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1993 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration4 March 1993 (1993-03-04) – 12 December 1993 (1993-12-12)
Number of official events39
Most winsJapan Hajime Meshiai (3)
Japan Masashi Ozaki (3)
Money listJapan Hajime Meshiai
1992
1994

The 1993 PGA of Japan Tour was the 21st 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 1993 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
7 Mar Token Cup Kagoshima 100,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (5) 16 New tournament
14 Mar Imperial Open Chiba 65,000,000 Japan Nobuo Serizawa (3) 16
21 Mar Dydo Shizuoka Open Shizuoka 100,000,000 United States David Ishii (12) 16
28 Mar TaylorMade KSB Open Okayama 70,000,000 Japan Tateo Ozaki (14) 16
4 Apr Descente Classic Hyōgo 80,000,000 Japan Tetsu Nishikawa (2) 16
11 Apr Pocari Sweat Open Hiroshima 80,000,000 Japan Shinji Ikeuchi (1) 16
18 Apr Bridgestone Aso Open Kumamoto 70,000,000 Japan Shigeru Kawamata (1) 16
25 Apr Dunlop Open Ibaraki 100,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (6) 20 AGC
2 May The Crowns Aichi 120,000,000 Australia Peter Senior (2) 30
9 May Fujisankei Classic Shizuoka 120,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (60) 16
16 May Japan PGA Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (61) 18
23 May Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Yamaguchi 80,000,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (1) 16
30 May Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Ibaraki 100,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung (5) 16
6 Jun JCB Classic Sendai Miyagi 100,000,000 Japan Yoshi Mizumaki (2) 16
13 Jun Sapporo Tokyu Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Australia Brian Jones (11) 16
20 Jun Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Japan Katsuji Hasegawa (2) 16
27 Jun Mizuno Open Ishikawa 100,000,000 Japan Seiki Okuda (4) 16
4 Jul PGA Philanthropy Tournament Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Australia Roger Mackay (7) 16
11 Jul Yonex Open Hiroshima Hiroshima 80,000,000 Japan Toshiaki Odate (1) 16
25 Jul Nikkei Cup Hokkaidō 80,000,000 Singapore Samson Gimson (1) 16
1 Aug NST Niigata Open Niigata 60,000,000 Japan Kōki Idoki (2) 16
15 Aug Acom International Ibaraki 100,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton (2) 16
22 Aug Maruman Open Saitama 120,000,000 Philippines Frankie Miñoza (2) 18
29 Aug Daiwa KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung (6) 18
5 Sep Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup Tochigi 80,000,000 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (13) 16
12 Sep Suntory Open Chiba 100,000,000 Japan Eiichi Itai (3) 20
19 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (40) 20
26 Sep Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Tochigi 110,000,000 Japan Toru Suzuki (1) 16
3 Oct Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Japan Saburo Fujiki (14) 18
10 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Shiga 100,000,000 Japan Seiki Okuda (5) 32 Flagship event
17 Oct Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament Shizuoka 150,000,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (62) 28
24 Oct Bridgestone Open Chiba 120,000,000 Japan Ikuo Shirahama (2) 22
31 Oct Lark Cup Hyōgo 200,000,000 Japan Hajime Meshiai (7) 20
7 Nov Daiwa International Ibaraki 170,000,000 Japan Tsukasa Watanabe (1) 28 New tournament
14 Nov Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 150,000,000 Australia Greg Norman (n/a) 38
21 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 44
28 Nov Casio World Open Kagoshima 150,000,000 United States Tom Lehman (n/a) 26
5 Dec Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Tokyo 100,000,000 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (41) 18
12 Dec Daikyo Open Okinawa 120,000,000 Japan Tomohiro Maruyama (2) 16

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][2]

Position Player Prize money (¥)
1 Japan Hajime Meshiai 148,718,200
2 Japan Masashi Ozaki 144,597,000
3 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 130,842,771
4 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung 112,427,166
5 Japan Tsukasa Watanabe 103,774,100

Japan Challenge Tour

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1993 Japan Challenge Tour season
Duration15 April 1993 (1993-04-15) – 18 November 1993 (1993-11-18)
Number of official events10
Most winsSouth Korea Lim Jin-han (2)
1992
1994

The 1993 Japan Challenge Tour was the ninth season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1993 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)
Winner[c]
16 Apr Korakuen Cup (1st) Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura (1)
27 May Kanto Kokusai Open Tochigi 15,000,000 South Korea Lim Jin-han (1)
3 Jun Mito Green Open Ibaraki 15,000,000 Japan Shingo Katayama (a) (1)
18 Jun Korakuen Cup (2nd) Hokkaido 15,000,000 Japan Jun Hattori (1)
30 Jun Kansai PGA Philanthropy Ehme 15,000,000 Japan Yuzo Oyama (1)
30 Jun Kanto PGA Philanthropy Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Mitsuyasu Kojima (1)
7 Jul Sports Shinko Open Okayama 15,000,000 Australia Wayne Smith (1)
9 Sep Korakuen Cup (3rd) Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1)
14 Oct Korakuen Cup (4th) Oita 15,000,000 South Korea Lim Jin-han (2)
18 Nov Korakuen Cup (5th) Tochigi 15,000,000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori (1)

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.
  3. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Japan Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA of Japan Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "1993 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Michael (1994). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1994. pp. 96–97. ISBN 0333609441. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "1993 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ "1993 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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