2008 Japan Golf Tour

The 2008 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 17 to December 7. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan, one in China, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events in Japan and Asia for the 2008 season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.

Dates	Tournament	Prize fund (¥)	Winner	OWGR pts
Apr 17-20	Token Homemate Cup	110,000,000	Katsumasa Miyamoto (7)	16
Apr 24-27	Tsuruya Open	120,000,000	SK Ho (7)	16
May 1-4	The Crowns	120,000,000	Tomohiro Kondo (4)	16
May 8-11	Pine Valley Beijing Open	110,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (6)	16
May 15-18	Japan PGA Championship	130,000,000	Shingo Katayama (24)	16
May 22-25	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	100,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (7)	16
May 29-Jun 1	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	110,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (1)	18
Jun 19-22	Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	130,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (2)	16
Jul 3-6	UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills	150,000,000	Hidemasa Hoshino (3)	16
Jul 24-27	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	150,000,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (3)	16
Jul 31-Aug 3	Sun Chlorella Classic	150,000,000	Takuya Taniguchi (2)	16
Aug 28-31	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	100,000,000	Shintaro Kai (1)	16
Sep 4-7	Fujisankei Classic	150,000,000	Toyokazu Fujishima (1)	16
Sep 18-21	ANA Open	130,000,000	Azuma Yano (2)	16
Sep 25-28	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open	200,000,000	Hideto Tanihara (8)	20
Oct 2-5	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	120,000,000	Toshinori Muto (2)	20
Oct 9-12	Canon Open	200,000,000	Makoto Inoue (2)	16
Oct 16-19	Japan Open Golf Championship	200,000,000	Shingo Katayama (25)	32
Oct 23-26	Bridgestone Open	150,000,000	Azuma Yano (3)	16
Oct 30-Nov 2	mynavi ABC Championship	150,000,000	Ryo Ishikawa (2)	16
Nov 6-9	The Championship by Lexus	200,000,000	SK Ho (8)	18
Nov 13-16	Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters	150,000,000	Shingo Katayama (26)	22
Nov 20-23	Dunlop Phoenix	200,000,000	Prayad Marksaeng (3)	36
Nov 27-30	Casio World Open	140,000,000	Koumei Oda (1)	18
Dec 4-7	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	100,000,000	Jeev Milkha Singh (4)	24

Leaders

Money List leaders

Position	Player	Prize money (¥)
1	Shingo Katayama	180,094,895
2	Azuma Yano	137,064,052
3	Prayad Marksaeng	126,430,825
4	Hideto Tanihara	110,414,719
5	Ryo Ishikawa	106,318,166

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Scoring Average leaders

Position	Player	Scoring Average
1	Shingo Katayama	69.57
2	Brendan Jones	69.82
3	SK Ho	70.22
4	David Smail	70.35
5	Azuma Yano	70.42

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External links

• Japan Golf Tour - official English language site