1981 PGA of Japan Tour

The 1981 PGA of Japan Tour was the ninth season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

1981 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration19 March 1981 (1981-03-19) – 6 December 1981 (1981-12-06)
Number of official events42
Most winsJapan Masahiro Kuramoto (4)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
1980
1982

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1981 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
Notes
22 Mar Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 32,000,000   Isao Aoki (30)
5 Apr Aso National Park Open Kumamoto 15,000,000   Saburo Fujiki (1)
19 Apr Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Osaka 15,000,000   Kosaku Shimada (8)
26 Apr Dunlop International Open Ibaraki 30,000,000   Kosaku Shimada (9) AGC
3 May Chunichi Crowns Aichi 65,000,000   Graham Marsh (12)
10 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 40,000,000   Toshiharu Kawada (1)
17 May Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Kanagawa 40,000,000   Isao Aoki (31)
24 May Yomiuri Open Hyōgo 30,000,000   Namio Takasu (2)
31 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Tochigi 35,000,000   Lu Hsi-chuen (1)
7 Jun Tohoku Classic Miyagi 30,000,000   Teruo Sugihara (15)
14 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000   Chen Tze-chung (1)
21 Jun Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Yamaguchi 25,000,000   Graham Marsh (13)
2 Jul Naganoken Open Nagano 17,000,000   Fujio Kobayashi (3)
  Masaji Kusakabe (7)
Title shared
New to PGA of Japan Tour
5 Jul JPGA East-West Tournament Mie 12,000,000   Shinsaku Maeda (5)
12 Jul Gunmaken Open Gunma 6,000,000   Satsuki Takahashi (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
19 Jul Descente Cup Hokkoku Open Ishikawa 25,000,000   Saburo Fujiki (2)
26 Jul Niigata Open Niigata 15,000,000   Takahiro Takeyasu (1) New to PGA of Japan Tour
2 Aug Japan PGA Championship Hokkaidō 32,000,000   Isao Aoki (32)
9 Aug Mizuno Tournament Ishikawa 22,000,000   Kikuo Arai (1)
16 Aug Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Chiba 33,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (2)
23 Aug Kanto Pro Championship Shizuoka 20,000,000   Seiichi Kanai (3)
23 Aug Kansai Pro Championship Hiroshima 13,000,000   Norio Suzuki (14)
30 Aug KBC Augusta Fukuoka 32,000,000   Hsieh Min-Nan (6)
5 Sep Chushikoku Open Shimane 5,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (3)
6 Sep Chubu Open Aichi 12,000,000   Shigeru Uchida (3)
6 Sep Kyusyu Open Fukuoka 8,000,000   Yurio Akitomi (3)
6 Sep Kanto Open Tochigi 20,000,000   Nobumitsu Yuhara (1)
6 Sep Kansai Open Shiga 15,000,000   Akio Kanemoto (3)
6 Sep Hokkaido Open Hokkaidō 4,000,000   Mitsuyoshi Goto (1)
13 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 40,000,000   Bill Rogers (n/a)
20 Sep ANA Sapporo Open Hokkaidō 30,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (4)
27 Sep Hiroshima Open Hiroshima 25,000,000   Seiichi Kanai (4)
4 Oct Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 45,000,000   Nobumitsu Yuhara (2)
11 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 35,000,000   Masahiro Kuramoto (5)
18 Oct Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 30,000,000   Toyotake Nakao (1)
25 Oct Bridgestone Tournament Chiba 50,000,000   Hale Irwin (n/a)
1 Nov Japan Open Golf Championship Gifu 47,000,000   Yutaka Hagawa (1)
8 Nov ABC Cup Japan vs USA Hyōgo 36,000,000   Bobby Clampett (n/a)
15 Nov Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 70,000,000   Danny Edwards (n/a)
22 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 80,000,000   Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
29 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 60,000,000   Lee Trevino (n/a) New tournament
6 Dec Golf Nippon Series Tokyo 17,000,000   Yutaka Hagawa (2)

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   Isao Aoki 57,262,941
2   Masahiro Kuramoto 32,345,130
3   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 29,600,960
4   Tōru Nakamura 29,412,852
5   Nobumitsu Yuhara 26,534,162

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. ^ "1981 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235–252, 448–490. ISBN 0862541018. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1981 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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