1980 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration27 March 1980 (1980-03-27) – 7 December 1980 (1980-12-07)
Number of official events38
Most winsJapan Isao Aoki (5)
Money listJapan Isao Aoki
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The 1980 PGA of Japan Tour was the eighth season of the PGA of Japan Tour, the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1980 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(¥)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
30 MarShizuoka OpenShizuoka25,000,000Japan Katsuji Hasegawa (1)
6 AprAso National Park OpenKumamoto10,000,000Japan Masaji Kusakabe (6)
13 AprKuzuha Kokusai TournamentOsaka12,000,000Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima (2)
27 AprDunlop International OpenIbarakiUS$110,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (22)AGC
4 MayChunichi CrownsAichi65,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (25)
11 MayFujisankei ClassicSaitama28,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (23)
18 MayJapan PGA Match-Play ChampionshipKanagawa30,000,000Japan Haruo Yasuda (4)
25 MayYomiuri OpenHyōgo30,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (26)
1 JunMitsubishi Galant TournamentShiga35,000,000Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)
8 JunTohoku ClassicMiyagi25,000,000Japan Haruo Yasuda (5)
15 JunSapporo Tokyu OpenHokkaidō30,000,000Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (5)
22 JunPepsi-Wilson TournamentYamaguchi25,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (10)
29 JunKanto Pro ChampionshipTochigi20,000,000Japan Akira Yabe (3)
29 JunKansai Pro ChampionshipFukuoka12,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (12)
20 JulDescente Cup Hokkoku OpenIshikawa20,000,000Japan Akira Yabe (4)New tournament
3 AugJPGA East-West TournamentMiyagi12,000,000Japan Shigeru Uchida (2)
10 AugMizuno TournamentIshikawa20,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (11)
24 AugNihon Kokudo Keikaku SummersNagano30,000,000Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa (1)
31 AugKBC AugustaFukuoka30,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (27)
7 SepSuntory OpenChiba40,000,000United States Bill Rogers (n/a)
14 SepANA Sapporo OpenHokkaidō30,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (13)
21 SepHiroshima OpenHiroshima25,000,000Japan Norio Suzuki (12)
28 SepKanto OpenSaitama20,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (28)
28 SepKansai OpenHyōgo15,000,000Japan Takemitsu Uranishi (1)
28 SepChubu OpenAichi12,000,000Japan Hisashi Suzumura (1)
28 SepChushikoku OpenHiroshima5,000,000Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (a) (1)
28 SepKyusyu OpenFukuoka8,000,000Japan Yurio Akitomi (2)
28 SepHokkaido OpenHokkaidō4,000,000Japan Koichi Uehara (4)
5 OctJapan PGA ChampionshipGunma30,000,000Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (7)
12 OctTokai ClassicAichi32,000,000United States Larry Nelson (n/a)
19 OctGolf Digest TournamentShizuoka25,000,000Japan Teruo Sugihara (14)
26 OctBridgestone TournamentChiba30,000,000United States Bob Gilder (n/a)
3 NovJapan Open Golf ChampionshipKanagawa50,000,000Japan Shoji Kikuchi (1)
9 NovABC Japan vs USA Golf MatchesHyōgoUS$150,000United States Jerry Pate (n/a)
16 NovToshiba Taiheiyo MastersShizuokaUS$300,000Japan Norio Suzuki (13)
23 NovDunlop Phoenix TournamentMiyazaki70,000,000United States Tom Watson (n/a)
30 NovGene Sarazen Jun ClassicTochigi35,000,000Japan Isao Aoki (29)
7 DecGolf Nippon SeriesTokyo16,000,000Japan Masashi Ozaki (24)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (¥)
1Japan Isao Aoki60,532,660
2Japan Norio Suzuki48,132,102
3Japan Masashi Ozaki48,132,102
4Japan Haruo Yasuda30,141,305
5Japan Teruo Sugihara28,196,856

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ "1980 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 171–189, 372–414. ISBN 0862540054.
  3. ↑ "1980 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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