Japan Golf Tour Qualifying Tournament

FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE

First Qualifying Tournament will be held at 7 venues in Japan. 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 (2025) Qualifying Tournament.
Players who participated in one of the JGTO Qualifying Tournament held between 1999 and 2024.
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, SEP 1st to Friday SEP 4th, 2026 (4days)
Designated Practice day: Monday, AUG 31st, 2026 (1day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, AUG 31st, 2026
1.[ A ] Taiheiyo Club Sano Hillcrest Course (Tochigi) TEL:0283-62-8111
2.[ A ] Tomioka Club (Gunma) TEL: 0274-64-3311
Date: From Tuesday, SEP 8th to Friday, SEP 11th, 2026 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Monday, SEP 7th, 2026 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, SEP 7th, 2026
3.[ B ] Narayagyu Country Club (Nara) TEL:0742-93-0789
Date: From Tuesday, SEP 29th to Friday, OCT 2nd, 2026 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Monday, SEP 28th, 2026 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, SEP 28th, 2026
4.[ C ] Taiheiyo Club Shirakawa Resort (Fukushima) TEL:0248-85-2111
5.[ C ] Green-park Daisen Golf Club (Tottori) TEL:0859-64-2111
Date: From Tuesday, OCT 6th to Friday, OCT 9th, 2026 (4 days)
Designated practice day: Monday, OCT 5th, 2026 (1 day)
Registration: 7:00～12:00, Monday, OCT 5th, 2026
6.[ B ] Suginogo Country Club (Tochigi) TEL:0288-26-2111
7.[ B ] Rock Hill Golf Club Lake Course (Ibaraki) TEL:0295-56-3211

*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, 4th round 18th hole scores, 17th hole scores and so on will be used as a tiebreaker.

●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 Tuesday, JUN 9th, to Wednesday, JUL 8th, 2026
(Any application with the date of mailing indicated by the postmark on the envelope being JUL 8th 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, JUN 9th 10:00AM, to Wednesday, JUL 8th 5:00PM, 2026

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 29th, 2026.
See 5.Regulations.

Withdrawal Deadline

5 PM on Monday, AUG 17th, 2026
See 5.Regulations.

2026 ENTRY

First Qualifying Tournament
●Paper (Mail-in) Entry
6/9 (Tue) – 7/8 (Wed)
(Postmark valid on the day)
●Online Entry
From 10:00 a.m. on 6/9 (Tue)
Until 5:00 p.m. on 7/8 (Wed)
Second Qualifying Tournament
●Paper (Mail-in) Entry
8/12 (Wed) – 9/16 (Wed)
(Postmark valid on the day)
●Online Entry
From 10:00 a.m. on 8/12 (Wed)
Until 5:00 p.m. on 9/16 (Wed)
Third Qualifying Tournament
●Paper (Mail-in) Entry
9/28 (Mon) – 10/30 (Fri)
(Postmark valid on the day)
●Online Entry
From 10:00 a.m. on 9/28 (Mon)
Until 5:00 p.m. on 10/30 (Fri)
Final Qualifying Tournament
●Paper (Mail-in) Entry
11/4 (Wed) – 11/30 (Mon)
(Postmark valid on the day)
●Online Entry
From 10:00 a.m. on 11/4 (Wed)
Until 5:00 p.m. on 11/30 (Mon)

2026 SCHEDULE

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