# 2001 Japan Golf Tour

The 2001 Japan Golf Tour, titled as the 2001 iiyama Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th 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.
It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Iiyama, that began in 2000.

## Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points | Notes |
| 11 Mar | Token Corporation Cup | Mie | 100,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (8) | 16 | |
| 18 Mar | Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open | Shizuoka | 100,000,000 | Eiji Mizoguchi (2) | 16 | |
| 15 Apr | Tsuruya Open | Hyōgo | 100,000,000 | Hidemichi Tanaka (9) | 16 | |
| 22 Apr | Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (9) | 16 | |
| 29 Apr | The Crowns | Aichi | 110,000,000 | Darren Clarke (n/a) | 20 | |
| 6 May | Fujisankei Classic | Shizuoka | 110,000,000 | Frankie Miñoza (6) | 16 | |
| 13 May | Japan PGA Championship | Fukuoka | 110,000,000 | Dean Wilson (2) | 16 | Japan major |
| 20 May | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 | Dinesh Chand (2) | 16 | |
| 27 May | Diamond Cup Tournament | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (8) | 16 | |
| 3 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | Miyagi | 100,000,000 | Toshiaki Odate (2) | 16 | |
| 17 Jun | Tamanoi Yomiuri Open | Hyōgo | 90,000,000 | Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa (1) | 16 | |
| 24 Jun | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Hidemichi Tanaka (10) | 16 | |
| 1 Jul | Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup | Tochigi | 120,000,000 | Katsumasa Miyamoto (3) | 16 | Japan major |
| 8 Jul | Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 90,000,000 | Keiichiro Fukabori (5) | 16 | |
| 15 Jul | Aiful Cup | Aomori | 90,000,000 | Lin Keng-chi (1) | 16 | |
| 29 Jul | Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | Niigata | 50,000,000 | Go Higaki (1) | 16 | |
| 5 Aug | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita (2) | 16 | |
| 26 Aug | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 90,000,000 | Takenori Hiraishi (1) | 16 | |
| 2 Sep | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | Hokkaidō | 80,000,000 | Dean Wilson (3) | 16 | |
| 9 Sep | Suntory Open | Chiba | 90,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (10) | 16 | |
| 16 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 100,000,000 | Lin Keng-chi (2) | 16 | |
| 23 Sep | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 140,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (9) | 16 | |
| 30 Sep | Acom International | Ibaraki | 110,000,000 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa (7) | 16 | |
| 7 Oct | Georgia Tokai Classic | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (10) | 16 | |
| 14 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Saitama | 120,000,000 | Taichi Teshima (2) | 32 | Flagship event |
| 21 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 110,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (11) | 16 | |
| 28 Oct | Philip Morris K.K. Championship | Hyōgo | 200,000,000 | Toshimitsu Izawa (12) | 16 | |
| 4 Nov | Ube Kosan Open | Yamaguchi | 140,000,000 | Dean Wilson (4) | 16 | |
| 11 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | David Duval (n/a) | 28 | |
| 25 Nov | Casio World Open | Kagoshima | 140,000,000 | Kiyoshi Murota (4) | 22 | |
| 2 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 90,000,000 | Katsumasa Miyamoto (4) | 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.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | Winner | OWGR points | Notes |
| 8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$5,600,000 | Tiger Woods | 100 | Major championship |
| 18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$5,000,000 | Retief Goosen | 100 | Major championship |
| 22 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £3,300,000 | David Duval | 100 | Major championship |
| 19 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$5,200,000 | David Toms | 100 | Major championship |

## Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
| 1 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 217,934,583 |
| 2 | Shingo Katayama | 133,434,850 |
| 3 | Dean Wilson | 118,571,075 |
| 4 | Taichi Teshima | 112,356,544 |
| 5 | Toru Taniguchi | 111,686,284 |

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Ref. |
| Most Valuable Player | Toshimitsu Izawa | |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Scott Laycock | |

## Japan Challenge Tour

The 2001 Japan Challenge Tour was the 17th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

### Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner |
| 9 Mar | PRGR Cup (Cyubu) | Mie | 10,000,000 | Azuma Yano (1) |
| 13 Apr | JGTO iiyama Challenge 1 | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (1) |
| 19 Apr | Kourakuen Cup (1st) | Oita | 10,000,000 | Yoshiaki Mano (1) |
| 25 May | JGTO iiyama Challenge 2 | Ishikawa | 10,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (2) |
| 8 Jun | Aiful Challenge Cup Spring | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Makoto Inoue (1) |
| 5 Jul | Kourakuen Cup (2nd) | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Hur Suk-ho (3) |
| 19 Jul | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | Hyōgo | 10,000,000 | Naotoshi Nakamura (1) |
| 20 Sep | Aiful Challenge Cup Autumn | Fukushima | 10,000,000 | Hiroaki Iijima (1) |
| 28 Sep | Kasco Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Takeshi Ohyama (2) |
| 5 Oct | PRGR Cup (Kanto) | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Azuma Yano (2) |
| 19 Oct | Shinwa Golf Classic | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Hiroaki Iijima (2) |
| 25 Oct | PGA Cup Challenge | Hiroshima | 10,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (1) |
| 1 Nov | Kourakuen Cup (3rd) | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Gregory Meyer (1) |

### Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 2002 Japan Golf Tour (iiyama Tour).
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
| 1 | Hur Suk-ho | 5,150,264 |
| 2 | Hiroaki Iijima | 4,329,041 |
| 3 | Azuma Yano | 4,146,963 |
| 4 | Takeshi Ohyama | 3,120,712 |
| 5 | Gregory Meyer | 3,073,860 |