Yomiuri International

The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964,[1] and served as the season finale.

Yomiuri International

Tournament information
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Established	1962
Course(s)	Yomiuri Country Club
Tour(s)	Asia Golf Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Month played	March/April
Final year	1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate	278 Peter Thomson (1962)
Final champion
Haruo Yasuda
Location Map
Yomiuri Country Club Location in Japan Yomiuri Country Club Location in Tokyo

In 1972, the tournament was cancelled by the sponsor, the Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper, because of political tensions[2] and replaced on the circuit by the Sobu International Open.[3]

Peter Thomson won the 1962 event, finishing eight strokes ahead of Canadian Al Balding.[4] The following year the event was won by Doug Sanders, five ahead of Hideyo Sugimoto.[5]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score (total)	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Notes
1971	Haruo Yasuda	282	Playoff[lower-alpha 1]	Kosaku Shimada	[6]
1970	David Graham	286	3 strokes	Walter Godfrey	[7]
1969	Guy Wolstenholme	288	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara	[8]
1968	Chen Ching-Po	283	2 strokes	Tomoo Ishii	[9]
1967	Mitsutaka Kono	282	1 stroke	Koichi Ono	[10]
1966	Hugh Boyle	286	2 strokes	Ted Ball	[11]
1965	Frank Phillips	288	1 stroke	Chen Ching-Po	[12]
1964[lower-alpha 2]	Hideyo Sugimoto
1963	Doug Sanders	289	5 strokes	Hideyo Sugimoto	[5]
1962	Peter Thomson	278	8 strokes	Al Balding	[4]

1. Yasuda won with a bogey on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.
2. The Yomiuri International was not part of the Far East Circuit in 1964.

References

1. "Japan out of this year's F-E circuit". The Straits Times. 25 January 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
2. "Yomiuri is out". New Nation. 9 February 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
3. "Asian golf circuit gets underway". New Nation. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
4. "Thomson's double". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 4.
5. "Sanders's Tokio win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 March 1963. p. 6.
6. "Yasuda's title in 3-hole playoff". The Straits Times. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
7. "Graham wins Yomiuri Open in fine style". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
8. "Wolstenholme pips Sugihara in Yomiuri". The Straits Times. 14 April 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
9. "Rivals crack up and Chen is the champion". The Straits Times. 8 April 1968. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
10. "Yomiuri Open to Japanese". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 April 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
11. "Japanese golf to Irishman". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 April 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
12. "Phillips Takes Yomiuri Open". The Age. 5 April 1965. p. 24.