The 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments organised by the

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. The 2020 season was originally scheduled to be played from 16 January to 6 December 2020, and comprised 25 official money events, mostly in

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. Other than the four

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, which are played outside Japan, there was one event in Singapore and one event in South Korea; the

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which is co-sanctioned by the

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, and the Shinhan Donghae Open which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the

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. Most of the scheduled tournaments were cancelled during 2020 due to

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. On 25 December 2020, the tour announced the schedule for 2021 and confirmed that it would be merged with the 2020 schedule to form the 2020–21 season.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 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

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Japan Golf 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 ...

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 ...