| Japan Challenge Tour | |
| Current Season: | 2024 Japan Challenge Tour |
| Pixels: | 150px |
| Formerly: | AbemaTV Tour |
| Sport: | Golf |
| Founded: | 1985 |
| Inaugural: | 1985 |
| Countries: | Based in Japan |
| Most Champs: | Tournament wins: Gohei Sato (5) Masamichi Uehira (5) |
| Related Comps: | Japan Golf Tour |
The Japan Challenge Tour, currently titled as the Abema Tour for sponsorships reasons, is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. It has been in operation since 1985.
In 2023, the schedule featured 12 tournaments, with prize funds of mostly .[1] This is about a tenth of the level of prize money per event on offer on the main Japan Golf Tour, with the main tour also having a longer season.
In January 2018, the tour signed a sponsor title agreement with AbemaTV, being renamed as the AbemaTV Tour for the 2018 season onwards.[2] The agreement lasted until the end of the 2024 season.[3]
In July 2018, it was also announced that the tour would be included into the Official World Golf Ranking starting in 2019, with the winner receiving a minimum of 4 points for a 54-hole event.[4]
The top 20 players earn entry into the Japan Golf Tour.[5]
| Season | Winner | Prize money (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 5,259,789 | ||
| 11,253,106 | ||
| 7,798,551 | ||
| 10,922,467 | ||
| 6,797,444 | ||
| 7,256,163 | ||
| 3,787,591 | ||
| 5,509,115 | ||
| 4,479,531 | ||
| 7,444,288 | ||
| 5,326,885 | ||
| 4,607,237 | ||
| 5,846,275 | ||
| 4,780,625 | ||
| 6,136,154 | ||
| 6,329,033 | ||
| 6,685,183 | ||
| 7,710,069 | ||
| 5,070,263 | ||
| 4,199,650 | ||
| 3,082,833 | ||
| 4,124,935 | ||
| 5,150,264 | ||
| 3,851,250 | ||
| 3,461,294 | ||
| No information known | ||
| 1997 | ||
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| 1985 |