2003 Japan Golf Tour#Japan Challenge Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 2003

| tour = Japan Golf Tour

| image =

| pixels =

| caption =

| regular_season = {{start date|2002|12|19|df=y}} – {{end date|2003|12|7|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 29

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

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Toshimitsu Izawa

| honor2 = Most Valuable Player

| honoree2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Toshimitsu Izawa

| honor3 = Rookie of the Year

| honoree3 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideto Tanihara

| honor4 =

| honoree4 =

| prevseason = 2002

| nextseason = 2004

}}

The 2003 Japan Golf Tour was the 31st 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=1&year=2003 |title=2003 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 Japan Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.}} !! OWGR
points !! Other
tours{{efn|name=tour|ASA − Asian PGA Tour.}} !! Notes

22 Dec

|Asia Japan Okinawa Open

|Okinawa

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroyuki Fujita (3)

|align=center|12

|ASA

|New to Japan Golf Tour

6 Apr

|Token Homemate Cup

|Mie

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Andre Stolz (1)

|align=center|16

27 Apr

|Tsuruya Open

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hirofumi Miyase (5)

|align=center|16

4 May

|The Crowns

|Aichi

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hidemasa Hoshino (1)

|align=center|16

11 May

|Fujisankei Classic

|Shizuoka

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (8)

|align=center|16

style="background:#D6E8FF;"

|18 May

|Japan PGA Championship

|Ibaraki

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Katayama (13)

|align=center|16

|Japan major

25 May

|Munsingwear Open KSB Cup

|Hyōgo

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hirofumi Miyase (6)

|align=center|16

1 Jun

|Diamond Cup Tournament

|Ibaraki

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (9)

|align=center|16

8 Jun

|JCB Classic Sendai

|Miyagi

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Katsuyoshi Tomori (7)

|align=center|16

22 Jun

|Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open

|Hyōgo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideto Tanihara (1)

|align=center|16

29 Jun

|Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open

|Okayama

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (10)

|align=center|16

style="background:#D6E8FF;"

|6 Jul

|Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup

|Ibaraki

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshimitsu Izawa (13)

|align=center|16

|Japan major

13 Jul

|Woodone Open Hiroshima

|Hiroshima

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshimitsu Izawa (14)

|align=center|16

27 Jul

|Sato Foods NST Niigata Open

|Niigata

|align=right|50,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Katsumasa Miyamoto (5)

|align=center|16

3 Aug

|Aiful Cup

|Ishikawa

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taichi Teshima (3)

|align=center|16

10 Aug

|Sun Chlorella Classic

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|130,000,000

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Brendan Jones (2)

|align=center|16

31 Aug

|Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta

|Fukuoka

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Soushi Tajima (1)

|align=center|16

7 Sep

|Japan PGA Match-Play Championship

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|80,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (11)

|align=center|16

14 Sep

|Suntory Open

|Chiba

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|IND}} Jyoti Randhawa (1)

|align=center|16

21 Sep

|ANA Open

|Hokkaidō

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Yeh Wei-tze (1)

|align=center|16

28 Sep

|Acom International

|Ibaraki

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Masahiro Kuramoto (30)

|align=center|16

12 Oct

|Georgia Tokai Classic

|Aichi

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nozomi Kawahara (1)

|align=center|16

style="background:#f2ecce;"

|19 Oct

|Japan Open Golf Championship

|Tochigi

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichiro Fukabori (6)

|align=center|32

|Flagship event{{efn|name=jpnmaj|Also a Japan major championship.}}

26 Oct

|Bridgestone Open

|Chiba

|align=right|110,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Naomichi Ozaki (30)

|align=center|16

2 Nov

|ABC Championship

|Hyōgo

|align=right|120,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Katayama (14)

|align=center|16

16 Nov

|Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

|Shizuoka

|align=right|150,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kiyoshi Murota (6)

|align=center|16

23 Nov

|Dunlop Phoenix Tournament

|Miyazaki

|align=right|200,000,000

|{{flagicon|DNK}} Thomas Bjørn (n/a)

|align=center|20

30 Nov

|Casio World Open

|Kagoshima

|align=right|140,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Katsumune Imai (1)

|align=center|16

style="background:#D6E8FF;"

|7 Dec

|Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

|Tokyo

|align=right|100,000,000

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsuji Hiratsuka (1)

|align=center|16

|Japan major

=Unofficial events=

The following events were sanctioned by the Japan Golf 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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|13 Apr

