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2013 Japan Golf Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2013
tour	Japan Golf Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	25
most_wins	JPN Hideki Matsuyama (4)
honor1	Money list
honoree1	JPN Hideki Matsuyama
honor2	Most Valuable Player
honoree2	JPN Hideki Matsuyama
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	JPN Hideki Matsuyama
prevseason	[2012](2012-japan-golf-tour)
nextseason	[2014](2014-japan-golf-tour)

The 2013 Japan Golf Tour was the 41st 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.

Changes for 2013

The first two tournaments of the year were new to the Japan Golf Tour and were played in Thailand and Indonesia; both being co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
17 Mar	Thailand Open	Thailand	US$1,000,000	THA Prayad Marksaeng (4)	18	[ONE](2013-oneasia-tour)	New to Japan Golf Tour
31 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship	Indonesia	US$1,000,000	KOR Choi Ho-sung (1)	12	[ONE](2013-oneasia-tour)	New to Japan Golf Tour
21 Apr	Token Homemate Cup	Mie	130,000,000	JPN Yoshinobu Tsukada (1)	16
28 Apr	Tsuruya Open	Hyōgo	120,000,000	JPN Hideki Matsuyama (2)	16
5 May	The Crowns	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Michio Matsumura (3)	16
19 May	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	Chiba	150,000,000	KOR Kim Hyung-sung (2)	16		Japan major
2 Jun	Diamond Cup Golf	Ibaraki	120,000,000	JPN Hideki Matsuyama (3)	16
23 Jun	Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills	Ibaraki	150,000,000	JPN Satoshi Kodaira (1)	18		Japan major
30 Jun	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Okayama	110,000,000	AUS Brendan Jones (13)	16
7 Jul	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Hokkaidō	150,000,000	JPN Shunsuke Sonoda (2)	16
25 Aug	Kansai Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	60,000,000	AUS Brad Kennedy (2)	16
1 Sep	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	110,000,000	KOR Park Sung-joon (1)	16
8 Sep	Fujisankei Classic	Yamanashi	110,000,000	JPN Hideki Matsuyama (4)	16
22 Sep	ANA Open	Hokkaidō	110,000,000	JPN Koumei Oda (6)	16
29 Sep	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	Osaka	150,000,000	JPN Masahiro Kawamura (1)	16	[ASA](2013-asian-tour)
6 Oct	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Aichi	120,000,000	JPN Shingo Katayama (27)	16
13 Oct	Toshin Golf Tournament	Gifu Prefecture	Gifu	90,000,000	JPN Yoshinori Fujimoto (2)	16
20 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Ibaraki	200,000,000	JPN Masanori Kobayashi (3)	32		Flagship event
27 Oct	Bridgestone Open	Chiba	150,000,000	JPN Daisuke Maruyama (3)	16
3 Nov	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hyōgo	150,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda (11)	16
10 Nov	Heiwa PGM Championship	Ibaraki	200,000,000	CHN Wu Ashun (2)	16		New tournament
17 Nov	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	150,000,000	JPN Hideto Tanihara (10)	16
24 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	200,000,000	ENG Luke Donald (n/a)	26
1 Dec	Casio World Open	Kōchi	200,000,000	JPN Hideki Matsuyama (5)	18
8 Dec	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Tokyo	130,000,000	JPN Yūsaku Miyazato (1)	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
14 Apr	[Masters Tournament](2013-masters-tournament)	United States	US$8,000,000	AUS Adam Scott	100	Major championship
12 May	Legend Charity Pro-Am	Chiba	50,000,000	JPN Yuta Ikeda	n/a	Pro-Am
16 Jun	[U.S. Open](2003-u-s-open-golf)	United States	US$8,000,000	ENG Justin Rose	100	Major championship
21 Jul	[The Open Championship](2013-open-championship)	Scotland	£5,250,000	USA Phil Mickelson	100	Major championship
11 Aug	[PGA Championship](2013-pga-championship)	United States	US$8,000,000	USA Jason Dufner	100	Major championship
15 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	JPN Hideki Matsuyama	201,076,781
2	KOR Kim Hyung-sung	125,824,405
3	JPN Shingo Katayama	112,557,810
4	JPN Koumei Oda	112,506,906
5	KOR Park Sung-joon	93,402,445

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	JPN Hideki Matsuyama	url=https://www.jgto.org/news/17962	title=部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧	trans-title=Category Ranking Awards, List of Winners and Sponsors	language=Japanese	publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization	date=28 December 2013	access-date=28 June 2023	quote=最優秀選手賞　松山英樹... 最優秀新人賞　島田トロフィ　松山英樹	trans-quote=Most Valuable Player Award: Hideki Matsuyama... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: Hideki Matsuyama}}
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)	JPN Hideki Matsuyama

Japan Challenge Tour

The 2013 Japan Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse
(¥)	Winner
7 Apr	Novil Cup	Tokushima	15,000,000	KOR Jang Dong-kyu (1)
19 Apr	Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship	Kyoto	10,000,000	AUS Paul Sheehan (2)
24 May	Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup	Gifu	10,000,000	JPN Ryuichi Kondo (1)
7 Jun	ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament	Chiba	15,000,000	JPN Hiroyuki Nagamatsu (1)
14 Jun	Akita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I	Akita	10,000,000	JPN Sachio Sugiyama (1)
5 Jul	Landic VanaH Cup KBC Augusta Challenge	Fukuoka	10,000,000	KOR Kwon Ki-taek (1)
26 Jul	Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship	Saga	10,000,000	JPN Genki Yanase (1)
2 Aug	Daisen GC JGTO Challenge II	Tottori	10,000,000	JPN Masayuki Kawamura (1)
16 Aug	ROYZE Corporation Cup in FukuokaRaizan	Fukuoka	10,000,000	KOR Kwon Ki-taek (2)
6 Sep	PGA JGTO Challenge Cup in Boso	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Masamichi Ito (1)
13 Sep	Dragon Cup	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Toru Suzuki (1)
22 Sep	Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament	Tochigi	15,000,000	JPN Shinji Tomimura (1)
28 Sep	Elite Grips JGTO Challenge III	Mie	10,000,000	JPN Hirotaro Naito (2)
11 Oct	Heiwa PGM Challenge III Road to Championship	Ibaraki	10,000,000	JPN Katsunori Kuwabara (2)
25 Oct	JGTO Novil Final	Chiba	10,000,000	JPN Yoshitaka Takeya (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top nine players on the money list earned status to play on the 2014 Japan Golf Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	KOR Kwon Ki-taek	5,326,885
2	JPN Yoshitaka Takeya	4,624,751
3	AUS Richard Tate	4,317,268
4	JPN Shinji Tomimura	3,906,859
5	KOR Jang Dong-kyu	3,826,416
6	JPN Masayuki Kawamura	3,577,208
7	JPN Toru Suzuki	3,521,648
8	JPN Ryuji Masaoka	3,190,528
9	JPN Ryuichi Kondo	3,097,840

Notes

References

(13 December 2012). "Japan Tour expands OneAsia link". The Sporting News.
Thongsombat, Kittipong. (13 December 2012). "Japanese addition for Thai Open". Bangkok Post.
"2013 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2013 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(1 December 2013). "Hideki Matsuyama wins Casio World Open and Japan Tour money list". Sky Sports.
(28 December 2013). "部門別ランキング賞、受賞者とスポンサー一覧". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2013 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
"2013 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(26 October 2013). "Ｋ・Ｔ・ゴンがチャレンジ賞金王に". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(26 October 2013). "わずか841円の差が大きな分かれ道に". Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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