1998 PGA of Japan Tour#Japan Challenge Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1998

| tour = PGA of Japan Tour

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| regular_season = {{start date|1998|3|12|df=y}} – {{end date|1998|12|13|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 36

| most_wins = {{flagicon|USA}} Brandt Jobe (3)
{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (3)
{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hidemichi Tanaka (3)

| honor1 = Money list

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

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| prevseason = 1997

| nextseason = 1999

}}

The 1998 PGA of Japan Tour was the 26th 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 1998 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=1&year=1998 |title=1998 Tour Tournaments |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=10 April 2023}}

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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

15 Mar

|Token Corporation Cup

|Kagoshima

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hajime Meshiai (10)

|align=center|22

22 Mar

|Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open

|Shizuoka

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|COL}} Eduardo Herrera (4)

|align=center|16

29 Mar

|Just System KSB Open

|Kagawa

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Carlos Franco (4)

|align=center|16

5 Apr

|Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup

|Chiba

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|FJI}} Dinesh Chand (1)

|align=center|18

19 Apr

|Tsuruya Open

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsumasa Miyamoto (1)

|align=center|16

26 Apr

|Kirin Open

|Ibaraki

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|PHL}} Frankie Miñoza (5)

|align=center|24

|AGC

3 May

|The Crowns

|Aichi

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love III (n/a)

|align=center|34

10 May

|Fujisankei Classic

|Shizuoka

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Carlos Franco (5)

|align=center|24

17 May

|Japan PGA Championship

|Nara

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brandt Jobe (4)

|align=center|24

24 May

|Ube Kosan Open

|Yamaguchi

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brandt Jobe (5)

|align=center|16

31 May

|Mitsubishi Galant Tournament

|Kōchi

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Taniguchi (1)

|align=center|16

7 Jun

|JCB Classic Sendai

|Miyagi

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yoshi Mizumaki (6)

|align=center|16

14 Jun

|Sapporo Tokyu Open

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Suzuki (4)

|align=center|16

21 Jun

|Yomiuri Open

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Watts (11)

|align=center|16

28 Jun

|Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open

|Okayama

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brandt Jobe (6)

|align=center|20

5 Jul

|PGA Philanthropy Tournament

|Gunma

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Shigeki Maruyama (8)

|align=center|16

12 Jul

|Yonex Open Hiroshima

|Hiroshima

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (88)

|align=center|16

26 Jul

|Aiful Cup

|Aomori

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hidemichi Tanaka (3)

|align=center|16

2 Aug

|NST Niigata Open Golf Championship

|Niigata

|align=right|60,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masayuki Kawamura (2)

|align=center|16

9 Aug

|Sanko Grand Summer Championship

|Gunma

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Shingo Katayama (1)

|align=center|16

30 Aug

|Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta

|Fukuoka

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (89)

|align=center|16

6 Sep

|Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsunori Kuwabara (2)

|align=center|20

13 Sep

|Suntory Open

|Chiba

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Mamo Osanai (1)

|align=center|24

20 Sep

|ANA Open

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Keiichiro Fukabori (2)

|align=center|24

27 Sep

|Gene Sarazen Jun Classic

|Tochigi

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (7)

|align=center|22

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|4 Oct

|Japan Open Golf Championship

|Ibaraki

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hidemichi Tanaka (4)

|align=center|32

|Flagship event

11 Oct

|Tokai Classic

|Aichi

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toshimitsu Izawa (2)

|align=center|20

18 Oct

|Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial

|Ibaraki

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Mitsutaka Kusakabe (3)

|align=center|20

25 Oct

|Bridgestone Open

|Chiba

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Nobuhito Sato (2)

|align=center|30

1 Nov

|Philip Morris Championship

|Hyōgo

|align=right|200,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki (90)

|align=center|24

8 Nov

|Acom International

|Fukushima

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kaname Yokoo (1)

|align=center|16

15 Nov

|Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

|Shizuoka

|align=right|150,000,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Westwood (n/a)

|align=center|38

22 Nov

|Dunlop Phoenix Tournament

|Miyazaki

|align=right|250,000,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Westwood (n/a)

|align=center|40

29 Nov

|Casio World Open

|Kagoshima

|align=right|150,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Watts (12)

|align=center|36

6 Dec

|Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

|Tokyo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsumasa Miyamoto (2)

|align=center|24

13 Dec

|DDI Group Okinawa Open

|Okinawa

|align=right|80,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hidemichi Tanaka (5)

|align=center|16

=Unofficial events=

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

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!Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse !! Winner !! OWGR
points !! Other
tours{{efn|name=tour}} !! Notes

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|12 Apr

|Masters Tournament

|United States

|align=right|US$3,200,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark O'Meara

|align=center|100

|Major championship

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|21 Jun

|U.S. Open

|United States

|align=right|US$3,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Janzen

|align=center|100

|Major championship

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|19 Jul

|The Open Championship

|England

|align=right|£1,700,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark O'Meara

|align=center|100

|Major championship

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|16 Aug

|PGA Championship

|United States

|align=right|US$3,000,000

|{{flagicon|FJI}} Vijay Singh

|align=center|100

|Major championship

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=1998 |title=1998 Money Rankings |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=10 April 2023}}

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money (¥)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Masashi Ozaki	align=center\|179,627,400
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brian Watts	align=center\|132,014,990
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Hidemichi Tanaka	align=center\|103,941,437
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brandt Jobe	align=center\|97,566,406
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Katsumasa Miyamoto	align=center\|93,580,618

Japan Challenge Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1998

| tour = Japan Challenge Tour

| image =

| pixels =

| caption =

| regular_season = {{start date|1998|3|25|df=y}} – {{end date|1998|11|19|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 14

| most_wins = {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Taisuke Kitajima (2)
{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masakazu Noritake (2)
{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Gohei Sato (2)

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 =

| honor2 =

| honoree2 =

| honor3 =

| honoree3 =

| honor4 =

| honoree4 =

| prevseason = 1997

| nextseason = 1999

}}

The 1998 Japan Challenge Tour was the 14th 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 1998 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=2&year=1998 |title=1998 Challenge Schedule |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=19 September 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !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.}}
26 Mar	PRGR Cup	Tochigi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Gohei Sato (3)
16 Apr	Korakuen Cup (1st)	Ibaraki	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Shinsuke Yanagisawa (1)
24 Apr	Nishino Cup Open	Ibaraki	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Masakazu Noritake (1)
29 Apr	Daiwa Cup Kochi Open	Kochi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Naoya Sugiyama (2)
21 May	Aiful Challenge Cup Spring	Hyōgo	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Hiroshi Ueda (2)
12 Jun	Matsugamine Open	Niigata	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Taisuke Kitajima (2)
18 Jun	Korakuen Cup (2nd)	Hokkaido	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Tetsuya Haraguchi (1)
29 Jul	Twin Fields Cup	Ishikawa	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Kazumasa Sakaitani (1)
20 Aug	Daiwa Cup Akita Open	Akita	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Takashi Tsutsumi (1)
27 Aug	Andersen Consulting Growing Cup	Ibaraki	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Masakazu Noritake (2)
11 Sep	Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn	Chiba	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Taisuke Kitajima (3)
8 Oct	Korakuen Cup (3rd)	Oita	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Masayuki Tomita (1)
22 Oct	Daiwa Cup Yamanashi Open	Yamanashi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Yoshimi Niizeki (1)
19 Nov	Korakuen Cup (4th)	Tochigi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Gohei Sato (4)

Notes

References

External links

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