Year-end world ranking
Japan Golf Tour — 1997
Final published week of 1997, December 28, 1997.
Greg Norman led the tour.
World ranking as at 1997-12-28, limited to players who earned ranking points on the Japan Golf Tour in 1997.
- 1Greg NormanAUSAUS
- 3Nick PriceZIMZIM
- 8Masashi OzakiJPNJPN
- 9Tom LehmanUSAUSA
- 10Mark O'MearaUSAUSA
- 15Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 19Tom WatsonUSAUSA
- 21Bernhard LangerGERGER
- 23Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 24Steve JonesUSAUSA
- 33Shigeki MaruyamaJPNJPN
- 36Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 37Brian WattsUSAUSA
- 39Craig StadlerUSAUSA
- 40Craig ParryAUSAUS
- 42Jose M OlazabalESPESP
- 46Naomichi Joe OzakiJPNJPN
- 51David FrostRSARSA
- 52Costantino RoccaITAITA
- 56Jeff SlumanUSAUSA
- 59Carlos FrancoPARPAR
- 60Retief GoosenRSARSA
- 62Mark BrooksUSAUSA
- 65Peter LonardAUSAUS
- 66Brandt JobeUSAUSA
- 68Fred FunkUSAUSA
- 69Frankie MinozaPHIPHI
- 71Tateo Jet OzakiJPNJPN
- 76Corey PavinUSAUSA
- 91Eduardo HerreraCOLCOL
- 92Yoshinori KanekoJPNJPN
- 95Peter SeniorAUSAUS
- 99Raymond RussellSCOSCO
- 100Russ CochranUSAUSA
- 108Miguel A JimenezESPESP
- 115Hajime MeshiaiJPNJPN
- 121Hisayuki SasakiJPNJPN
- 122Shoichi KuwabaraJPNJPN
- 129Hiroyuki FujitaJPNJPN
- 132Todd HamiltonUSAUSA
- 142David IshiiUSAUSA
- 147Keiichiro FukaboriJPNJPN
- 148Glen DayUSAUSA
- 150Hirofumi MiyaseJPNJPN
- 152Toshiaki OdateJPNJPN
- 159Kazuhiko HosokawaJPNJPN
- 164Tsukasa WatanabeJPNJPN
- 166Toru SuzukiJPNJPN
- 167Eiji MizoguchiJPNJPN
- 169Peter TeravainenUSAUSA
- 170Mitsutaka KusakabeJPNJPN
- 180Robert GamezUSAUSA
- 183Toshimitsu IzawaJPNJPN
- 185Kenichi KuboyaJPNJPN
- 188Shinichi YokotaJPNJPN
- 190Pete JordanUSAUSA
- 193Hidemichi TanakaJPNJPN
- 194Katsunori KuwabaraJPNJPN
- 197Yoshi MizumakiJPNJPN
- 198Kevin WentworthUSAUSA
- 203Taichi TeshimaJPNJPN
- 204Tommy NakajimaJPNJPN
- 205Katsuyoshi TomoriJPNJPN
- 207Shigemasa HigakiJPNJPN
- 212Masanobu KimuraJPNJPN
- 215Mitsuo HaradaJPNJPN
- 217Nobuhito SatoJPNJPN
- 217Yeh Chang-TingTPETPE
- 227Jongduk KimKORKOR
- 234Roger MackayAUSAUS
- 235Stewart GinnAUSAUS
- 236Satoshi HigashiJPNJPN
- 238Kaname YokooJPNJPN
- 242Nobuo SerizawaJPNJPN
- 246Rick GibsonCANCAN
- 249Hideki KaseJPNJPN
- 251Kiyoshi MaitaJPNJPN
- 252Zaw MoeSGPSGP
- 254Hideyuki SatoJPNJPN
- 256Tsuyoshi YoneyamaJPNJPN
- 269Seiki OkudaJPNJPN
- 271Toru TaniguchiJPNJPN
- 273Toru NakamuraJPNJPN
- 274Yoshikazu SakamotoJPNJPN
- 286Chris SmithUSAUSA
- 289Shigenori MoriJPNJPN
- 303Chen Tze-ChungTPETPE
- 304Kazuo KanayamaJPNJPN
- 304Kouki IdokiJPNJPN
- 308Ryoken KawagishiJPNJPN
- 314Peter McWhinneyAUSAUS
- 315Hidezumi ShirakataJPNJPN
- 320Katsunari TakahashiJPNJPN
- 321Katsumasa MiyamotoJPNJPN
- 326Shingo KatayamaJPNJPN
- 326Shusaku SugimotoJPNJPN
- 332Kazuhiro TakamiJPNJPN
- 349Masahiro KuramotoJPNJPN
- 350Takaaki FukuzawaJPNJPN
- 352Nobumitsu YuharaJPNJPN
1997 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.