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==Japan Challenge Tour==

==Japan Challenge Tour==

Latest revision as of 18:36, 8 December 2025

Golf tour season

The 2025 Japan Golf Tour was the 52nd season of the Japan Golf Tour (formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
13 Apr Token Homemate Cup Mie 130,000,000 Tatsunori Shogenji (1) 8.14
27 Apr Maezawa Cup Chiba 200,000,000 Takanori Konishi (1) 6.77 New tournament
4 May The Crowns Aichi 110,000,000 Yosuke Asaji (4) 6.92
18 May Kansai Open Golf Championship Shiga 80,000,000 Kota Kaneko (1) 8.04
25 May Japan PGA Championship Gifu 150,000,000 Taisei Shimizu (1) 8.23 Japan major
1 Jun Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Okayama 100,000,000 Mikiya Akutsu (1) 8.38
8 Jun BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Ibaraki 150,000,000 Taiga Semikawa (5) 8.45 Japan major
15 Jun Hana Bank Invitational South Korea ₩1,300,000,000 Shaun Norris (8) 9.53 KOR
29 Jun Japan Players Championship Tochigi 50,000,000 Tatsunori Shogenji (2) 8.73
3 Aug Richard Mille Charity Tournament Ishikawa 100,000,000 Tomoyo Ikemura (3) 8.81 New tournament
17 Aug ISPS Handa Explosion in the Summer Hokkaidō 60,000,000 Kazuki Higa (7) 8.55 New tournament
24 Aug ISPS Handa Summer Golf Battle Hokkaidō 213,000,000 Satoshi Kodaira (8) 9.04 New tournament
31 Aug Sansan KBC Augusta Fukuoka 100,000,000 Yuwa Kosaihira (1) 8.93
7 Sep Lopia Fujisankei Classic Yamanashi 110,000,000 Taiga Nagano (1) 7.72
14 Sep Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea ₩1,500,000,000 Kazuki Higa (8) 10.59 ASA, KOR
21 Sep ANA Open Hokkaidō 100,000,000 Takumi Kanaya (8) 7.88
28 Sep Panasonic Open Golf Championship Osaka 100,000,000 Ryo Katsumata (1) 7.43
5 Oct Vantelin Tokai Classic Aichi 110,000,000 Suguru Shimoke (1) 7.32
19 Oct Japan Open Golf Championship Tochigi 210,000,000 Naoyuki Kataoka (2) 8.30 Japan major
2 Nov Fortinet Players Cup Chiba 150,000,000 Taihei Sato (1) 6.46 New tournament
9 Nov ACN Championship Hyōgo 100,000,000 Yuta Sugiura (3) 6.93
16 Nov Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Shizuoka 200,000,000 Kota Kaneko (2) 5.97
23 Nov Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Miyazaki 200,000,000 Yosuke Tsukada (2) 7.51
30 Nov Casio World Open Kōchi 180,000,000 Ryuichi Oiwa (1) 6.87
7 Dec Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Tokyo 130,000,000 Takashi Ogiso (2) 5.14 Japan major

The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner(s) OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
13 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$21,000,000 Rory McIlroy 100 Major championship
18 May PGA Championship United States US$19,000,000 Scottie Scheffler 100 Major championship
15 Jun U.S. Open United States US$21,500,000 J. J. Spaun 100 Major championship
20 Jul The Open Championship Northern Ireland US$17,000,000 Scottie Scheffler 100 Major championship
12 Oct Baycurrent Classic Kanagawa US$8,000,000 Xander Schauffele 38.61 PGAT Limited-field event
14 Dec Hitachi 3Tours Championship Chiba 57,000,000 n/a Team event

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][4] The top three players on the money list earned status to play on the 2026 European Tour (DP World Tour).

Position Player Prize money (¥) Status earned
1 Kota Kaneko 120,231,009 Promoted to European Tour
2 Tatsunori Shogenji 96,911,920
3 Taiga Semikawa 88,636,379
4 Takashi Ogiso 88,427,866
5 Ryuichi Oiwa 84,306,136

Japan Challenge Tour

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The 2025 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2025 ACN Tour, was the 40th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

In March, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with ACN [ja], being renamed as the ACN Tour.[6]

The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[7]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(¥)		 Winner[c] OWGR
points
4 Apr Novil Cup Tokushima 15,000,000 Kota Takeda (a) (1) 2.92
25 Apr i Golf Shaper Challenge Fukuoka 18,000,000 Taiga Yamamoto (1) 2.73
9 May Japan Players Championship Challenge Fukui 15,000,000 Taiga Mishima (1) 3.17
30 May Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament Saitama 15,000,000 Shotaro Tanaka (1) 2.33
13 Jun Landic Challenge 12 Fukuoka 18,000,000 Ryunosuke Furukawa (1) 3.69
20 Jun Japan Create Challenge Fukuoka 20,000,000 Yuto Katsumata (1) 3.85
4 Jul Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge Akita 15,000,000 Yuki Moriyama (1) 3.56
8 Aug Juchi Golf Challenge Tournament Tochigi 15,000,000 Ryota Wakahara (1) 3.35
30 Aug Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge Fukushima 15,000,000 Ryota Wakahara (2) 2.07
12 Sep K-dash Second Challenge Cup Ibaraki 20,000,000 Yuki Kajimura (1) 3.29
3 Oct Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge Tochigi 18,000,000 Shu Fukuzumi (1) 2.04
10 Oct Elite Grips Challenge Hyōgo 15,000,000 Genki Okada (1) 2.80
24 Oct Delight Works JGTO Final Ibaraki 20,000,000 Taichiro Ideriha (1) 2.98

The points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[8][9] The top 20 players on the points list earned status to play on the 2026 Japan Golf Tour.[9]

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner’s name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.
  2. ^ a b ASA − Asian Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  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 Japan Golf Tour.

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