1997 PGA of Japan Tour
The 1997 PGA of Japan Tour season was played from 13 March to 14 December. The season consisted of 36 official money events in Japan.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 1997 season. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.| Date | Tournament | Prize fund | Winner | OWGR points |
| 16 Mar | Token Corporation Cup | 100,000,000 |  Masashi Ozaki | 22 |
| 23 Mar | Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open | 100,000,000 | Hisayuki Sasaki | 18 |
| 30 Mar | Just System KSB Open | 70,000,000 | Keiichiro Fukabori | 16 |
| 6 Apr | Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup | 100,000,000 |  Peter Teravainen | 16 |
| 20 Apr | Tsuruya Open | 100,000,000 | Mitsuo Harada | 16 |
| 27 Apr | Kirin Open | 100,000,000 |  Kim Jong-duck | – |
| 4 May | The Crowns | 120,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki | 36 |
| 11 May | Fujisankei Classic | 120,000,000 | Kenichi Kuboya | 22 |
| 18 May | Japan PGA Championship | 100,000,000 | Shigeki Maruyama | 22 |
| 25 May | Ube Kosan Open | 100,000,000 | Shigenori Mori | 16 |
| 1 Jun | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | 120,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki | 18 |
| 8 Jun | JCB Classic Sendai | 100,000,000 | Nobuhito Sato | 18 |
| 15 Jun | Sapporo Tokyu Open | 100,000,000 | Hirofumi Miyase | 16 |
| 22 Jun | Yomiuri Open | 100,000,000 | Shigeki Maruyama | 18 |
| 29 Jun | Mizuno Open | 100,000,000 | Brian Watts | 22 |
| 6 Jul | PGA Philanthropy Tournament | 100,000,000 | Naomichi Ozaki | 16 |
| 13 Jul | Yonex Open Hiroshima | 80,000,000 | Naomichi Ozaki | 16 |
| 27 Jul | Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial | 100,000,000 |  Yeh Chang-ting | 20 |
| 3 Aug | NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | 60,000,000 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 16 |
| 10 Aug | Sanko Grand Summer Championship | 100,000,000 | Shoichi Kuwabara | 16 |
| 17 Aug | Acom International | 100,000,000 | Kazuo Kanayama | 16 |
| 31 Aug | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | 100,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki | 18 |
| 7 Sep | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | 80,000,000 | Shigeki Maruyama | 18 |
| 14 Sep | Suntory Open | 100,000,000 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 26 |
| 21 Sep | ANA Open | 100,000,000 | Shinichi Yokota | 28 |
| 28 Sep | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | 110,000,000 |  Eduardo Herrera | 22 |
| 5 Oct | Japan Open Golf Championship | 120,000,000 |  Craig Parry | 32 |
| 12 Oct | Tokai Classic | 110,000,000 | Brandt Jobe | 24 |
| 19 Oct | Golf Digest Tournament | 100,000,000 | Brandt Jobe | 16 |
| 26 Oct | Bridgestone Open | 120,000,000 | Masashi Ozaki | 28 |
| 2 Nov | Philip Morris Championship | 200,000,000 | Brian Watts | 26 |
| 16 Nov | Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | 150,000,000 |  Lee Westwood | 36 |
| 23 Nov | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | 200,000,000 | Tom Watson | 38 |
| 30 Nov | Casio World Open | 150,000,000 | Mitsutaka Kusakabe | 28 |
| 7 Dec | Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup | 100,000,000 | Shigeki Maruyama | 22 |
| 14 Dec | Daikyo Open | 120,000,000 | Kenichi Kuboya | 16 |
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