Japan Challenge Tour
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The Japan Challenge Tour is a series of developmental golf
tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour
Organisation. It has been in operation since 1985. The 2010 schedule will feature 11 tournaments, with 10 Million Yen
in the prize fund for each tournament, except for the Novil Cup and the Shizu Hills Tommy Cup which will feature 15 Million Yen
This is around a tenth of the level of prize money per event on offer on the main Japanese Tour, and the main tour also has a longer season.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
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 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...
Organisation. It has been in operation since 1985. The 2010 schedule will feature 11 tournaments, with 10 Million Yen
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 reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
in the prize fund for each tournament, except for the Novil Cup and the Shizu Hills Tommy Cup which will feature 15 Million Yen
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 reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
This is around a tenth of the level of prize money per event on offer on the main Japanese Tour, and the main tour also has a longer season.
Tournament schedule
The 2011 schedule is set out below. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the Japan Golf Tour.| Dates | Tournament | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 8–10 April | Novil Cup |  Tatsunori Nukaga |
| 21–22 April | Kimisarazu GL GMA Challenge Tournament | Takanobu Kondo |
| 26–27 May | Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup | Hidezumi Shirakata Hidezumi Shirakata Hidezumi Shirakata is a Japanese professional golfer.Shirakata plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won once.-Japan Challenge Tour wins :*1994 Kansai PGA Philanthropy*2011 Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup... |
| 8–9 June | Boso Country Cup | Hirohito Koizumi |
| 30 June–1 July | Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge |  Chinnarat PhadungsilChinnarat Phadungsil Chinnarat Phadungsil is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour.Chinnarat was born in Chantaburi, Thailand. As an amateur, he won tournaments in Asia, Australia and the United States. His most notable win came at the 15-17 age group event at the Junior World... |
| 7–9 July | Shizu Hills Tommy Cup | Koichi Sugimoto |
| 21–22 July | SRIXON Challenge | Hidemichi Haginomori |
| 15–16 September | Toshoen GC JGTO Challenge II | Taro Hiroi |
| 21–22 September | elite grips JGTO Challenge III | Yudai Maeda |
| 19–21 October | JGTO Novil Final | Tatsunori Nukaga |