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2011 Japan Golf Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2011
tour	Japan Golf Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	25
most_wins	KOR Bae Sang-moon (3)
honor1	Money list
honoree1	KOR Bae Sang-moon
honor2	Most Valuable Player
honoree2	KOR Bae Sang-moon
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	KOR Park Jae-bum
prevseason	2010
nextseason	2012

The 2011 Japan Golf Tour was the 39th 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 2011 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
17 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	JPN Tadahiro Takayama (4)	20
24 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	JPN Tomohiro Kondo (5)	22
1 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	AUS Brendan Jones (10)	18
15 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	Hyogo	150,000,000	JPN Hiroo Kawai (1)	22		Japan major
22 May	Totoumi Hamamatsu Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	JPN Masanori Kobayashi (1)	18		New tournament
29 May	Diamond Cup Golf	Chiba	120,000,000	JPN Koumei Oda (5)	22
5 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	KOR Park Jae-bum (1)	18		Japan major
26 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	110,000,000	KOR Hwang Jung-gon (1)	22
24 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	130,000,000	KOR Kim Kyung-tae (4)	20
31 Jul	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (9)	18
21 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyogo	50,000,000	KOR Cho Min-gyu (1)	16
28 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	KOR Bae Sang-moon (1)	20
4 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	JPN Masatsugu Morofuji (1)	16
11 Sep	Toshin Golf Tournament	Mie	70,000,000	KOR Lee Dong-hwan (2)	16
18 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	AUS Kurt Barnes (1)	22
25 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Shiga	150,000,000	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka (6)	22	ASA
2 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	KOR Bae Sang-moon (2)	18
9 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	150,000,000	JPN Kenichi Kuboya (5)	20
16 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Chiba	200,000,000	KOR Bae Sang-moon (3)	32		Flagship event
23 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	JPN Toru Taniguchi (17)	22
30 Oct	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	JPN Koichiro Kawano (1)	22
13 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	JPN Hideki Matsuyama (a) (1)	26
20 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	JPN Toshinori Muto (4)	28
27 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	JPN Tadahiro Takayama (5)	16
4 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (11)	18		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
10 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$8,000,000	ZAF Charl Schwartzel	100	Major championship
8 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	25,000,000	JPN Kiyoshi Murota	n/a	Pro-Am
19 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,850,000	NIR Rory McIlroy	100	Major championship
3 Jul	Million Yard Cup	South Korea	US$200,000	KOR Team South Korea	n/a	Team event
17 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£5,000,000	NIR Darren Clarke	100	Major championship
14 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$8,000,000	USA Keegan Bradley	100	Major championship
11 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	LPGA of Japan 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 Bae Sang-moon	151,078,958
2	JPN Tadahiro Takayama	98,718,202
3	JPN Ryo Ishikawa	98,282,603
4	JPN Toru Taniguchi	96,888,944
5	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita	94,355,200

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	KOR Bae Sang-moon	url=https://www.jgto.org/news/14570	title=２０１１年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式を開催	trans-title=2011 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony	language=Japanese	publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization	date=7 December 2011	access-date=28 June 2023	quote=最優秀選手賞裵相文（ベサンムン）... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィＪ・Ｂ・パク	trans-quote=Most Valuable Player Award: Baesang-moon... Best Rookie Award Shimada Trophy: J.B. Park}}
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	KOR Park Jae-bum

Japan Challenge Tour

The 2011 Japan Challenge Tour was the 27th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner
10 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	JPN Tatsunori Nukaga (2)
22 Apr	Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Takanobu Kondo (1)
27 May	Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	JPN Hidezumi Shirakata (2)
9 Jun	Boso Country Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Hirohito Koizumi (2)
1 Jul	Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge	Tochigi	10,000,000	THA Chinnarat Phadungsil (1)
9 Jul	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	JPN Koichi Sugimoto (1)
22 Jul	Srixon Challenge	Hokkaido	10,000,000	JPN Hidemichi Haginomori (1)
16 Sep	Toshoen GC JGTO Challenge II	Tochigi	10,000,000	JPN Taro Hiroi (1)
22 Sep	Elite grips JGTO Challenge III	Hyōgo	10,000,000	JPN Yudai Maeda (2)
21 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Tatsunori Nukaga (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 2012 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	JPN Tatsunori Nukaga	5,846,275
2	JPN Hidezumi Shirakata	3,795,466
3	JPN Koichi Sugimoto	3,352,733
4	THA Chinnarat Phadungsil	3,270,937
5	JPN Yudai Maeda	2,487,107
6	JPN Toru Morita	2,331,320

Notes

References

"2011 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2011 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(5 December 2011). "大会恒例の全員参加の閉会式". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(7 December 2011). "２０１１年度ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式を開催". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2011 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2011 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(22 October 2011). "額賀辰徳が逆転優勝、チャレンジ賞金王も獲得！". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(22 October 2011). "森田徹、ひやひやの賞金ランキング6位". Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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