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1982 PGA of Japan Tour

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1982 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration18 March 1982 (1982-03-18) – 5 December 1982 (1982-12-05)
Number of official events45
Most winsJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (5)
Money listJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981
1983

The 1982 PGA of Japan Tour was the 10th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1982 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
Notes
21 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 25,000,000 Japan Eitaro Deguchi (1)
4 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 15,000,000 Japan Namio Takasu (3)
11 Apr Hakuryuko Open Hiroshima 15,000,000 Japan Toshimitsu Kai (1)
18 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 30,000,000 Japan Tōru Nakamura (10)
25 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki US$150,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) AGC
2 May Chunichi Crowns Aichi 70,000,000 United States Gary Hallberg (n/a)
9 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 40,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (5)
16 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 32,000,000 Japan Isao Aoki (33)
23 May Pepsi Ube Open Yamaguchi 30,000,000 Japan Kikuo Arai (2)
30 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Okayama 40,000,000 Australia Graham Marsh (14)
6 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 30,000,000 Japan Shinsaku Maeda (6)
13 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000 Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa (2)
20 Jun Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 30,000,000 Australia Terry Gale (1)
27 Jun Mizuno Tournament Ishikawa 20,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (16)
1 Jul Naganoken Open Nagano 20,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (6)
4 Jul Kanagawa Open Kanagawa 15,000,000 Japan Akio Toyoda (1)
10 Jul Toyamaken Open Toyama 15,000,000 Japan Shigeru Uchida (4)
11 Jul Niigata Open Niigata 15,000,000 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (8)
18 Jul Gunmaken Open Gunma 15,000,000 Japan Fujio Kobayashi (4)
25 Jul Japan PGA Championship Shiga 32,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (6)
1 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Tochigi 20,000,000 Japan Motomasa Aoki (1)
1 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Fukuoka 15,000,000 Japan Hideto Shigenobu (2)
8 Aug Descente Cup Hokkoku Open Ishikawa 30,000,000 Japan Kikuo Arai (3)
15 Aug JPGA East-West Tournament Tochigi 18,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (7)
22 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Chiba 30,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (17)
29 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (1)
4 Sep Chushikoku Open Hiroshima 5,000,000 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (7)
5 Sep Kanto Open Shizuoka 20,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (25)
5 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 15,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (18)
5 Sep Chubu Open Ishikawa 12,500,000 Japan Shigeru Uchida (5)
5 Sep Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 12,000,000 Japan Norio Suzuki (15)
5 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 5,000,000 Japan Koichi Uehara (5)
12 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 50,000,000 Japan Pete Izumikawa (1)
19 Sep ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 40,000,000 Japan Norio Suzuki (16)
26 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 30,000,000 Japan Takashi Kurihara (4)
3 Oct Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 50,000,000 Japan Teruo Sugihara (19)
10 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 35,000,000 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (7)
17 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 30,000,000 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (8)
24 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 50,000,000 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (9)
31 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Saitama 50,000,000 Japan Akira Yabe (5)
7 Nov Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA Chiba US$440,000 United States Bob Gilder (n/a)
United States Calvin Peete (n/a)
Title shared
14 Nov Taiheiyo Club Masters Shizuoka 80,000,000 United States Scott Hoch (n/a)
21 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 90,000,000 United States Calvin Peete (n/a)
28 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 65,000,000 United States Scott Hoch (n/a)
5 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 17,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8)

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 68,220,640
2 Japan Isao Aoki 45,659,150
3 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 45,617,930
4 Japan Kikuo Arai 43,827,155
5 Japan Teruo Sugihara 43,673,380

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA of Japan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA of Japan Tour members.
  2. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.

References

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  1. ^ "1982 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1983). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1983. Springwood Books. pp. 221–244, 437–483. ISBN 0862541190. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1982 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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