Bridgestone Open

Bridgestone Open
Tournament information
Location Chiba, Chiba
Established 1972
Course(s) Sodegaura Country Club, Sodegaura Course
Par 71
Length 7,119 yards (6,510 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥150 million
Month played October
Tournament record score
Aggregate 265 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
To par −23 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
Current champion
Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu

The Bridgestone Open (ブリヂストンオープンゴルフトーナメント, Burijisuton ōpun gorufu tōnamento) is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1972 at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. In 1973, the event moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974 it has held at the Sodegaura Country Club. The tournament record is 265 (–23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2015 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.

The winner gets an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.[1]

Winners

YearPlayerCountry
2017Ryuko Tokimatsu Japan
2016Satoshi Kodaira Japan
2015Michio Matsumura Japan
2014Koumei Oda Japan
2013Daisuke Maruyama Japan
2012Toru Taniguchi (3) Japan
2011Toru Taniguchi (2) Japan
2010Yuta Ikeda (2) Japan
2009Yuta Ikeda Japan
2008Azuma Yano Japan
2007Shingo Katayama Japan
2006Taichi Teshima Japan
2005David Smail New Zealand
2004Toru Taniguchi Japan
2003Naomichi Ozaki Japan
2002Scott Laycock Australia
2001Toshimitsu Izawa Japan
2000Nobuhito Sato (2) Japan
1999Shigeki Maruyama (3) Japan
1998Nobuhito Sato Japan
1997Masashi Ozaki (2) Japan
1996Shigeki Maruyama (2) Japan
1995Shigeki Maruyama Japan
1994Brian Watts Canada
1993Ikuo Shirahama Japan
1992Masahiro Kuramoto (3) Japan
1991Isao Aoki Japan
1990Saburo Fujiki Japan
1989Roger Mackay Australia
1988Masashi Ozaki Japan
1987David Ishii Japan
1986Tateo Ozaki Japan
1985Masahiro Kuramoto (2) Japan
1984Masahiro Kuramoto Japan
1983Eitaro Deguchi Japan
1982Hsieh Min-Nan (2) Taiwan
1981Hale Irwin United States
1980Bob Gilder United States
1979Lanny Wadkins United States
1978Hiroshi Ishii (2) Japan
1977Fujio Kobayashi Japan
1976Takashi Murakami Japan
1975Yoshitaka Yamamoto Japan
1974Graham Marsh Australia
1973Hiroshi Ishii Japan
1972Hsieh Min-Nan Taiwan

References

  1. ↑ Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine.
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