Duration | 9 March 2000 | – 10 December 2000
---|---|
Number of official events | 33 |
Most wins | ![]() |
Money list | ![]() |
Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 1999 2001 → |
The 2000 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2000 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th 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.
Iiyama title sponsorship
[edit]It was the first season in which the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, being renamed as the iiyama Tour. The agreement was reported to be worth ¥1,500,000,000 over three years.[1]
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 Mar | Token Corporation Cup | Kagoshima | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
19 Mar | Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open | Shizuoka | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
16 Apr | Tsuruya Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
23 Apr | Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
30 Apr | The Crowns | Aichi | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
24 | |
7 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
14 May | Japan PGA Championship | Chiba | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Japan major |
21 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | Okayama | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | New tournament |
28 May | Mitsubishi Motors Tournament | Shiga | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
4 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | Miyagi | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
11 Jun | PGA Philanthropy Tournament | Nara | 50,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
18 Jun | Tamanoi Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
25 Jun | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
2 Jul | JGTO TPC iiyama Cup | Tochigi | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | New tournament Japan major |
9 Jul | Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
16 Jul | Aiful Cup | Aomori | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
30 Jul | NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | Niigata | 50,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
6 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
27 Aug | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
3 Sep | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | Hokkaidō | 80,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
10 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
17 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
24 Sep | Acom International | Ibaraki | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
8 Oct | Tokai Classic | Aichi | 100,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
15 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Chiba | 120,000,000 | ![]() |
32 | Flagship event[b] |
22 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 110,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
29 Oct | Philip Morris Championship | Hyōgo | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
5 Nov | Ube Kosan Open | Yamaguchi | 140,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
12 Nov | Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 140,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
19 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | ![]() |
34 | |
26 Nov | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 140,000,000 | ![]() |
22 | |
3 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | Japan major |
10 Dec | Fancl Open in Okinawa | Okinawa | 90,000,000 | ![]() |
16 |
Unofficial events
[edit]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 | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$4,600,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$4,500,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
23 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £2,800,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
20 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$5,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
Money list
[edit]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[3][4]
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
177,116,489 |
2 | ![]() |
175,829,742 |
3 | ![]() |
155,246,900 |
4 | ![]() |
120,316,633 |
5 | ![]() |
108,807,851 |
Awards
[edit]Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
[5] |
Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | ![]() |
[6][7] |
Japan Challenge Tour
[edit]Duration | 13 April 2000 | – 2 November 2000
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Number of official events | 13 |
Most wins | ![]() |
Money list | ![]() |
← 1999 2001 → |
The 2000 Japan Challenge Tour was the 16th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[8]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) |
Winner[c] |
---|---|---|---|---|
14 Apr | PRGR Cup (East) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
20 Apr | Kourakuen Cup (1st) | Oita | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
27 Apr | Nishino Cup Open | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
12 May | Hisamitsu Seiyaku KBC Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
2 Jun | Aiful Challenge Cup Spring | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
6 Jul | Kourakuen Cup (2nd) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
19 Jul | PRGR Cup (West) | Shiga | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
3 Aug | JGTO iiyama Challenge 1 | Shiga | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
21 Sep | Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn | Fukushima | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
5 Oct | JGTO iiyama Challenge 2 | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
21 Oct | Shinwa Golf Classic | Shiga | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
2 Nov | Kourakuen Cup (3rd) | Chiba | 10,000,000 | ![]() |
Money list
[edit]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[9] The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2001 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).
Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3,851,250 |
2 | ![]() |
3,838,130 |
3 | ![]() |
3,477,724 |
4 | ![]() |
3,414,967 |
5 | ![]() |
3,058,938 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Also a Japan major championship.
- ^ 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "年間スポンサーのイーヤマ撤退を正式発表" [Official announcement of the withdrawal of annual sponsor iiyama]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 11 May 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "2000 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "2000 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "片山晋呉が、今季5勝目で逆転賞金王に!!" [Shingo Katayama comes from behind to become the prize money champion with his 5th win of the season!!] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 11 December 2000. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Katayama picks up MVP title". The Japan Times. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
Katayama, who claimed the money rankings crown for the third time overall, won the MVP title for the first time in five years and second time in his career.
- ^ "Short putts". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 17 January 2001. p. 13 (C6 in paper). Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2004 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. 2004. p. 170 (2-156 in document). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
Dean Wilson | 2000: JPGA rookie of the year.
- ^ "2000 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "2000 Challenge Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 30 December 2022.