| Year: | 2013 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 25 |
| Most Wins: |  Hideki Matsuyama (4) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Hideki Matsuyama |
| Honor2: | Most Valuable Player |
| Honoree2: | Hideki Matsuyama |
| Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree3: | Hideki Matsuyama |
| Prevseason: | 2012 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
The 2013 Japan Golf Tour was the 41st 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.
The first two tournaments of the year were new to the Japan Golf Tour and were played in Thailand and Indonesia; both being co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour.[1] [2]
The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar | Thailand | US$1,000,000 |  Prayad Marksaeng (4) | 18 | New to Japan Golf Tour | |||
| 31 Mar | Indonesia | US$1,000,000 |  Choi Ho-sung (1) | 12 | New to Japan Golf Tour | |||
| 21 Apr | Mie | 130,000,000 | Yoshinobu Tsukada (1) | 16 | ||||
| 28 Apr | Hyōgo | 120,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (2) | 16 | ||||
| 5 May | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Michio Matsumura (3) | 16 | ||||
| 19 May | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Kim Hyung-sung (2) | 16 | Japan major | |||
| 2 Jun | Ibaraki | 120,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (3) | 16 | ||||
| 23 Jun | Ibaraki | 150,000,000 | Satoshi Kodaira (1) | 18 | Japan major | |||
| 30 Jun | Okayama | 110,000,000 |  Brendan Jones (13) | 16 | ||||
| 7 Jul | Hokkaidō | 150,000,000 | Shunsuke Sonoda (2) | 16 | ||||
| 25 Aug | Hyōgo | 60,000,000 | Brad Kennedy (2) | 16 | ||||
| 1 Sep | Fukuoka | 110,000,000 | Park Sung-joon (1) | 16 | ||||
| 8 Sep | Yamanashi | 110,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (4) | 16 | ||||
| 22 Sep | Hokkaidō | 110,000,000 | Koumei Oda (6) | 16 | ||||
| 29 Sep | Osaka | 150,000,000 | Masahiro Kawamura (1) | 16 | ||||
| 6 Oct | Aichi | 120,000,000 | Shingo Katayama (27) | 16 | ||||
| 13 Oct | Gifu Prefecture | Gifu | 90,000,000 | Yoshinori Fujimoto (2) | 16 | |||
| 20 Oct | Ibaraki | 200,000,000 | Masanori Kobayashi (3) | 32 | Flagship event | |||
| 27 Oct | Chiba | 150,000,000 | Daisuke Maruyama (3) | 16 | ||||
| 3 Nov | Hyōgo | 150,000,000 | Yuta Ikeda (11) | 16 | ||||
| 10 Nov | Ibaraki | 200,000,000 |  Wu Ashun (2) | 16 | New tournament | |||
| 17 Nov | Shizuoka | 150,000,000 | Hideto Tanihara (10) | 16 | ||||
| 24 Nov | Miyazaki | 200,000,000 | Luke Donald (n/a) | 26 | ||||
| 1 Dec | Kōchi | 200,000,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (5) | 18 | ||||
| 8 Dec | Tokyo | 130,000,000 | Yūsaku Miyazato (1) | 18 | Japan major |
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 | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$8,000,000 | Adam Scott | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 12 May | Chiba | 50,000,000 | n/a | Pro-Am | ||||
| 16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$8,000,000 | Justin Rose | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £5,250,000 |  Phil Mickelson | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 11 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 | Jason Dufner | 100 | Major championship | ||
| 15 Dec | Chiba | 57,000,000 | n/a | Team event |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[4] [5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 201,076,781 | ||
| 2 | 125,824,405 | ||
| 3 | 112,557,810 | ||
| 4 | 112,506,906 | ||
| 5 | 93,402,445 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Tour: | Japan Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 15 |
| Most Wins: | Kwon Ki-taek (2) |
| Honor1: | Money list |
| Honoree1: | Kwon Ki-taek |
| Prevseason: | 2012 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
The 2013 Japan Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Japan Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the Japan Golf Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[7]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (¥) | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Apr | Novil Cup | Tokushima | 15,000,000 | Jang Dong-kyu (1) | |
| 19 Apr | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | Kyoto | 10,000,000 | Paul Sheehan (2) | |
| 24 May | Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup | Gifu | 10,000,000 | Ryuichi Kondo (1) | |
| 7 Jun | ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament | Chiba | 15,000,000 | Hiroyuki Nagamatsu (1) | |
| 14 Jun | Akita TV Minami Akita CC JGTO Challenge I | Akita | 10,000,000 | Sachio Sugiyama (1) | |
| 5 Jul | Landic VanaH Cup KBC Augusta Challenge | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Kwon Ki-taek (1) | |
| 26 Jul | Heiwa PGM Challenge II Road to Championship | Saga | 10,000,000 | Genki Yanase (1) | |
| 2 Aug | Daisen GC JGTO Challenge II | Tottori | 10,000,000 | Masayuki Kawamura (1) | |
| 16 Aug | ROYZE Corporation Cup in FukuokaRaizan | Fukuoka | 10,000,000 | Kwon Ki-taek (2) | |
| 6 Sep | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup in Boso | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Masamichi Ito (1) | |
| 13 Sep | Dragon Cup | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Toru Suzuki (1) | |
| 22 Sep | Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament | Tochigi | 15,000,000 | Shinji Tomimura (1) | |
| 28 Sep | Elite Grips JGTO Challenge III | Mie | 10,000,000 | Hirotaro Naito (2) | |
| 11 Oct | Heiwa PGM Challenge III Road to Championship | Ibaraki | 10,000,000 | Katsunori Kuwabara (2) | |
| 25 Oct | JGTO Novil Final | Chiba | 10,000,000 | Yoshitaka Takeya (1) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen.[8] [9] The top nine players on the money list earned status to play on the 2014 Japan Golf Tour.[10]
| Position | Player | Prize money (¥) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,326,885 | ||
| 2 | 4,624,751 | ||
| 3 | 4,317,268 | ||
| 4 | 3,906,859 | ||
| 5 | 3,826,416 | ||
| 6 | 3,577,208 | ||
| 7 | 3,521,648 | ||
| 8 | 3,190,528 | ||
| 9 | 3,097,840 |