|Masters Tournament

|United States

|align=right|US$6,000,000

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Weir

|align=center|100

|Major championship

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|15 Jun

|U.S. Open

|United States

|align=right|US$6,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furyk

|align=center|100

|Major championship

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|20 Jul

|The Open Championship

|England

|align=right|£3,900,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Curtis

|align=center|100

|Major championship

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

|17 Aug

|PGA Championship

|United States

|align=right|US$6,000,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Shaun Micheel

|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=2003 |title=2003 Money Rankings |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=10 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/news/929 |title=賞金ランキング賞 |trans-title=Prize Ranking Prize |language=Japanese |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |date=12 December 2003 |access-date=29 June 2023 |quote=1億3545万4300円を獲得して、2001年以来2度目の賞金王に輝いた伊沢利光には、… |trans-quote=Toshimitsu Izawa, who won 135,454,300 yen and became the prize money king for the second time since 2001…}}

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money (¥)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Toshimitsu Izawa	align=center\|135,454,300
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Tetsuji Hiratsuka	align=center\|122,227,033
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Todd Hamilton	align=center\|117,547,151
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Shingo Katayama	align=center\|117,192,413
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Taichi Teshima	align=center\|93,688,731

Awards

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!Award!!Winner!!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

Most Valuable Player

{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshimitsu Izawa

{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/news/2651 |title=最優秀選手賞 |trans-title=Most Valuable Player Award |language=Japanese |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |date=12 December 2003 |access-date=29 June 2023}}

Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideto Tanihara

{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/news/872 |title=2003ジャパンゴルフツアー表彰式の風景(2)最優秀新人賞・島田トロフィ受賞、谷原秀人 |trans-title=2003 Japan Golf Tour Awards Ceremony (2) Best Rookie of the Year Award, Shimada Trophy Winner, Hideto Tanihara |language=Japanese |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |date=13 December 2003 |access-date=29 June 2023}}

Japan Challenge Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 2003

| tour = Japan Challenge Tour

| image =

| pixels =

| caption =

| regular_season = {{start date|2003|4|17|df=y}} – {{end date|2003|10|23|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 11

| most_wins =

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Masamichi Uehira

| honor2 =

| honoree2 =

| honor3 =

| honoree3 =

| honor4 =

| honoree4 =

| prevseason = 2002

| nextseason = 2004

}}

The 2003 Japan Challenge Tour was the 19th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

=Schedule=

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament?&tourna_kbn_id=2&year=2003 |title=2003 Challenge Schedule |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=18 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 Japan Golf Tour.}}
18 Apr	PRGR Cup (Kanto)	Ibaraki	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Hyung-tae (1)
8 May	Tokyo Dome Cup (1st)	Tochigi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kazuhiro Fukunaga (3)
13 Jun	Aiful Challenge Cup Spring	Hyōgo	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takuya Taniguchi (1)
27 Jun	PGA Cup Challenge Tournament	Hiroshima	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Toyokazu Hioki (1)
10 Jul	Tokyo Dome Cup (2nd)	Chiba	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Yudai Maeda (1)
20 Jul	Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament	Miyagi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kodai Ichihara (1)
12 Sep	Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn	Aomori	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Masamichi Uehira (1)
26 Sep	Kasco Cup	Chiba	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|THA}} Thammanoon Sriroj (1)
3 Oct	PRGR Cup (Kansai)	Hyōgo	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Masayoshi Yamazoe (2)
9 Oct	Kanitop Cup Challenge Tournament (2nd)	Miyagi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takuya Ogawa (1)
23 Oct	Tokyo Dome Cup (3rd)	Tochigi	align=right\|10,000,000	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Tomonori Takahashi (1)

=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/challenge/money_ranking_japan?year=2003 |title=2003 Challenge Money Ranking |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=30 December 2022}} The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2004 Japan Golf Tour.

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money (¥)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Masamichi Uehira	align=center\|3,082,833
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takuya Ogawa	align=center\|2,846,847
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kazuhiro Fukunaga	align=center\|2,836,507
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|THA}} Thammanoon Sriroj	align=center\|2,665,179
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Hyung-tae	align=center\|2,533,141

Notes

References

External links

{{official|https://www.jgto.org/en}}

Category:Japan Golf Tour seasons

Japan Golf Tour

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money (¥)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Masamichi Uehira	align=center\|3,082,833
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takuya Ogawa	align=center\|2,846,847
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kazuhiro Fukunaga	align=center\|2,836,507
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|THA}} Thammanoon Sriroj	align=center\|2,665,179
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Kim Hyung-tae	align=center\|2,533,141