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Contents 1 Leading money winners by year 1.1 Multiple money list titles 2 Leading career money winners 3 See also 4 External link

The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers 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 European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with that on the two larger tours. Official events on the Japan Golf Tour count for World Golf Ranking points, and success on the tour can also qualify members to play in the majors.

Most of the leading players on the tour are Japanese, but players from many other countries also participate. The tour is currently run by the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO), which was established in 1999. The JGTO also organises a developmental tour called the Japan Challenge Tour.

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki has been the dominant player on tour, leading the career wins list with 94, the career money list with over 2 billion ¥, and winning the money title twelve times between 1973 and 1998.

The official prize money list on the Japan Golf Tour includes money won by members in the majors and the World Golf Championships events. All of the players who have topped the money list are Japanese.

Year	Player	Prize Money (¥)
2006	Shingo Katayama	178,402,190
2005	Shingo Katayama	134,075,280
2004	Shingo Katayama	119,512,374
2003	Toshimitsu Izawa	135,454,300
2002	Toru Taniguchi	145,440,341
2001	Toshimitsu Izawa	217,934,583
2000	Shingo Katayama	177,116,489
1999	Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki	137,641,796
1998	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	179,627,400
1997	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	170,847,633
1996	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	209,646,746
1995	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	192,319,800
1994	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	215,468,000
1993	Hajime Meshiai	148,718,200
1992	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	186,816,466
1991	Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki	119,507,974
1990	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	129,060,500
1989	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	108,715,733
1988	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	125,162,540
1987	David Ishii	86,554,421
1986	Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima	90,202,066
1985	Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima	101,609,333
1984	Shinsaku Maeda	57,040,357
1983	Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima	85,514,183
1982	Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima	68,220,640
1981	Isao Aoki	57,262,941
1980	Isao Aoki	60,532,660
1979	Isao Aoki	45,554,211
1978	Isao Aoki	62,987,200
1977	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	35,932,608
1976	Isao Aoki	40,985,801
1975	Takashi Murakami	38,705,551
1974	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	41,846,908
1973	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	43,814,000

The following players have won more than one money list title through 2006:

• 12: Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki
• 5: Isao Aoki
• 4: Shingo Katayama, Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima
• 2: Toshimitsu Izawa, Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki

The table shows the top ten career money leaders on the Japan Golf Tour through the 2006 season. The figures shown include money won in the four global major championships from 1998 onwards and in the three individual World Golf Championships events from their introduction in 1999. The leading non-Japanese money winner on the tour is Japanese-American David Ishii with earnings of over 800 million ¥. The leading non ethnic-Japanese player is the American Todd Hamilton with earnings of over 630 million ¥.

Position	Player	Country	Prize Money (¥)
1	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki	Japan	2,678,005,592
2	Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima	Japan	1,606,029,630
3	Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki	Japan	1,520,862,900
4	Shingo Katayama	Japan	1,131,823,595
5	Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto	Japan	990,179,784
6	Isao Aoki	Japan	980,652,048
7	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	943,133,726
8	Toru Taniguchi	Japan	913,108,376
9	David Ishii	United States	814,695,905
10	Hajime Meshiai	Japan	808,101,257

There is a full list on the Japan Golf Tour's website here.

• Professional golf tours
• Golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins

• Japan Golf Tour - official English language site