Japan Airlines Championship

Japan Airlines Championship
Tournament information
Location Narita, Chiba, Japan
Established 2017
Course(s) Narita Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Format Stroke play - 54 holes
(no cut)
Prize fund $2,500,000
Month played September
Tournament record score
Aggregate 202 Colin Montgomerie (2017)
To par −14 as above
Current champion
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
Narita
Location in Japan

The Japan Airlines Championship is a professional golf tournament in Japan on the PGA Tour Champions, played at Narita Golf Club in Narita, Chiba, Japan. The inaugural edition in September 2017 featured an 81-player field competing for a $2.5 million purse, and was a no-cut, 54-hole event.

Colin Montgomerie won the inaugural event by one stroke over Billy Mayfair and Scott McCarron.[1]

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Purse ($)
2017Sep 8–10Colin Montgomerie Scotland202−141 stroke2,500,000

References

  1. "Colin Montgomerie wins PGA Tour Champions event in Japan". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 September 2017.

Coordinates: 35°28′N 140°11′E / 35.46°N 140.19°E / 35.46; 140.19

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