Japan Open Golf Championship
The Japan Open Golf Championship (日本オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Nihon ōpun gorufu senshu kenkyōgi) is Japan's national open golf championship. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rittō, Shiga in 2021 |
| Established | 1927 |
| Course(s) | Biwako Country Club in 2021 |
| Organized by | JGA |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥210,000,000 |
| Month played | October |
| Current champion | |
 Yuki Inamori | |
| Location Map | |
  Biwako Country Club Location in Japan  Biwako Country Club Biwako Country Club (Shiga Prefecture) | |
The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million in 2021; it is also the tour's designated "Flagship event" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, with a minimum winner's points allocation of 32 points. The winner also receives an invitation to the following year's Open Championship.
Winners
| Year | Champion | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (¥) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Yuki Inamori (2) | 275 | −5 | 1 stroke | Hideto Tanihara | 31,500,000 | Murasaki CC (Sumire) |
| 2019 |  Chan Kim | 285 | +1 | 1 stroke | Mikumu Horikawa Shaun Norris | 42,000,000 | Koga GC |
| 2018 | Yuki Inamori | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes | Shaun Norris | 40,000,000 | Yokohama CC (West) |
| 2017 | Yuta Ikeda (2) | 272 | −8 | 1 stroke | Takumi Kanaya | 40,000,000 | Gifuseki CC |
| 2016 | Hideki Matsuyama | 275 | −5 | 3 strokes | Yuta Ikeda Lee Kyoung-hoon | 40,000,000 | Sayama GC |
| 2015 | Satoshi Kodaira | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Yuta Ikeda | 40,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai GC (East) |
| 2014 | Yuta Ikeda | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Shingo Katayama Satoshi Kodaira | 40,000,000 | Chiba CC (Umesato) |
| 2013 | Masanori Kobayashi | 274 | −10 | 3 strokes | Koumei Oda | 40,000,000 | Ibaraki GC (East) |
| 2012 | Kenichi Kuboya | 292 | +8 | 1 stroke |  Juvic Pagunsan | 40,000,000 | Naha GC |
| 2011 | Bae Sang-moon | 282 | −2 | Playoff | Kenichi Kuboya | 40,000,000 | Takanodai CC |
| 2010 | Kim Kyung-tae | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | Hiroyuki Fujita | 40,000,000 | Aichi CC |
| 2009 | Ryuichi Oda | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Yasuharu Imano Ryo Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Musashi CC (Toyooka) |
| 2008 | Shingo Katayama (2) | 283 | −1 | 4 strokes | Ryo Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Koga GC |
| 2007 | Toru Taniguchi (2) | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Shingo Katayama | 40,000,000 | Sagamihara GC (East) |
| 2006 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Paul Sheehan | 277 | −7 | 3 strokes | Azuma Yano | 40,000,000 | Kasumigaseki CC (West) |
| 2005 | Shingo Katayama | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes | Ryoken Kawagishi Craig Parry | 24,000,000 | Hirono GC |
| 2004 | Toru Taniguchi | 285 | −3 | 4 strokes | Toshimitsu Izawa David Smail Yeh Wei-tze | 24,000,000 | Katayamazu GC (Hakusan) |
| 2003 | Keiichiro Fukabori | 276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Yasuharu Imano | 24,000,000 | Nikko CC |
| 2002 | David Smail | 271 | −9 | 4 strokes | Kim Jong-duck | 24,000,000 | Shimonoseki GC |
| 2001 | Taichi Teshima | 277 | −7 | 4 strokes | Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 24,000,000 | Tokyo GC |
| 2000 | Naomichi Ozaki (2) | 281 | −3 | 1 stroke | Lin Keng-chi | 24,000,000 | Takanodai CC |
| 1999 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Naomichi Ozaki | 298 | +10 | 2 strokes | Kazuhiko Hosokawa Nobumitsu Yuhara | 24,000,000 | Otaru CC |
