(D)：Difending Champion
| Date | Championships | Course | Venue | Champion | |
| 4/24 – 4/27 | Asian Tour Kirin Open Golf Championship | Ibaraki Golf Club West Course | IBARAKI | Jong-Duck Kim | |
| 6/26 – 6/29 |  |
30th 1997 Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship | Higashi Hirono Golf Club | HYOGO | Ayako Okamoto |
| 7/8 – 7/11 | 82nd 1997 Japan Amateur Golf Championship | Shimonoseki Golf Club | YAMAGUCHI | Chia-Yuh Hong | |
| 8/20 – 8/22 | 3rd 1997 Japan Junior Golf Championship Boy’s 15-17 Division | Kasumigaseki Country Club East Course | SAITAMA | Taichiro Kiyota | |
| 8/21 – 8/22 | 3rd 1997 Japan Junior Golf Championship Boy’s 12-14 Division | Kasumigaseki Country Club East Course | SAITAMA | Kodai Ichihara | |
| 8/21 – 8/22 | 3rd 1997 Japan Junior Golf Championship Girl’s 15-17 Division | Kasumigaseki Country Club East Course | SAITAMA | Atomi Shiota | |
| 8/21 – 8/22 | 3rd 1997 Japan Junior Golf Championship Girl’s 12-14 Division | Kasumigaseki Country Club East Course | SAITAMA | Akemi Sato | |
| 8/26 – 8/29 | 51st 1997 Japan Collegiate Golf Championship | Hino Golf Club King Course | SHIGA | Kentaro Yonekura | |
| 8/27 – 8/29 | 34th 1997 Japan Women’s Collegiate Golf Championship | Hino Golf Club King Course | SHIGA | Mayumi Nakajima | |
| 9/10 – 9/12 | 39th 1997 Japan Women’s Amateur Golf Championship | Takuma Country Club | KAGAWA | Mayumi Nakajima | |
| 10/2 – 10/5 | |
62nd 1997 Japan Open Golf Championship | Koga Golf Club | FUKUOKA | Craig Parry |
| 10/15 – 10/17 | 19th 1997 Japan Senior Golf Championship | Toride Kokusai Golf Club West Course | IBARAKI | Tetsuo Miura | |
| 10/16 – 10/17 | 4th 1997 Japan Mid-Senior Golf Championship | Toride Kokusai Golf Club East Course | IBARAKI | Masuo Morita | |
| 10/16 – 10/17 | 4th 1997 Japan Grand-Senior Golf Championship | Toride Kokusai Golf Club East Course | IBARAKI | Kinji Ando | |
| 10/23 – 10/24 | 5th 1997 Japan Women’s Senior Golf Championship | Three Lakes Country Club | MIE | Wakako Kato | |
| 10/28 – 10/31 | 6th 1997 Japan Amateur Match Play Golf Championship | Sagami Country Club | KANAGAWA | Tomohiro Kondo | |
| 10/28 – 10/31 | 6th 1997 Japan Women’s Amateur Match Play Golf Championship | Sagami Country Club | KANAGAWA | Shiho Oyama | |
| 11/12 – 11/14 | 2nd 1997 Japan Mid-Amateur Golf Championship | Kumamoto Kuko Country Club | KUMAMOTO | Yukio Imada | |
| 11/20 – 11/21 | 2nd 1997 Japan Women’s Mid-Amateur Golf Championship | Nishinomiya Country Club | HYOGO | Tamami Izumoto | |
| 11/27 – 11/30 | |
7th 1997 Japan Senior Open Golf Championship | Morinaga Takataki Country Club | CHIBA | Isao Aoki |