30 players who dominated the 2021-22 prolonged season has gathered at Golf Nippon Series JT Cup. If Chan Kim, defending Champion and current No.1 on Money Rankings wins this week, he will be crowned with the Order of Merit Champion title.
There are only 4 players who has the chance to stop Chan from that glory. Ryosuke Kinoshita, who is current No.2 on Money List must finish above solo 2nd to take away the title. As for No.3 Takumi Kanaya, No.4 Rikuya Hoshino, and No.5 Yuki Inamori, winning is the only way to make their dream come true.
The Order of Merit race will finally end at the last tournament of the year. Among the powerful Top 30 players, World No.1 amateur Keita Nakajima joins as one of the star players. He received the exemption by winning at Panasonic Open in September, becoming 5th amateur to win at the professional tournament. He is the 3rd player to make appearance at JT Cup as an amateur, following Ryo Ishikawa in 2007 and Hideki Matsuyama in 2011.
Top 30 player at Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
Chan KIM
Ryosuke KINOSHITA
Takumi KANAYA
Rikuya HOSHINO
Yuki INAMORI
Mikumu HORIKAWA
Jinichiro KOZUMA
Tomoharu OTSUKI
Shugo IMAHIRA
Scott VINCENT
Hideto TANIHARA
Kazuki HIGA
Yosuke ASAJI
Yuta IKEDA
Hiroshi IWATA
Tomohiro ISHIZAKA
Naoyuki KATAOKA
Ryutaro NAGANO
Tomoyasu SUGIYAMA
Ryuichi OIWA
Ryuko TOKIMATSU
Todd BAEK
Tomoyo IKEMURA
Yusaku MIYAZATO
Mikiya AKUTSU
Kunihiro KAMII
Shingo KATAYAMA
Yuki FURUKAWA
Juvic PAGUNSAN
Keita NAKAJIMA (amateur)