Japan Golf Tour Qualifying Tournament

FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE

First Qualifying Tournament will be held at all 7 venues in japan and 1 venue in USA. The number of players who will advance to the Second Qualifying Stage from each site will be determined so that each site has the same ratio of participating players qualifying at each venue. The number of qualifiers to advance to the Second Qualifying Stage will be announced prior to the commencement of the Qualifying Tournament.

Eligibility

Players who participated in the First Qualifying Stage, Second Qualifying Stage of the previous year's (2024) Qualifying Tournament.
Players who participated in one of the JGTO Qualifying Tournament held between 1999 and 2023.
Players who have forfeited their amateur status.
Players with a handicap of 3.0 or less that is calculated under the handicap system adopted by the Japan Golf Association or the national golf association of other countries.
Players who have been a member of the Japan Student Golf Association and have been recommended by their university golf team. And Players who have been a member of a high school golf team in Japan and have been recommended by their high school golf team.
Other players approved by JGTO.

Dates and Play style, Venues

　　●JAPAN

Date: From Tuesday, AUG 26th to Friday AUG 29th , 2025 (4days)
Designated Practice day: Monday, AUG 25th, 2025 (1day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, AUG 25th, 2025
1.[ A ] Taiheiyo Club Sano Hillcrest Course(Tochigi) TEL:0283-62-8111
Date: From Tuesday, SEP 2nd to Friday, SEP 5th, 2025 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Monday, SEP 1st, 2025 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, SEP 1st, 2025
2.[ A ] Tomioka Club (Gunma) TEL: 0274-64-3311
3.[ B ] Narayagyu Country Club (Nara) TEL:0742-93-0789
Date: From Tuesday, SEP 9th to Friday, SEP 12th, 2025 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Monday, SEP 8th, 2025 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, SEP 8th, 2025
4.[ A ] Ono Toyo Golf Club (Hyogo) TEL:0794-62-6881
Date: From Tuesday, SEP 30th to Friday, OCT 3rd, 2025 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Monday, SEP 1st, 2024 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, SEP 1st, 2024
5.[ C ] Taiheiyo Club Shirakawa Resort (Fukushima) TEL:0248-85-2111
6.[ C ] Green-park Daisen Golf Club (Tottori) TEL:0859-64-2111
Date: From Tuesday, OCT 7th to Friday, OCT 10th, 2025 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Monday, OCT 6th, 2025 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, OCT 6th, 2025
7.[ B ] Rock Hill Golf Club Lake Course (Ibaraki) TEL:0295-56-3211

　　●USA

Date: From Monday, JUN 30th to Thursday, JUL 3rd, 2025 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Sunday, JUN 29th, 2025 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, JUN 29th, 2025
1.[ C ] Oak Valley Golf Club (California)

*A:With caddy (You can play with your private caddy and cannot play without caddy)
B:Without caddy (You can play with your private caddy. Use the remote control cart)
C:Without caddy (You can play with your private caddy. Use the cart to drive by yourself)

Format

72 holes stroke play (18 holes on each day for 4 days).
After 72 holes, leading players from each venue will proceed to the Second Qualifying Stage.
The passage rank of players who will proceed to the Second Qualifying Stage will be determined based on the ratio of participants at each venue and an announcement will be posted on the notice board located at each venue prior to the commencement of the tournament.
In case of ties, the results of 4th round shall be used to break the ties. If it is not determined by the scores of the 4th round, 3rd round, 2nd round, 1st round

●JAPAN

Entry fee

220,000 yen
(inclusive of 20,000 yen consumption tax)

*Written Entry (Bank transfer only)
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATIN, HONTEN Branch
Account Number: 4860764
Name of Account Holder: Japan Golf Tour Organization
Swift Code: SMBCJPJT
Bank Address: 1-1-2 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 105-0005 Japan
* If you remit form the outside Japan, a transfer commission is charged also at the bank there and the bank in Japan. Ask a bank there about the transfer commission and add the charge when you transfer your entry fee.

*Web Entry
Credit card payment only

Application acceptance period and application terms

*Written Entry
From Wednesday, JUN 11th, to Wednesday, JUL 2nd, 2025
(Any application with the date of mailing indicated by the postmark on the envelope being JUL 10th will be accepted.)
※Applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis delivered to JGTO after the date of acceptance of accepting applications. Any applications received prior to the first day of accepting applications will be deemed to have been received on the second day of accepting applications.
※The payment for the entry fee is accepted prior to the entry date.

*Web Entry
From Wednesday, JUN 11th 10:00:00AM, to Wednesday, JUL 2nd 23:59:59PM, 2025

How to apply to participate in JGTO Qualifying Tournaments

See 5.Regulations.

Dates & Venue Confirmation

The tournament date, venue, confirmation number will be issued after the respective entry deadlines are closed and announce on Player My Page and JGTO Homepage no later than JUL 24th 2024.
See 5.Regulations.

Withdrawal Deadline

5 PM on Monday, AUG 18th, 2025
See 5.Regulations.

●USA

Entry fee

$3,150

*Entry
From Tuesday, APR 15th, to Tuesday, JUN 10th, 2025

How to apply to participate in JGTO Qualifying Tournaments

See 5.Regulations.

Withdrawal Deadline

If you cancel by Monday, June 23rd: $2,550 refund
If you cancel by Sunday, June 29th: $1,500 refund
If you cancel after that date: No refund

2025 ENTRY

First Qualifying Tournament
●JAPAN
6/11(Wed)~ 7/2(Wed)
(postmarked valid on the day)
●USA
4/15(Tue)~ 6/10(Tue)
(postmarked valid on the day)
Second Qualifying Tournament
●JAPAN
8/13(Wed)~ 9/10(Wed)
●USA
4/15(Tue)~ 7/5(Sat)
(postmarked valid on the day)
Third Qualifying Tournament
9/24(Wed)~ 10/24(Fri)
(postmarked valid on the day)
Final Qualifying Tournament
11/5(Wed)~ 12/1(Mon)
（postmarked valid on the day）

2025 SCHEDULE

1st First QT（72Holes） 2nd Second QT（72Holes） 3rd Third QT（72Holes） Final Final QT（72Holes）