NST Niigata Open
The NST Niigata Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was a Japan Golf Tour event from at least 1981 to 2004. It was sponsored by Niigata Sogo Television is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Niigata, Niigata, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Niigata. It is broadcast in Niigata Prefecture. It was established on March 2, 1968, and began broadcastin ... and played on different courses in Niigata. The tournament record of 264(-24) was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club. Winners Notes References External linksCoverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site Golf tournaments in Japan Former Japan Golf Tour events Recurring sporting events established in 1978 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2004 {{Golf-tournament-stub ...
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Shibata, Niigata
is a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 96,236 in 37,017 households, and a population density of 179 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Shibata is located in a mostly inland region of north-central Niigata Prefecture on the northern end of the Echigo Plain, with a small shoreline of the Sea of Japan. Surrounding municipalities *Niigata Prefecture **Kita-ku, Niigata ** Agano **Tainai **Aga ** Seiro *Fukushima Prefecture ** Kitakata *Yamagata Prefecture ** Oguni Climate Shibata has a Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Shibata is 13.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1920 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Shibata ...
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Scott Laycock
Scott Laycock (born 15 September 1971) is an Australian professional golfer. Laycock won the Victorian Open in 2001 in Australia. He shot an aggregate of 270, 18 under par. This was a tournament record, but has since been broken by Min Woo Lee at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open, when he shot an aggregate of 269, 19 under par. Laycock joined the Japan Golf Tour in 2000, and won Bridgestone Open in 2002. In 2003 he played on the PGA Tour but failed to maintain his playing rights. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Laycock played in the PGA Championship once and The Open Championship twice between 2002–2007; missing the cut in all three of his major championship appearances. Professional wins (4) Japan Golf Tour wins (1) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1) PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2) Other wins (1) *1997 Hugo Boss Foursomes Playoff record Asian Tour playoff record (0–1) OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1) Results in major cha ...
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Masatoshi Horikawa
Masatoshi (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese film director *, Japanese politician *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' * Masatoshi Ishida (other), multiple people *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese physicist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese guitarist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese actor *Masatoshi Nagatomi Masatoshi Nagatomi (September 1, 1926 – June 3, 2000) was Japanese professor of Buddhist studies at Harvard University. He was also known by his nickname "Mas." Nagatomi is remembered for introducing the term ''Nikaya Buddhism'' as a replacement ... (1926–2000), Japanese professor of Buddhist studies at Harvard University *, Japanese photographer *, Ja ...
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1996 PGA Of Japan Tour
The 1996 PGA of Japan Tour was the 24th season of 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 1996 season. Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. Japan Challenge Tour The 1996 Japan Challenge Tour was the 12th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the PGA of Japan Tour. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1996 season. Notes References External links * {{Japan Golf Tour seasons Japan Golf Tour PGA of Japan Tour PGA of Japan Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) 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 th ...

Hisayuki Sasaki
Hisayuki Sasaki (27 November 1964 – 3 January 2013) was a Japanese professional golfer. Sasaki won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Sasaki tied Davis Love III for the individual trophy of the 1995 World Cup of Golf but lost on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff. Sasaki played on the PGA Tour in 1996 but with only three top-25 finishes he failed to maintain his playing rights. He finished third in the 1997 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf. Professional wins (9) Japan Golf Tour wins (3) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2) Japan Challenge Tour wins (3) *1991 Kanto Kokusai Open * 1992 Kanto Kokusai Open, Korakuen Cup (2nd) Other wins (3) *1994 Kanto Open *1999 Kanto Open *2002 Hokkaido Open Results in major championships "T" = Tied ''Note: Sasaki only played in The Open Championship.'' Team appearances *World Cup (representing Japan): 1995 See also *1995 PGA Tour Qualifying Sc ...
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1997 PGA Of Japan Tour
The 1997 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 13 March to 14 December. The season consisted of 36 official money events in Japan. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1997 season. Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. Notes References External links * {{Japan Golf Tour seasons Japan Golf Tour PGA of Japan Tour PGA of Japan Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) 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 th ...

Shingo Katayama
Shingo Katayama ( ja, 片山 晋呉, born 31 January 1973) is a Japanese golfer. Early life and professional career Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008. He has won 31 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career wins list and ranking second on the career money list with over . Katayama has played in several major championships and World Golf Championships events, and his most notable achievement outside Japan is his tied fourth-place finish at the 2001 PGA Championship. He played the 3rd round with the champion David Toms. He was called "Cowboy Shingo" due to his distinctive cowboy-style hat. Placing fourth with a 10-under par at the 2009 Masters, he tied Toshimitsu Izawa (2001) for the best showing of a Japanese golfer at the tournament. Katayama also featured in th ...
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Masayuki Kawamura (golfer)
Masayuki Kawamura (born 15 March 1967) is a Japanese professional golfer. Kawamura played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. Professional wins (8) Japan Golf Tour wins (3) ''*Note: The 1999 Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1) Japan Challenge Tour wins (1) Other wins (3) *1992 Chushikoku Open *2009 Chushikoku Open *2012 Chushikoku Open Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1) *2020 Kanehide Senior Okinawa Open Golf Tournament Team appearances *World Cup (representing Japan): 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... External links * * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Hiroshima Prefecture 1967 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ...
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1998 PGA Of Japan Tour
The 1998 PGA of Japan Tour was the 26th season of the PGA of Japan Tour. The season consisted of 36 official events, all played in Japan. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1998 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA of Japan 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. Notes References External links * {{Japan Golf Tour seasons Japan Golf Tour PGA of Japan Tour PGA of Japan Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) 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 th ...

Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Kazuhiko Hosokawa ( ja, 細川和彦, born 28 December 1970) is a Japanese professional golfer. Career Hosokawa has won eight tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He has also played in The Open Championship three times where his best performance came in 2000; finishing T70. Professional wins (10) Japan Golf Tour wins (8) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–4) Japan Challenge Tour wins (1) *1994 Korakuen Cup (1st) Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1) *2021 Cosmohealth Cup Senior Golf Tournament Results in major championships ''Note: Hosokawa only played in The Open Championship.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Results in World Golf Championships 1Cancelled due to 9/11 The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four c ...
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Toshimitsu Izawa
Toshimitsu Izawa ( ja, 伊沢利光, born 2 March 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer. He is sometimes known outside Japan as Toshi Izawa. Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989. Izawa's career on the Japan Golf Tour developed quite slowly. His first win came in 1995, and he did not make the top ten on the money list until 1999, when he was thirty one years old. He went on to top the money list in 2001 and 2003. In the first of those years he set a record of ¥217,934,583 in earnings which survived though the 2004 season, and his dominant form in Japan lifted him into the top twenty in the Official World Golf Ranking. He has 16 victories on the Japan Golf Tour and is eighth on the career money list (through 2013). Izawa has only played a limited number of tournaments outside Japan, but in 2001 he finished tied fourth at the Masters Tournament, which is one of golf's four major championships, and tied for second at the ...
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1999 Japan Golf Tour
The 1999 Japan Golf Tour was the 27th season of the Japan Golf Tour. The season consisted of 32 official events, all played in Japan. It was the first season in which the newly formed Japan Golf Tour Organization took over the running of the tour, separating from the PGA of Japan. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1999 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. Notes References External links * {{Japan Golf Tour seasons Japan Golf Tour Japan Golf Tour Golf Tour Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women; most are based in a specific geographical region, although some to ...