# 2016 Japan Golf Tour

The 2016 Japan Golf Tour was the 44th 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 2016 season.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes |
| 1 Feb | SMBC Singapore Open | Singapore | US$1,000,000 | Song Young-han (1) | 28 | ASA | New to Japan Golf Tour |
| 7 Feb | Leopalace21 Myanmar Open | Myanmar | US$750,000 | Shaun Norris (1) | 15 | ASA | New to Japan Golf Tour |
| 17 Apr | Token Homemate Cup | Mie | 130,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (11) | 16 | | |
| 24 Apr | Panasonic Open Golf Championship | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (14) | 16 | ASA | |
| 1 May | The Crowns | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (12) | 16 | | |
| 22 May | Kansai Open Golf Championship | Wakayama | 70,000,000 | Cho Byung-min (1) | 16 | | |
| 29 May | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Okayama | 100,000,000 | Kim Kyung-tae (13) | 16 | | |
| 5 Jun | Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Yosuke Tsukada (1) | 16 | | Japan major |
| 26 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Cup | Ishikawa | 100,000,000 | Park Jun-won (1) | 20 | | |
| 3 Jul | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (12) | 16 | | |
| 10 Jul | Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (13) | 16 | | Japan major |
| 24 Jul | Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open | Fukushima | 50,000,000 | Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) | 16 | | |
| 28 Aug | RIZAP KBC Augusta | Fukuoka | 100,000,000 | Ryo Ishikawa (14) | 16 | | |
| 4 Sep | Fujisankei Classic | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | Cho Min-gyu (2) | 16 | | |
| 18 Sep | ANA Open | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 | Brendan Jones (14) | 16 | | |
| 25 Sep | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf | Osaka | 150,000,000 | Chan Shih-chang (1) | 15 | ASA | |
| 2 Oct | Top Cup Tokai Classic | Aichi | 110,000,000 | Daisuke Kataoka (2) | 16 | | |
| 9 Oct | Honma TourWorld Cup | Ibaraki | 100,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (15) | 16 | | |
| 16 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | Saitama | 200,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (7) | 32 | | Flagship event |
| 23 Oct | Bridgestone Open | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Satoshi Kodaira (4) | 18 | | |
| 30 Oct | Mynavi ABC Championship | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (30) | 16 | | |
| 6 Nov | Heiwa PGM Championship | Chiba | 200,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (14) | 16 | | |
| 13 Nov | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Shizuoka | 200,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (8) | 23 | | |
| 20 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (n/a) | 26 | | |
| 27 Nov | Casio World Open | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (16) | 16 | | |
| 4 Dec | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | Park Sang-hyun (1) | 18 | | 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(s) | OWGR points | Notes |
| 10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$10,000,000 | Danny Willett | 100 | Major championship |
| 8 May | Legend Charity Pro-Am | Chiba | 50,000,000 | Shingo Katayama | n/a | Pro-Am |
| 19 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$10,000,000 | Dustin Johnson | 100 | Major championship |
| 17 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £6,500,000 | Henrik Stenson | 100 | Major championship |
| 31 Jul | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 | Jimmy Walker | 100 | Major championship |
| 11 Dec | Hitachi 3Tours Championship | Chiba | 57,000,000 | Japan Golf Tour | n/a | Team event |

## Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
| 1 | Yuta Ikeda | 207,901,567 |
| 2 | Hideto Tanihara | 171,902,867 |
| 3 | Kim Kyung-tae | 113,714,688 |
| 4 | Song Young-han | 91,562,130 |
| 5 | Daisuke Kataoka | 86,019,113 |

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Ref. |
| Most Valuable Player | Yuta Ikeda | |
| Rookie of the Year (Shimada Trophy) | Shaun Norris | |

## Japan Challenge Tour

The 2016 Japan Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.

### Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner |
| 3 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Tatsuya Kodai (1) |
| 29 Apr | Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup | Shiga | 10,000,000 | Yoshinobu Tsukada (1) |
| 20 May | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Kazuhiro Kida (3) |
| 27 May | FIDRA Classic | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Kunihiro Kamii (1) |
| 10 Jun | ISPS Handa Global Challenge Cup | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Konosuke Nakazato (1) |
| 17 Jun | Himawari Dragon Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yuta Kawakami (1) |
| 24 Jun | Landic Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Shotaro Wada (1) |
| 1 Jul | Japan Create Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Ryuko Tokimatsu (1) |
| 29 Jul | Minami Akita Country Club Michinoku Challenge Tournament | Akita | 10,000,000 | Tomoyo Ikemura (3) |
| 9 Sep | Seven Dreamers Challenge | Chiba | 13,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (2) |
| 23 Sep | Elite Grips Challenge | Gunma | 10,000,000 | Jinichiro Kozuma (1) |
| 30 Sep | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Hokkaido | 10,000,000 | Konosuke Nakazato (2) |
| 8 Oct | Everyone Project Challenge | Tochigi | 10,000,000 | Yoshinobu Tsukada (2) |
| 14 Oct | Taiheiyo Club Challenge Tournament | Saitama | 10,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (3) |
| 21 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Takashi Ogiso (1) |

### Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. The top seven players on the money list earned status to play on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour.
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) |
| 1 | Yoshinobu Tsukada | 5,509,115 |
| 2 | Daisuke Maruyama | 5,339,822 |
| 3 | Konosuke Nakazato | 4,497,278 |
| 4 | Tatsuya Kodai | 4,482,357 |
| 5 | Shotaro Wada | 3,574,383 |
| 6 | Takashi Ogiso | 3,206,641 |
| 7 | Daijiro Izumida | 3,143,055 |