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2010 Japan Golf Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2010
tour	Japan Golf Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	25
most_wins	JPN Yuta Ikeda (4)
honor1	Money list
honoree1	KOR Kim Kyung-tae
honor2	Most Valuable Player
honoree2	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	JPN Shunsuke Sonoda
prevseason	2009
nextseason	2011

The 2010 Japan Golf Tour was the 38th 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 2010 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
18 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	JPN Koumei Oda (4)	18
25 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (9)	18
2 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (7)	20
16 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	Nagasaki	140,000,000	JPN Toru Taniguchi (16)	20		Japan major
30 May	Diamond Cup Golf	Saitama	120,000,000	KOR Kim Kyung-tae (1)	20
6 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	120,000,000	JPN Katsumasa Miyamoto (8)	22		Japan major
27 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	Hyōgo	130,000,000	JPN Shunsuke Sonoda (1)	22
4 Jul	Toshin Golf Tournament	Mie	60,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (5)	18		New tournament
11 Jul	The Championship by Lexus	Ibaraki	150,000,000	JPN Takashi Kanemoto (2)	16
25 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	JPN Mamo Osanai (4)	18
1 Aug	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	JPN Tadahiro Takayama (3)	20
22 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Kyoto	50,000,000	JPN Shigeru Nonaka (1)	16
29 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	JPN Hideto Tanihara (9)	18
5 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (8)	18
19 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (6)	18
26 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Hyōgo	150,000,000	AUS Brendan Jones (9)	22	ASA
3 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Michio Matsumura (1)	18
10 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	150,000,000	JPN Shinichi Yokota (2)	18
17 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Aichi	200,000,000	KOR Kim Kyung-tae (2)	32		Flagship event
24 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (7)	22
31 Oct	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	KOR Kim Kyung-tae (3)	20
14 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (9)	20
21 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (8)	30
28 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	JPN Michio Matsumura (2)	24
5 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (10)	26		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
11 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,500,000	USA Phil Mickelson	100	Major championship
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,500,000	NIR Graeme McDowell	100	Major championship
18 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,800,000	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen	100	Major championship
12 Aug	Handa Cup Promising Golfers Tournament Under 30	Chiba	20,000,000	JPN Shogo Kimura	n/a
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	DEU Martin Kaymer	100	Major championship
12 Sep	Hyundai Capital Korea-Japan Team Championship	South Korea	US$700,000	JPN Team Japan	n/a	Team event
12 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	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	KOR Kim Kyung-tae	181,103,799
2	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita	157,932,927
3	JPN Ryo Ishikawa	151,461,479
4	JPN Yuta Ikeda	145,043,030
5	JPN Michio Matsumura	108,908,063

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	JPN Shunsuke Sonoda

Japan Challenge Tour

The 2010 Japan Challenge Tour was the 26th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner
11 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	JPN Soushi Tajima (1)
21 May	Toshin Challenge	Gifu	10,000,000	JPN Akira Endo (1)
28 May	Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	FIJ Dinesh Chand (1)
11 Jun	Tohoku Yakurai Cup	Miyagi	10,000,000	FIJ Dinesh Chand (2)
19 Jun	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	JPN Sushi Ishigaki (2)
25 Jun	Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge	Tochigi	10,000,000	TWN Chiang Chen-chih (1)
15 Jul	Boso Country Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Masayoshi Nakayama (1)
20 Aug	Hatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge Tournament	Saitama	10,000,000	JPN Satoshi Kodaira (a) (1)
10 Sep	Srixon Challenge	Miyagi	10,000,000	JPN Shunta Maeawakura (1)
17 Sep	Itsuurateien JGTO Challenge 2	Fukushima	10,000,000	JPN Hirohito Koizumi (1)
22 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	KOR Park Sung-joon (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 2011 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	FIJ Dinesh Chand	4,780,625
2	JPN Sushi Ishigaki	4,350,520
3	JPN Masanori Kobayashi	3,258,022
4	JPN Shunta Maeawakura	3,157,313
5	JPN Soushi Tajima	3,090,963
6	JPN Hirohito Koizumi	2,966,274
7	KOR Park Sung-joon	2,864,850

Notes

References

"2010 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2010 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(6 December 2010). "金庚泰（キムキョンテ）が２０１０年の賞金王に". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(26 December 2010). "藤田寛之が最優秀選手賞受賞". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(20 December 2010). "今年の最優秀新人賞島田トロフィは薗田峻輔". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2010 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2010 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(23 October 2023). "朴星俊が逆転優勝！来年のツアー前期の出場優先権を獲得". Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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