THIRD QUALIFYING STAGE

Third Qualifying Tournament will be held at 3 venues. Approximately 90 players are expected to participate at each of the Third Qualifying Stage venues. The number of players who will advance to the Final 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 the Final Qualifying Stage will be announced prior to the commencement of the Qualifying Tournament.

Eligibility

  • Qualifiers from the 2025 Second Qualifying Stage.
  • Tour Members in the 2025.
  • The next ten (10) highest ranked players on the 2025 Japan Golf Tour Official Money Ranking Following the top 65 finishers as defined in Section 10-1(5) of the Tournament Regulations (excluding those who did not meet the Minimum Tournament Requirements set forth in Section 10-3(3) of the Tournament Regulations). No replacement takes place even if a player falling under this category is otherwise eligible under clause (1) or (2) above, or does not apply to enter the Qualifying Tournament in accordance with Section 15 below.
  • Players who were eligible for the 2025 ACN Tour under Special Medical Extension as provided in Section 17-1(5) of the Tournament Regulations, and failed to retain their exempt status for the following year (Excludes players who have already exercised this Eligibility by returning to the previous year).
  • The top 30 players from the 2025 final ACN Tour Official Point Ranking.
  • Players who were exempt for U.S. PGA Tour or European Tour in the 2024-25 based on its respective points rankings (This exemption only applies to U.S. PGA Tour members who had exempt status under “Top 125 from FedexCup Points List” category, and European Tour members who had exempt status under “Top 110 from Race to Dubai Points Ranking” category).
  • The top three (3) available players to a floor of 15th position on the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in the 2024 season.
  • The top three (3) available players to a floor of 15th position on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in the 2024/25 year.
  • The top three (3) available players to a floor of 15th position on the 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit (as of June 23rd, 2025).
  • The 1st place finisher of the 2024 “PGA of Japan's Qualification Pro Test for Tournament Player”.
  • Winners of the Japan Amateur Golf Championship, the Japan Collegiate Golf Championship, or the Low Amateur of the Japan Open Golf Championship in the current year (2025). (If the holder is a student, he may exercise this qualification once during the year of graduation in any year of his choice.)
  • The top three (3) available players to a floor of 15th position on the current year's World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of August 13th, 2025).
  • Other players approved by JGTO.

Dates and Play style, Venues

  • Date: From Tuesday, DEC 2nd to Friday DEC 5th, 2025 (4days)
    Designated Practice day: Monday, DEC 1st, 2025 (1day)
    Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, DEC 1st, 2025
    [ C ] ①Shizu-hills Country Club (Ibaraki) TEL:029-296-2111
    [ B ] ②J Classic Golf Club (Tokushima) TEL:088-695-5215
    [ B ] ③Shimonoseki Golden Golf Club (Yamaguchi) TEL: 083-282-2311

* 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 Final Qualifying Stage.
  • The passage rank of players who will proceed to the Final Stage will be determined based on the ratio and an announcement will be posted on the notice board located at each venue prior to the commencement of the tournament.
  • If the passers from the third stage to the final stage include those who have qualified for the next year’s tour eligibility (21) (top 19 players in the Challenge Tournament official money ranking), those passengers will be excluded.
  • 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, 4th round 18th hole scores, 17th hole scores and so on will be used as a tiebreaker.

Entry fee

220,000 yen
(inclusive of 20,000 yen consumption tax)
*Exemption for the Qualifiers from the 2023 Second Qualifying Stage

*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, SEP 24th, to Friday, OCT 24th, 2025
(Any application with the date of mailing indicated by the postmark on the envelope being OCT 24th 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 Tuesday, SEP 24th 10:00:00AM, to Friday, OCT 24th 23:59:59PM, 2025
※The deadline of the application for the Third Qualifying Stage eligibility category (1 ) 7,8,9 is Wednesday, JUL 2nd, 2025. (Any application with the date of mailing indicated by the postmark on the envelope being JUL 2nd, 2025 will be accepted.)
※The deadline of the application for the Third Qualifying Stage eligibility category (1 ) 3 is 5:00 PM of Sunday, NOV 30th, 2025, and 5 is 5:00 PM of Monday,OCT 27th, 2025.

How to apply to participate in JGTO Qualifying Tournaments

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 OCT 31st 2025. See 5.Regulations.

Withdrawal Deadline

5 PM on Friday, NOV 25th, 2025. See 5.Regulations.

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）


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