| 1998 | Hidemichi Tanaka | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Naomichi Ozaki | 24,000,000 | Oarai GC |
| 1997 | Craig Parry | 286 | +2 | 1 stroke | Frankie Miñoza Seiki Okuda Masashi Ozaki | 24,000,000 | Koga GC |
| 1996 | Peter Teravainen | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes | Frankie Miñoza | 24,000,000 | Ibaraki CC (West) |
| 1995 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 277 | −7 | 1 stroke | Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 16,200,000 | Kasumigaseki CC (East) |
| 1994 | Masashi Ozaki (5) | 270 | −18 | 13 strokes | David Ishii Hideki Kase | 18,000,000 | Yokkaichi CC |
| 1993 | Seiki Okuda | 281 | −3 | 5 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | 18,000,000 | Biwako CC |
| 1992 | Masashi Ozaki (4) | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brent Franklin Masahiro Kuramoto | 18,000,000 | Ryugasaki CC |
| 1991 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) | 290 | +2 | Playoff | Noboru Sugai | 18,000,000 | Shimonoseki GC |
| 1990 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | 18,000,000 | Otaru CC |
| 1989 | Masashi Ozaki (3) | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | Brian Jones | 10,000,000 | Nagoya GC (Wago) |
| 1988 | Masashi Ozaki (2) | 288 | +4 | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 10,000,000 | Tokyo GC |
| 1987 | Isao Aoki (2) | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Tsuneyuki Nakajima Nobuo Serizawa | 10,000,000 | Arima Royal GC |
| 1986 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki Masashi Ozaki | 10,000,000 | Totsuka CC (West) |
| 1985 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | Hiroshi Makino | 10,000,000 | Higashinagoya CC |
| 1984 | Koichi Uehara | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Koichi Suzuki | 10,000,000 | Ranzan CC |
| 1983 | Isao Aoki | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Terry Gale | 8,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai GC |
| 1982 | Akira Yabe | 277 | −7 | 5 strokes | Yutaka Hagawa Naomichi Ozaki | 8,000,000 | Musashi CC (Toyooka) |
| 1981 | Yutaka Hagawa | 280 | E | 1 stroke | Kenji Mori Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 8,000,000 | Nihon Line GC |
| 1980 | Shoji Kikuchi | 296 | E | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki Kazuo Yoshikawa | 8,000,000 | Sagamihara GC (East) |
| 1979 | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | 285 | −3 | Playoff | Isao Aoki Koichi Uehara Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 8,000,000 | Hino GC |
| 1978 |  Seve Ballesteros (2) | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Graham Marsh | 10,000,000 | Yokohama CC (West) |
| 1977 | Seve Ballesteros | 284 | E | 1 stroke | Takashi Murakami | 10,000,000 | Narashino CC |
| 1976 | Kosaku Shimada | 288 | −4 | 1 stroke | Tōru Nakamura Takashi Murakami | 10,000,000 | Central GC (East) |
| 1975 | Takashi Murakami | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Seiichi Kanai | 8,000,000 | Kasugai CC (East) |
| 1974 | Masashi Ozaki | 279 | −13 | 1 stroke | Takashi Murakami | 6,000,000 | Central GC (East) |
| 1973 | Ben Arda | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Isao Aoki | 4,500,000 | Ibaraki CC (West) |
| 1972 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Han Chang-sang | 278 | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki | Otone CC (East) | ||
| 1971 | Yoshimasa Fujii | 282 | Playoff | Hideyo Sugimoto | Aichi CC | ||
| 1970 | Mitsuhiro Kitta | 282 | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki | Musashi CC (Sasai) | ||
| 1969 | Hideyo Sugimoto | 284 | 1 stroke | Shigeru Uchida | Ono GC | ||
