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2009 Japan Golf Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2009
tour	Japan Golf Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	24
most_wins	JPN Yuta Ikeda (4)
JPN Ryo Ishikawa (4)
honor1	Money list
honoree1	JPN Ryo Ishikawa
honor2	Most Valuable Player
honoree2	JPN Ryo Ishikawa
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	JPN Yuta Ikeda
prevseason	[2008](2008-japan-golf-tour)
nextseason	[2010](2010-japan-golf-tour)

JPN Ryo Ishikawa (4) The 2009 Japan Golf Tour was the 37th 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 2009 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
19 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	JPN Koumei Oda (2)	16
26 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	JPN Masaya Tomida (1)	18
3 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka (5)	20
31 May	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	Ibaraki	150,000,000	JPN Takashi Kanemoto (1)	20
7 Jun	UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	JPN Yuji Igarashi (1)	20		Japan major
14 Jun	Japan PGA Championship	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (1)	16		Japan major
28 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	Hyōgo	130,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (3)	18
26 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (7)	18
2 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (4)	16
23 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	50,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (8)	16
30 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (2)	18
6 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (5)	18
20 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	JPN Toru Taniguchi (15)	16
27 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Kyoto	150,000,000	JPN Daisuke Maruyama (2)	20	[ASA](2009-asian-tour)
4 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (6)	18
11 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	150,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (3)	18
18 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Saitama	200,000,000	JPN Ryuichi Oda (1)	32		Flagship event
25 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (4)	20
1 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	JPN Toru Suzuki (8)	16
8 Nov	The Championship by Lexus	Ibaraki	200,000,000	JPN Toshinori Muto (3)	16
15 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	200,000,000	JPN Yasuharu Imano (7)	20
22 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	ITA Edoardo Molinari (n/a)	28
29 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	JPN Koumei Oda (3)	22
6 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	JPN Shigeki Maruyama (10)	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
12 Apr	[Masters Tournament](2009-masters-tournament)	United States	US$7,500,000	ARG Ángel Cabrera	100	Major championship
22 Jun	[U.S. Open](2009-u-s-open-golf)	United States	US$7,500,000	USA Lucas Glover	100	Major championship
19 Jul	[The Open Championship](2009-open-championship)	Scotland	£4,200,000	USA Stewart Cink	100	Major championship
16 Aug	[PGA Championship](2009-pga-championship)	United States	US$7,500,000	KOR Yang Yong-eun	100	Major championship
14 Sep	Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf	Chiba	18,000,000	JPN Kaname Yokoo	n/a
13 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	50,000,000	Japan PGA Senior 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 Ryo Ishikawa	183,524,051
2	JPN Yuta Ikeda	158,556,695
3	JPN Koumei Oda	118,774,176
4	JPN Shingo Katayama	113,678,535
5	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita	91,244,625

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	JPN Ryo Ishikawa	url=https://www.jgto.org/news/14964	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=7 December 2009	access-date=28 June 2023	quote=最優秀選手賞　石川遼... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　池田勇太	trans-quote=Most Valuable Player Award: Ryo Ishikawa... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Yuta Ikeda}}
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	JPN Yuta Ikeda

Japan Challenge Tour

JPN Kazuhiro Kida (2) JPN Achi Sato (2) The 2009 Japan Challenge Tour was the 25th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner
12 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	20,000,000	JPN Achi Sato (2)
22 May	Sashima JGTO Challenge I	Ibaraki	10,000,000	AUS Chris Campbell (1)
20 Jun	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	AUS Chris Campbell (2)
26 Jun	Mochizuki Tokyu JGTO Challenge II	Nagano	10,000,000	JPN Junpei Takayama (1)
10 Jul	Boso Country Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Katsumi Kubo (1)
16 Jul	Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament	Fukuoka	10,000,000	JPN Kazuhiro Kida (1)
11 Sep	Srixon Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	JPN Toru Morita (1)
18 Sep	Asakura JGTO Challenge III	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Kazuhiro Kida (2)
25 Sep	Toshin Challenge Tournament	Mie	10,000,000	JPN Yuta Kinoshita (1)
9 Oct	Sunroyal GC Cup	Hyōgo	10,000,000	JPN Achi Sato (3)
23 Oct	PRGR Novil Cup Final	Ibaraki	13,000,000	TWN Lu Wei-chih (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2010 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	AUS Chris Campbell	6,136,154
2	JPN Achi Sato	6,119,944
3	TWN Lu Wei-chih	4,890,916
4	JPN Kazuhiro Kida	4,491,550
5	JPN Kodai Ichihara	4,259,750
6	JPN Yoshikazu Haku	3,594,500
7	JPN Junpei Takayama	3,395,371

Notes

References

"2009 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2009 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(6 December 2009). "Golf-Ishikawa becomes youngest Japanese Tour money list winner". Reuters.
(7 December 2009). "各部門別ランキング受賞者と全表彰一覧". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2009 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2009 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(24 October 2009). "C・キャンベル／２０１０年、１年間の優先出場権を獲得賞金ランキング１位". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(24 October 2009). "２００９年チャレンジ賞金ランキング１位はC・キャンベルが。佐藤、呂、貴田、市原、白、高山が第１回リランキングまでのツアー優先出場権を獲得". Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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