1983 PGA of Japan Tour

1983 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration	17 March 1983 – 11 December 1983
Number of official events	46
Most wins	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8)
Money list	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
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The 1983 PGA of Japan Tour was the 11th 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 1983 season.^[1]^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner(s)^[a]	Other tours^[b]	Notes
20 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	30,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (9)
27 Mar	KSB Setonaikai Open	Kagawa	15,000,000	Kenji Sogame (1)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
3 Apr	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	Osaka	15,000,000	Kikuo Arai (4)
10 Apr	Pocari-Sweat Hakuryuko Open	Hiroshima	30,000,000	Hiroshi Makino (1)
17 Apr	Bridgestone Aso Open	Kumamoto	30,000,000	Fujio Kobayashi (5)
24 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	40,000,000	Larry Nelson (n/a)	AGC
1 May	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	70,000,000	Chen Tze-ming (2)
8 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	40,000,000	Nobumitsu Yuhara (3)
15 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Ibaraki	32,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (10)
22 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Iwate	50,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (11)
29 May	Pepsi Ube Open	Yamaguchi	30,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (5)
5 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	32,000,000	Yutaka Hagawa (3)
12 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	35,000,000	Isao Aoki (34)
19 Jun	Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	30,000,000	Graham Marsh (15)
26 Jun	Mizuno Tournament	Ishikawa	30,000,000	Eitaro Deguchi (2)
3 Jul	Kansai Pro Championship	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (9)
3 Jul	Kanto Pro Championship	Gunma	30,000,000	Isao Aoki (35)
9 Jul	Toyamaken Open	Toyama	15,000,000	Kikuo Arai (5)
17 Jul	Gunmaken Open	Gunma	15,000,000	Masaru Amono (3)
17 Jul	Descente Osaka Open	Kyoto	15,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (20)
24 Jul	Niigata Open	Niigata	15,000,000	Hideto Shigenobu (3)
24 Jul	Kanagawa Open	Kanagawa	15,000,000	Takaaki Kono (2)
31 Jul	Japan PGA Championship	Niigata	35,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (12)
7 Aug	Descente Cup Hokkoku Open	Ishikawa	30,000,000	Shozo Miyamoto (2)
14 Aug	JPGA East-West Tournament	Chiba	18,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (13)
21 Aug	Acom Doubles	Shiga	40,000,000	Lu Hsi-chuen (2) and Lu Liang-Huan (7)		New team event
28 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	40,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (3)
3 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Okayama	5,800,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (8)
4 Sep	Chubu Open	Gifu	12,000,000	Teruo Nakamura (1)
4 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	12,000,000	Noboru Fujiike (1)
4 Sep	Kansai Open	Hyōgo	15,000,000	Susumu Wakita (1)
4 Sep	Kanto Open	Nagano	20,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (4)
4 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	5,000,000	Katsunari Takahashi (1)
11 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	50,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (14)
18 Sep	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	40,000,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (15)
25 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	30,000,000	Katsunari Takahashi (2)
2 Oct	Japan Open Golf Championship	Hyōgo	50,000,000	Isao Aoki (36)
9 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	40,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (9)
16 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	40,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (6)
23 Oct	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	60,000,000	Eitaro Deguchi (3)
30 Oct	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	50,000,000	Masashi Ozaki (26)
13 Nov	Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA	Hyōgo	US$440,000	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (16)
20 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	100,000,000	Chen Tze-ming (3)
27 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	70,000,000	Bernhard Langer (n/a)
4 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	20,000,000	Isao Aoki (37)
11 Dec	Daikyo Open	Okinawa	25,000,000	Masaji Kusakabe (8)		New to PGA of Japan Tour

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	85,514,183
2	Isao Aoki	58,508,614
3	Masahiro Kuramoto	49,247,776
4	Kikuo Arai	41,782,074
5	Saburo Fujiki	39,038,137

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

^ "1983 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1984). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1984. Springwood Books. pp. 214–233, 436–485. ISBN 0862541123. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
^ "1983 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

External links

Official website

[totals-3] 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.

[tour-4] AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.

[1] "1983 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[2] McCormack, Mark H. (1984). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1984. Springwood Books. pp. 214–233, 436–485. ISBN 0862541123. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via Archive.org.

[5] "1983 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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