| 1968 | Takaaki Kono | 284 | 1 stroke | Kikuo Arai Bruce Devlin Namio Takasu | Sobu CC (East & Middle) | ||
| 1967 | Tadashi Kitta | 282 | 3 strokes | Tomoo Ishii Teruo Sugihara | Hirono GC | ||
| 1966 | Seiichi Sato | 285 | 1 stroke | Chen Ching-Po Tadashi Kitta Shozo Miyamoto | Sodegaura CC | ||
| 1965 | Tadashi Kitta | 284 | 1 stroke | Seiji Kumada Shigeru Uchida Kenji Unno | Miyoshi CC | ||
| 1964 | Hideyo Sugimoto | 288 | 1 stroke | Chen Ching-Po Kokuni Kimoto | Tokyo GC | ||
| 1963 | Toichiro Toda | 283 | 2 strokes | Teruo Sugihara | Yokkaichi CC | ||
| 1962 | Teruo Sugihara | 287 | 2 strokes | Chen Ching-Po | Chiba CC (Umesato) | ||
| 1961 | Kenji Hosoishi | 289 | Playoff | Chen Ching-Po Hsieh Yung-yo Isao Katsumata Koichi Ono[lower-alpha 1] | Takanodai CC | ||
| 1960 | Haruyoshi Kobari[lower-alpha 2] | 294 | 5 strokes | Yoshimasa Fujii Orville Moody Shiro Matsuda Koichi Ono[lower-alpha 1] | Hirono GC | ||
| 1959 | Chen Ching-Po | 296 | Playoff | Yumasa Shimamura | Sagamihara GC | ||
| 1958 | Torakichi Nakamura | 288 | 4 strokes | Yoshiro Hayashi | Takanodai CC | ||
| 1957 | Haruyoshi Kobari | 288 | 6 strokes | Tomoo Ishii | Aichi CC | ||
| 1956 | Torakichi Nakamura | 285 | 8 strokes | Haruyoshi Kobari | Kasumigaseki GC (West) | ||
| 1955 | Koichi Ono[lower-alpha 1] | 291 | 5 strokes | Chin Sei-Sui | Hirono GC | ||
| 1954 | Yoshiro Hayashi | 293 | 3 strokes | Michio Ishii Haruyoshi Kobari | Tokyo GC | ||
| 1953 | Son Shi-Kin[lower-alpha 1] | 291 | 1 stroke | Torakichi Nakamura | Takarazuka GC | ||
| 1952 | Torakichi Nakamura | 279 | 11 strokes | Shigeru Ishii | Kawana Hotel (Fuji) | ||
| 1951 | Son Shi-Kin[lower-alpha 1] | 288 | 3 strokes | Koshio Kurihara | Naruo GC | ||
| 1950 | Yoshiro Hayashi | 288 | 1 stroke | Yumasa Shimamura | Abiko GC | ||
| 1942–49: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
| 1941 | Tokuharu Nobuhara | 290 | 3 strokes | Torakichi Nakamura | Hodogaya CC | ||
| 1940 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | 285 | 2 strokes | Toichiro Toda | Tokyo GC (Asaka) | ||
| 1939 | Toichiro Toda | 287 | 5 strokes | Chin Sei-Sui | Hirono GC | ||
| 1938 | Rin Man-Puku | 294 | 3 strokes | Toichiro Toda | Fujisawa CC | ||
| 1937 | Chin Sei-Sui | 284 | 7 strokes | Rokuzo Asami | Sagami CC | ||
| 1936 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | 293 | 1 stroke | Chin Sei-Sui | Naruo GC | ||
| 1935 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | 296 | 8 strokes | Toichiro Toda | Tokyo GC (Asaka) | ||
| 1934 | No tournament due to flood damage | ||||||
| 1933 | Kanekichi Nakamura | 294 | 9 strokes | Chin Sei-Sui.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Larry Montes | Kasumigaseki CC (East) | ||
| 1932 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | 298 | 1 stroke | Akira Muraki | Ibaraki CC | ||
| 1931 | Rokuzo Asami | 281 | 4 strokes | Tomekichi Miyamoto | Hodogaya CC | ||
| 1930 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | 287 | 19 strokes | Kokichi Yasuda | Ibaraki CC | ||
| 1929 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | 298 | 2 strokes | Kokichi Yasuda | Ibaraki CC | ||
| 1928 | Rokuzo Asami | 301 | 7 strokes | Kokichi Yasuda | Tokyo GC (Komazawa) | ||
| 1927 | Rokuro Akahoshi | 309 | 10 strokes | Rokuzo Asami | Hodogaya CC | ||
- Son Shi-Kin changed his name to Koichi Ono in 1954 or 1955.
- Defending champion Chen Ching-Po finished ahead of Kobari but was disqualified after signing for an incorrect score.
References
- Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
External links
- Official site (in Japanese)
- Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
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