1983 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1983 PGA of Japan Tour was the 11th season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1983 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration17 March 1983 (1983-03-17) – 11 December 1983 (1983-12-11)
Number of official events46
Most winsJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8)
Money listJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1982
1984

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1983 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner(s)[a] Other
tours[b]
Notes
20 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 30,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (9)
27 Mar KSB Setonaikai Open Kagawa 15,000,000   Kenji Sogame (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
3 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 15,000,000   Kikuo Arai (4)
10 Apr Pocari-Sweat Hakuryuko Open Hiroshima 30,000,000   Hiroshi Makino (1)
17 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 30,000,000   Fujio Kobayashi (5)
24 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki 40,000,000   Larry Nelson (n/a) AGC
1 May Chunichi Crowns Aichi 70,000,000   Chen Tze-ming (2)
8 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 40,000,000   Nobumitsu Yuhara (3)
15 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Ibaraki 32,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (10)
22 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Iwate 50,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (11)
29 May Pepsi Ube Open Yamaguchi 30,000,000   Seiichi Kanai (5)
5 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 32,000,000   Yutaka Hagawa (3)
12 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 35,000,000   Isao Aoki (34)
19 Jun Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 30,000,000   Graham Marsh (15)
26 Jun Mizuno Tournament Ishikawa 30,000,000   Eitaro Deguchi (2)
3 Jul Kansai Pro Championship Hyōgo 15,000,000   Yoshitaka Yamamoto (9)
3 Jul Kanto Pro Championship Gunma 30,000,000   Isao Aoki (35)
9 Jul Toyamaken Open Toyama 15,000,000   Kikuo Arai (5)
17 Jul Gunmaken Open Gunma 15,000,000   Masaru Amono (3)
17 Jul Descente Osaka Open Kyoto 15,000,000   Teruo Sugihara (20)
24 Jul Niigata Open Niigata 15,000,000   Hideto Shigenobu (3)
24 Jul Kanagawa Open Kanagawa 15,000,000   Takaaki Kono (2)
31 Jul Japan PGA Championship Niigata 35,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (12)
7 Aug Descente Cup Hokkoku Open Ishikawa 30,000,000   Shozo Miyamoto (2)
14 Aug JPGA East-West Tournament Chiba 18,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (13)
21 Aug Acom Doubles Shiga 40,000,000   Lu Hsi-chuen (2) and
  Lu Liang-Huan (7)
New team event
28 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 40,000,000   Saburo Fujiki (3)
3 Sep Chushikoku Open Okayama 5,800,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (8)
4 Sep Chubu Open Gifu 12,000,000   Teruo Nakamura (1)
4 Sep Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 12,000,000   Noboru Fujiike (1)
4 Sep Kansai Open Hyōgo 15,000,000   Susumu Wakita (1)
4 Sep Kanto Open Nagano 20,000,000   Saburo Fujiki (4)
4 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 5,000,000   Katsunari Takahashi (1)
11 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 50,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (14)
18 Sep ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 40,000,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (15)
25 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 30,000,000   Katsunari Takahashi (2)
2 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Hyōgo 50,000,000   Isao Aoki (36)
9 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 40,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (9)
16 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 40,000,000   Seiichi Kanai (6)
23 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 60,000,000   Eitaro Deguchi (3)
30 Oct Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 50,000,000   Masashi Ozaki (26)
13 Nov Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA Hyōgo US$440,000   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (16)
20 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 100,000,000   Chen Tze-ming (3)
27 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 70,000,000   Bernhard Langer (n/a)
4 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 20,000,000   Isao Aoki (37)
11 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 25,000,000   Masaji Kusakabe (8) New to PGA of Japan Tour

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   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 85,514,183
2   Isao Aoki 58,508,614
3   Masahiro Kuramoto 49,247,776
4   Kikuo Arai 41,782,074
5   Saburo Fujiki 39,038,137

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. ^ "1983 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1984). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1984. Springwood Books. pp. 214–233, 436–485. ISBN 0862541123. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1983 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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