The 2019 Japan Golf Tour was the 47th season of the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour () is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006, it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the ...

(formerly the PGA of Japan Tour), the main professional golf tour in Japan since it was formed in 1973.

Changes for 2019

The Shinhan Donghae Open was added to the schedule and was co-sanctioned by the

Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours, tour in Asia except for Japan (which has its own Japan Golf Tour). It is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on ...

and the

Korean Tour The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about United States dollar, US$14 million. Professional golf in Korea dates back to ...

. Additionally, a new tournament that was to be played in Japan as part of the

2019–20 PGA Tour The 2019–20 PGA Tour was the 105th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 52nd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 14th edition of the FedEx Cup. Changes for 2019–2 ...

season; the

Zozo Championship The Zozo Championship ( Japanese: ''ゾゾ・チャンピオンシップ'') is a professional golf tournament in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, which is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA ...

was also added to the schedule as a co-sanctioned event between the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.

Unofficial events

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

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in

Japanese yen The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro. Th ...

Awards

Japan Challenge Tour

The 2019 Japan Challenge Tour, titled as the 2019 AbemaTV Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the

OWGR inclusion

In July 2018, it was announced that all Japan Challenge Tour events, beginning in 2019, would receive

Official World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolling ...

points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in

. The top 20 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Japan Golf Tour seasons Japan Golf Tour seasons