1980 PGA of Japan Tour
The 1980 PGA of Japan Tour was the eighth season of the
professional golf tour
in Japan since it was formed in 1973.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1980 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar | Shizuoka Open | Shizuoka | 25,000,000 |  Katsuji Hasegawa (1) |
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| 6 Apr | Aso National Park Open |
Kumamoto | 10,000,000 | Masaji Kusakabe (6) |
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| 13 Apr | Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament |
Osaka | 12,000,000 | Yoshikazu Yokoshima (2) |
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| 27 Apr | Dunlop International Open |
Ibaraki | US$110,000 | Masashi Ozaki (22) |
AGC | |
| 4 May | Chunichi Crowns |
Aichi | 65,000,000 | Isao Aoki (25) |
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| 11 May | Fujisankei Classic | Saitama | 28,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (23) |
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| 18 May | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | Kanagawa | 30,000,000 | Haruo Yasuda (4) |
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| 25 May | Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 30,000,000 | Isao Aoki (26) |
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| 1 Jun | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament |
Shiga | 35,000,000 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) |
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| 8 Jun | Tohoku Classic |
Miyagi | 25,000,000 | Haruo Yasuda (5) |
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| 15 Jun | Sapporo Tokyu Open | Hokkaidō | 30,000,000 |  Hsieh Min-Nan (5) |
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| 22 Jun | Pepsi-Wilson Tournament |
Yamaguchi | 25,000,000 | Norio Suzuki (10) |
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| 29 Jun | Kanto Pro Championship | Tochigi | 20,000,000 | Akira Yabe (3) |
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| 29 Jun | Kansai Pro Championship | Fukuoka | 12,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (12) |
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| 20 Jul | Descente Cup Hokkoku Open |
Ishikawa | 20,000,000 | Akira Yabe (4) |
New tournament | |
| 3 Aug | JPGA East-West Tournament | Miyagi | 12,000,000 | Shigeru Uchida (2) |
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| 10 Aug | Mizuno Tournament |
Ishikawa | 20,000,000 | Norio Suzuki (11) |
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| 24 Aug | Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers | Nagano | 30,000,000 | Yasuhiro Funatogawa (1) |
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| 31 Aug | KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 30,000,000 | Isao Aoki (27) |
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| 7 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 40,000,000 |  Bill Rogers (n/a) |
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| 14 Sep | ANA Sapporo Open |
Hokkaidō | 30,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (13) |
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| 21 Sep | Hiroshima Open |
Hiroshima | 25,000,000 | Norio Suzuki (12) |
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| 28 Sep | Kanto Open | Saitama | 20,000,000 | Isao Aoki (28) |
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| 28 Sep | Kansai Open | Hyōgo | 15,000,000 | Takemitsu Uranishi (1) |
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| 28 Sep | Chubu Open | Aichi | 12,000,000 | Hisashi Suzumura (1) |
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| 28 Sep | Chushikoku Open | Hiroshima | 5,000,000 | Masahiro Kuramoto (a) (1) |
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| 28 Sep | Kyusyu Open | Fukuoka | 8,000,000 | Yurio Akitomi (2) |
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| 28 Sep | Hokkaido Open | Hokkaidō | 4,000,000 | Koichi Uehara (4) |
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| 5 Oct | Japan PGA Championship | Gunma | 30,000,000 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto (7) |
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| 12 Oct | Tokai Classic | Aichi | 32,000,000 | Larry Nelson (n/a) |
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| 19 Oct | Golf Digest Tournament | Shizuoka | 25,000,000 | Teruo Sugihara (14) |
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| 26 Oct | Bridgestone Tournament |
Chiba | 30,000,000 | Bob Gilder (n/a) |
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| 3 Nov | Japan Open Golf Championship | Kanagawa | 50,000,000 | Shoji Kikuchi (1) |
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| 9 Nov | ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches |
Hyōgo | US$150,000 | Jerry Pate (n/a) |
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| 16 Nov | Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters |
Shizuoka | US$300,000 | Norio Suzuki (13) |
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| 23 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 70,000,000 | Tom Watson (n/a) |
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| 30 Nov | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | Tochigi | 35,000,000 | Isao Aoki (29) |
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| 7 Dec | Golf Nippon Series | Tokyo | 16,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki (24) |
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isao Aoki |
60,532,660 |
| 2 | Norio Suzuki |
48,132,102 |
| 3 | Masashi Ozaki |
48,132,102 |
| 4 | Haruo Yasuda |
30,141,305 |
| 5 | Teruo Sugihara |
28,196,856 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.
References
- ^ "1980 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ISBN 0862540054.
- ^ "1980 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 26 June 2023.