Golf tour season
Duration | 26 April 1973 (1973-04-26) â 9 December 1973 (1973-12-09) |
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Number of official events | 30 |
Most wins | Isao Aoki (5) Masashi Ozaki (5) |
Money list | Masashi Ozaki |
1974 â |
The 1973 PGA of Japan Tour was the: inaugural season of theââPGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan.
Scheduleâ»
The following table lists official events during the "1973 season."
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (Â¥) |
Winner(s) | Notes |
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29 Apr | Chunichi Crowns | Aichi | 18,000,000 | Isao Aoki (1) | |
13 May | Kanto Pro Championship | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (1) | |
20 May | Pepsi Tournament | Kanagawa | 25,000,000 | Isao Aoki (2) | |
27 May | Dunlop Tournament | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Ben Arda (1) | |
3 Jun | World Friendship | Nara | 10,000,000 | Lu Liang-Huan (1) | |
17 Jun | Sapporo Tokyu Open | HokkaidÅ | 10,000,000 | Isao Aoki (3) | New tournament |
8 Jul | ANA Sapporo Open | HokkaidÅ | 15,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (2) | |
15 Jul | Aero Masters | Tokyo | 25,000,000 | Fumio Tanaka (1) | New tournament |
19 Jul | Kansai Open | HyÅgo | 6,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (1) | |
29 Jul | All Japan Doubles | HokkaidÅ | 10,000,000 | Takashi Murakami (1) and Hideyo Sugimoto (1) |
Team event |
5 Aug | Tohoku Classic | Miyagi | 10,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (3) | |
9 Aug | Kyusyu Open | Fukuoka | 2,000,000 | Kunio Koike (1) | |
12 Aug | Fujisankei Classic | Saitama | 30,000,000 | Graham Marsh (1) | New tournament |
19 Aug | Suntory Open | Shizuoka | 30,000,000 | Hideyo Sugimoto (2) | New tournament |
24 Aug | Chushikoku Open | Yamaguchi | 1,000,000 | Mitsuhiko Masuda (1) | |
26 Aug | KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 15,000,000 | Isao Aoki (4) | New tournament |
30 Aug | Chubu Open | Gifu | 2,000,000 | Hiroshi Ishii (1) | |
2 Sep | Hiroshima Open | Hiroshima | 8,000,000 | TÅru Nakamura (1) | |
8 Sep | Kansai Pro Championship | Saga | 8,000,000 | Kosaku Shimada (1) | |
9 Sep | Kanto Open | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Takashi Kurihara (1) | |
16 Sep | Sanpo Classic | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Namio Takasu (1) | |
23 Sep | First Flight Tournament | Shizuoka | 12,000,000 | Takaaki Kono (1) | |
30 Sep | Japan Open Golf Championship | Osaka | 20,000,000 | Ben Arda (2) | |
7 Oct | Golf Digest Tournament | Shizuoka | 10,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (2) | |
14 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Masters | Chiba | 90,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (4) | |
21 Oct | Japan PGA Championship | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Isao Aoki (5) | |
28 Oct | Tokai Classic | Aichi | 16,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (5) | |
4 Nov | Bridgestone Tournament | Tokyo | 15,000,000 | Hiroshi Ishii (2) | |
25 Nov | ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches | Wakayama | 23,000,000 | Al Geiberger (n/a) | |
9 Dec | ANA Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 10,000,000 | Yasuhiro Miyamoto (1) | New tournament |
Money listâ»
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
Position | Player | Prize money (Â¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | Masashi Ozaki | 43,814,000 |
2 | Isao Aoki | 31,595,926 |
3 | Teruo Sugihara | 13,965,796 |
4 | TÅru Nakamura | 13,806,190 |
5 | Kosaku Shimada | 13,518,570 |
Notesâ»
- ^ 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.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "1973 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "1973 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Aoki takes golf award". Waycross Journal-Herald. Waycross, "Georgia." 22 December 1973. p. 6 (P-6 in paper). Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
The leading money winner on the Japanese Tour, Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, finished secondââto Aoki in the voting.