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2012 Japan Golf Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2012
tour	Japan Golf Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	25
most_wins	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (4)
honor1	Money list
honoree1	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita
honor2	Most Valuable Player
honoree2	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	JPN Yoshinori Fujimoto
prevseason	[2011](2011-japan-golf-tour)
nextseason	[2013](2013-japan-golf-tour)

The 2012 Japan Golf Tour was the 40th 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 2012 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
15 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	AUS Brendan Jones (11)	18
22 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	110,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (12)	18
29 Apr	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	KOR Jang Ik-jae (2)	16
13 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	Tochigi	150,000,000	JPN Toru Taniguchi (18)	16		Japan major
20 May	Totoumi Hamamatsu Open	Shizuoka	100,000,000	USA Jay Choi (1)	18
27 May	Diamond Cup Golf	Chiba	120,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (13)	16
3 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	JPN Yoshinori Fujimoto (1)	16		Japan major
24 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	110,000,000	AUS Brad Kennedy (1)	16
8 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	KOR Lee Kyoung-hoon (1)	16
29 Jul	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	AUS Brendan Jones (12)	16
19 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Osaka	60,000,000	JPN Toshinori Muto (5)	16
26 Aug	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	KOR Kim Hyung-sung (1)	16
2 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	KOR Kim Kyung-tae (5)	16
9 Sep	Toshin Golf Tournament	Mie	80,000,000	CHN Wu Ashun (1)	16
16 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (14)	16
23 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Hyōgo	150,000,000	JPN Masanori Kobayashi (2)	20	[ASA](2012-asian-tour)
30 Sep	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	KOR Ryu Hyun-woo (1)	16
7 Oct	Canon Open	Kanagawa	150,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (10)	16
14 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Okinawa	200,000,000	JPN Kenichi Kuboya (6)	32		Flagship event
21 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	JPN Toru Taniguchi (19)	16
28 Oct	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	USA Han Lee (1)	18
11 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	JPN Ryo Ishikawa (10)	18
18 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	ENG Luke Donald (n/a)	32
25 Nov	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	KOR Hwang Jung-gon (2)	18
2 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita (15)	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
8 Apr	[Masters Tournament](2012-masters-tournament)	United States	US$8,000,000	USA Bubba Watson	100	Major championship
6 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	38,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda	n/a	Pro-Am
17 Jun	[U.S. Open](2012-u-s-open-golf)	United States	US$8,000,000	USA Webb Simpson	100	Major championship
1 Jul	Million Yard Cup	Nagasaki	n/a	KOR Team South Korea	n/a	Team event
22 Jul	[The Open Championship](2012-open-championship)	England	£5,000,000	ZAF Ernie Els	100	Major championship
2 Aug	[PGA Championship](2012-pga-championship)	United States	US$8,000,000	NIR Rory McIlroy	100	Major championship
9 Dec	Hitachi 3Tours Championship	Chiba	57,000,000	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 Hiroyuki Fujita	175,159,972
2	JPN Toru Taniguchi	102,686,994
3	AUS Brendan Jones	92,078,892
4	JPN Yuta Ikeda	88,948,069
5	JPN Yoshinori Fujimoto	88,659,122

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	JPN Hiroyuki Fujita	url=https://www.jgto.org/news/14812	title=部門別ランキング賞、受賞者一覧	trans-title=Category Ranking Awards and List of Winners	language=Japanese	publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization	date=21 December 2012	access-date=28 June 2023	quote=最優秀選手賞　藤田寛之... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　藤本佳則	trans-quote=Most Valuable Player Award: Hiroyuki Fujita... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Yoshinori Fujimoto}}
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	JPN Yoshinori Fujimoto

Japan Challenge Tour

The 2012 Japan Challenge Tour was the 28th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner
1 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	KOR Yang Ji-ho (1)
20 Apr	Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Daijiro Izumida (1)
25 May	Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	JPN Naomi Ohta (2)
1 Jun	Murasaki CC Sumire GMA Challenge Tournament	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Akio Sadakata (1)
7 Jun	ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament	Chiba	15,000,000	JPN Yosuke Asaji (1)
15 Jun	Akita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I	Akita	10,000,000	JPN Yuki Kono (1)
29 Jun	Tokyu Nasu Resort JGTO Challenge II	Tochigi	10,000,000	JPN Yuki Kono (2)
14 Jul	Shizu Hills Tommy Cup	Ibaraki	15,000,000	JPN Koichi Sugimoto (2)
27 Jul	Daisen GC JGTO Challenge III	Tottori	10,000,000	JPN Masashi Nishimura (1)
13 Sep	PGA JGTO Challenge Cup I in Onotoyo	Hyōgo	10,000,000	JPN Achi Sato (4)
21 Sep	PGA JGTO Challenge Cup II in Boso	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Satoshi Kodaira (2)
228 Sep	Elite Grips JGTO Challenge IV	Mie	10,000,000	JPN Toru Morita (2)
19 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	KOR Hur In-hoi (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top eight players on the money list earned status to play on the 2013 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	JPN Yuki Kono	4,607,237
2	KOR Hur In-hoi	4,369,211
3	KOR Yang Ji-ho	4,365,325
4	JPN Akio Sadakata	3,906,933
5	JPN Yosuke Tsukada	3,376,983
6	JPN Yosuke Asaji	3,347,000
7	JPN Makoto Inoue	3,213,055
8	JPN Koichi Sugimoto	3,039,870

Notes

References

"2012 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2012 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(3 December 2012). "藤田寛之が完全優勝の３連覇を達成、２０１２年の賞金王に". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(21 December 2012). "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者一覧". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2012 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2012 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(20 October 2012). "チャレンジ賞金王は河野祐輝". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(20 October 2012). "I・Ｈ・ホが逆転優勝、来年前半のツアー出場優先権も獲得！". Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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