Japan Challenge Tour
Date Tournament Winner
11 Apr Novil Cup Soushi Tajima
21 May Toshin Challenge Akira Endo
28 May Fuji Country Kanai Club Challenge Cup Dinesh Chand
11 Jun Tohoku Yakurai Cup Dinesh Chand
19 Jun Shizu Hills Tommy Cup Sushi Ishigaki
25 Jun Tokyu Resort Nasu JGTO Challenge Chen Chih Chiang
15 Jul Boso Country Cup Masayoshi Nakayama
20 Aug Hatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge Tournament Satoshi Kodaira ( a )
10 Sep SRIXON Challenge Shunta Maeawakura
17 Sep Itsuurateien JGTO Challenge 2 Hirohito Koizumi
22 Oct JGTO Novil Final Park Sung-joon
Tournament schedules -- 2010 season
The Japan Challenge Tour is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. It has been in operation since 1985. The 2018 schedule featured 12 tournaments, with prize funds of mostly ¥15 million. This is about 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. In 2018, internet television provider AbemaTV became the tour's sponsor. 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.