1994 PGA of Japan Tour

{{short description|Golf tour season}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1994

| tour = PGA of Japan Tour

| image =

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| regular_season = {{start date|1994|3|10|df=y}} – {{end date|1994|12|11|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 38

| most_wins = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (7)

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki

| honor2 =

| honoree2 =

| honor3 =

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| honor4 =

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| prevseason = 1993

| nextseason = 1995

}}

The 1994 PGA of Japan Tour was the 22nd 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 1994 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=1&year=1994 |title=1994 Tour Tournaments |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=10 April 2023}}{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Michael |title=The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1995 |year=1995 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0333626818 |pages=107–108 |url=https://archive.org/details/golfershandbook1995unse/ |access-date=23 December 2023 |via=Archive.org |url-access=limited}}

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!Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse
(¥) !! Winner{{efn|name=totals|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.}} !! OWGR
points !! Other
tours{{efn|name=tour|AGC − Asia Golf Circuit.}} !! Notes

13 Mar

|Token Cup

|Kagoshima

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Warren (1)

|align=center|16

|

|

20 Mar

|Dydo Shizuoka Open

|Shizuoka

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima (42)

|align=center|16

|

|

27 Mar

|United KSB Open

|Okayama

|align=right|70,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kazuhiro Takami (1)

|align=center|16

|

|

3 Apr

|Descente Classic

|Hyōgo

|align=right|80,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Watts (1)

|align=center|16

|

|

10 Apr

|Pocari Sweat Open

|Hiroshima

|align=right|80,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yoshi Mizumaki (3)

|align=center|16

|

|

17 Apr

|Tsuruya Open

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima (43)

|align=center|16

|

|New tournament

24 Apr

|Dunlop Open

|Ibaraki

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (63)

|align=center|20

|AGC

|

1 May

|The Crowns

|Aichi

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Roger Mackay (8)

|align=center|28

|

|

8 May

|Fujisankei Classic

|Shizuoka

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kiyoshi Murota (3)

|align=center|16

|

|

15 May

|Japan PGA Championship

|Gifu

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hiroshi Gohda (1)

|align=center|18

|

|

22 May

|Pepsi Ube Kosan Open

|Yamaguchi

|align=right|80,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima (44)

|align=center|16

|

|

29 May

|Mitsubishi Galant Tournament

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsuyoshi Tomori (5)

|align=center|16

|

|

5 Jun

|JCB Classic Sendai

|Miyagi

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masahiro Kuramoto (28)

|align=center|18

|

|

12 Jun

|Sapporo Tokyu Open

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yoshi Mizumaki (4)

|align=center|16

|

|

19 Jun

|Yomiuri Open

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsukasa Watanabe (2)

|align=center|16

|

|

26 Jun

|Mizuno Open

|Ishikawa

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Watts (2)

|align=center|16

|

|

3 Jul

|PGA Philanthropy Tournament

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (3)

|align=center|16

|

|

10 Jul

|Yonex Open Hiroshima

|Hiroshima

|align=right|80,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (64)

|align=center|16

|

|

24 Jul

|Nikkei Cup

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|80,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Suzuki (2)

|align=center|16

|

|

31 Jul

|NST Niigata Open

|Niigata

|align=right|60,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Pete Izumikawa (4)

|align=center|16

|

|

14 Aug

|Acom International

|Ibaraki

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Naomichi Ozaki (22)

|align=center|16

|

|

21 Aug

|Maruman Open

|Chiba

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Ishii (13)

|align=center|16

|

|

28 Aug

|Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta

|Fukuoka

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Watts (3)

|align=center|16

|

|

4 Sep

|Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|70,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (4)

|align=center|16

|

|

11 Sep

|Suntory Open

|Chiba

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Ishii (14)

|align=center|20

|

|

18 Sep

|ANA Open

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (65)

|align=center|20

|

|

25 Sep

|Gene Sarazen Jun Classic

|Tochigi

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Carlos Franco (1)

|align=center|18

|

|

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|2 Oct

|Japan Open Golf Championship

|Mie

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (66)

|align=center|32

|

|Flagship event

9 Oct

|Tokai Classic

|Aichi

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Pavin (n/a)

|align=center|24

|

|

16 Oct

|Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament

|Shizuoka

|align=right|150,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Eiji Mizoguchi (1)

|align=center|20

|

|

23 Oct

|Bridgestone Open

|Chiba

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Watts (4)

|align=center|30

|

|

30 Oct

|Philip Morris Championship

|Hyōgo

|align=right|200,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Watts (5)

|align=center|20

|

|

6 Nov

|Daiwa International

|Saitama

|align=right|170,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (67)

|align=center|24

|

|

13 Nov

|Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

|Shizuoka

|align=right|150,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (68)

|align=center|32

|

|

20 Nov

|Dunlop Phoenix Tournament

|Miyazaki

|align=right|200,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (69)

|align=center|34

|

|

27 Nov

|Casio World Open

|Kagoshima

|align=right|150,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Gamez (n/a)

|align=center|28

|

|

4 Dec

|Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hisayuki Sasaki (1)

|align=center|16

|

|

11 Dec

|Daikyo Open

|Okinawa

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hideki Kase (2)

|align=center|16

|

|

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/en/stats/tour/money_ranking_all?year=1994 |title=1994 Money Rankings |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=10 April 2023}}

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! Position !! Player !! Prize money (¥)

align=center|1{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozakialign=center|215,468,000
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Wattsalign=center|139,052,710
align=center|3{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajimaalign=center|115,771,280
align=center|4{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Naomichi Ozakialign=center|91,685,057
align=center|5{{flagicon|USA}} David Ishiialign=center|87,271,410

Japan Challenge Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1994

| tour = Japan Challenge Tour

| image =

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| regular_season = {{start date|1994|4|21|df=y}} – {{end date|1994|11|17|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 9

| most_wins = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Nakayama (2)

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 =

| honor2 =

| honoree2 =

| honor3 =

| honoree3 =

| honor4 =

| honoree4 =

| prevseason = 1993

| nextseason = 1995

}}

The 1994 Japan Challenge Tour was the 10th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour.

=Schedule=

The following table lists official events during the 1994 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=2&year=1994 |title=1994 Challenge Schedule |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=19 September 2023}}

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!Date!!Tournament!!Location!!Purse
(¥)!!Winner{{efn|name=totals2|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 PGA of Japan Tour.}}

21 AprKorakuen Cup (1st)Tochigialign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1)
26 MayKanto Kokusai OpenTochigialign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Koji Mitake (1)
2 JunMito Green OpenIbarakialign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masami Ito (1)
29 JunKansai PGA PhilanthropyFukuialign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hidezumi Shirakata (1)
1 JulKanto PGA PhilanthropyTochigialign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Taisuke Kitajima (1)
28 JulKorakuen Cup (2nd)Hokkaidoalign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Nakayama (1)
8 SepKorakuen Cup (3rd)Tochigialign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yoshikazu Sakamoto (1)
13 OctKorakuen Cup (4th)Oitaalign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Nakayama (2)
17 NovKorakuen Cup (5th)Tochigialign=right|10,000,000{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yoshio Fumiyama (1)

Notes

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References

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