "各部門別ランキング受賞者と全表彰一覧". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2008 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2008 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(27 October 2008). "上平栄道が２００３年以来５年ぶり２度目のチャレンジトーナメント賞金王に輝いた！". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(27 October 2008). "来年度前半戦の出場優先順位を獲得した５名の選手たち". Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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