1981 PGA of Japan Tour

1981 PGA of Japan Tour season
Duration	19 March 1981 – 6 December 1981
Number of official events	42
Most wins	Masahiro Kuramoto (4)
Money list	Isao Aoki
	← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 PGA of Japan Tour was the ninth 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 1981 season.^[1]^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (¥)	Winner^[a]	Other tours^[b]	Notes
22 Mar	Shizuoka Open	Shizuoka	32,000,000	Isao Aoki (30)
5 Apr	Aso National Park Open	Kumamoto	15,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (1)
19 Apr	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	Osaka	15,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (8)
26 Apr	Dunlop International Open	Ibaraki	30,000,000	Kosaku Shimada (9)	AGC
3 May	Chunichi Crowns	Aichi	65,000,000	Graham Marsh (12)
10 May	Fujisankei Classic	Shizuoka	40,000,000	Toshiharu Kawada (1)
17 May	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	Kanagawa	40,000,000	Isao Aoki (31)
24 May	Yomiuri Open	Hyōgo	30,000,000	Namio Takasu (2)
31 May	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Tochigi	35,000,000	Lu Hsi-chuen (1)
7 Jun	Tohoku Classic	Miyagi	30,000,000	Teruo Sugihara (15)
14 Jun	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Chen Tze-chung (1)
21 Jun	Pepsi-Wilson Tournament	Yamaguchi	25,000,000	Graham Marsh (13)
2 Jul	Naganoken Open	Nagano	17,000,000	Fujio Kobayashi (3) Masaji Kusakabe (7)		Title shared New to PGA of Japan Tour
5 Jul	JPGA East-West Tournament	Mie	12,000,000	Shinsaku Maeda (5)
12 Jul	Gunmaken Open	Gunma	6,000,000	Satsuki Takahashi (1)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
19 Jul	Descente Cup Hokkoku Open	Ishikawa	25,000,000	Saburo Fujiki (2)
26 Jul	Niigata Open	Niigata	15,000,000	Takahiro Takeyasu (1)		New to PGA of Japan Tour
2 Aug	Japan PGA Championship	Hokkaidō	32,000,000	Isao Aoki (32)
9 Aug	Mizuno Tournament	Ishikawa	22,000,000	Kikuo Arai (1)
16 Aug	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	Chiba	33,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (2)
23 Aug	Kanto Pro Championship	Shizuoka	20,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (3)
23 Aug	Kansai Pro Championship	Hiroshima	13,000,000	Norio Suzuki (14)
30 Aug	KBC Augusta	Fukuoka	32,000,000	Hsieh Min-Nan (6)
5 Sep	Chushikoku Open	Shimane	5,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (3)
6 Sep	Chubu Open	Aichi	12,000,000	Shigeru Uchida (3)
6 Sep	Kyusyu Open	Fukuoka	8,000,000	Yurio Akitomi (3)
6 Sep	Kanto Open	Tochigi	20,000,000	Nobumitsu Yuhara (1)
6 Sep	Kansai Open	Shiga	15,000,000	Akio Kanemoto (3)
6 Sep	Hokkaido Open	Hokkaidō	4,000,000	Mitsuyoshi Goto (1)
13 Sep	Suntory Open	Chiba	40,000,000	Bill Rogers (n/a)
20 Sep	ANA Sapporo Open	Hokkaidō	30,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (4)
27 Sep	Hiroshima Open	Hiroshima	25,000,000	Seiichi Kanai (4)
4 Oct	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	Tochigi	45,000,000	Nobumitsu Yuhara (2)
11 Oct	Tokai Classic	Aichi	35,000,000	Masahiro Kuramoto (5)
18 Oct	Golf Digest Tournament	Shizuoka	30,000,000	Toyotake Nakao (1)
25 Oct	Bridgestone Tournament	Chiba	50,000,000	Hale Irwin (n/a)
1 Nov	Japan Open Golf Championship	Gifu	47,000,000	Yutaka Hagawa (1)
8 Nov	ABC Cup Japan vs USA	Hyōgo	36,000,000	Bobby Clampett (n/a)
15 Nov	Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters	Shizuoka	70,000,000	Danny Edwards (n/a)
22 Nov	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Miyazaki	80,000,000	Seve Ballesteros (n/a)
29 Nov	Casio World Open	Kagoshima	60,000,000	Lee Trevino (n/a)		New tournament
6 Dec	Golf Nippon Series	Tokyo	17,000,000	Yutaka Hagawa (2)

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Isao Aoki	57,262,941
2	Masahiro Kuramoto	32,345,130
3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	29,600,960
4	Tōru Nakamura	29,412,852
5	Nobumitsu Yuhara	26,534,162

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

^ "1981 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235–252, 448–490. ISBN 0862541018. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
^ "1981 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 June 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] "1981 Tour Tournaments". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[2] McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235–252, 448–490. ISBN 0862541018. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.

[5] "1981 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

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Duration	19 March 1981 (1981-03-19) – 6 December 1981 (1981-12-06)
Number of official events	42
Most wins	Masahiro Kuramoto (4)
Money list	Isao Aoki
← 1980 1982 →