Japan Open Golf Championship

Japan Open
Tournament information
Location Varies – Kanagawa in 2018
Established 1927
Course(s) Varies – Yokohama Country Club in 2018
Organized by JGA
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥200,000,000
Month played October
Current champion
Japan Yuki Inamori
Kanagawa
Location in Japan

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. As of 2016, it is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥200 million. It is also the tour's designated "Premier 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 next year's Open Championship.

Winners

YearChampionCountryVenueLocationScoreWinner's
share (¥)
2018Yuki Inamori JapanYokohama Country Club, West CourseYokohama, Kanagawa270 (−14)40,000,000
2017Yuta Ikeda (2) JapanGifuseki Country ClubSeki, Gifu272 (−8)40,000,000
2016Hideki Matsuyama JapanSayama Golf ClubIruma, Saitama275 (−5)40,000,000
2015Satoshi Kodaira JapanRokko Kokusai Golf Club, East CourseKobe, Hyōgo275 (−13)40,000,000
2014Yuta Ikeda JapanChiba Country Club, Umesato CourseNoda, Chiba270 (−10)40,000,000
2013Masanori Kobayashi JapanIbaraki Golf Club, East CourseTsukubamirai, Ibaraki274 (−10)40,000,000
2012Kenichi Kuboya JapanNaha Golf ClubYaese, Okinawa292 (+8)40,000,000
2011Bae Sang-moon South KoreaTakanodai Country ClubChiba, Chiba282 (−2)40,000,000
2010Kim Kyung-tae South KoreaAichi Country ClubNagoya, Aichi271 (−13)40,000,000
2009Ryuichi Oda JapanMusashi Country Club, Toyooka CourseIruma, Saitama282 (−6)40,000,000
2008Shingo Katayama (2) JapanKoga Golf ClubKoga, Fukuoka283 (−1)40,000,000
2007Toru Taniguchi (2) JapanSagamihara Golf Club, East CourseSagamihara, Kanagawa283 (−5)40,000,000
2006Paul Sheehan AustraliaKasumigaseki Country Club, West CourseKawagoe, Saitama277 (−7)40,000,000
2005Shingo Katayama JapanHirono Golf ClubKobe, Hyōgo282 (−2)24,000,000
2004Toru Taniguchi JapanKatayamazu Golf Club, Hakusan CourseKaga, Ishikawa285 (−3)24,000,000
2003Keiichiro Fukabori JapanNikko Country ClubNikkō, Tochigi276 (−8)24,000,000
2002David Smail New ZealandShimonoseki Golf ClubShimonoseki, Yamaguchi271 (−9)24,000,000
2001Taichi Teshima JapanTokyo Golf ClubSayama, Saitama277 (−7)24,000,000
2000Naomichi Ozaki (2) JapanTakanodai Country ClubChiba, Chiba281 (−3)24,000,000
1999Naomichi Ozaki JapanOtaru Country ClubOtaru, Hokkaido298 (+10)24,000,000
1998Hidemichi Tanaka JapanOarai Golf ClubŌarai, Ibaraki283 (−5)24,000,000
1997Craig Parry AustraliaKoga Golf ClubKoga, Fukuoka286 (+2)24,000,000
1996Peter Teravainen United StatesIbaraki Country Club, West CourseTsukubamirai, Ibaraki282 (−2)24,000,000
1995Toshimitsu Izawa JapanKasumigaseki Country Club, East CourseKawagoe, Saitama277 (−7)16,200,000
1994Masashi Ozaki (5) JapanYokkaichi Country ClubMie Prefecture270 (−18)18,000,000
1993Seiki Okuda JapanBiwako Country ClubShiga Prefecture281 (−3)18,000,000
1992Masashi Ozaki (4) JapanRyugasaki Country ClubIbaraki Prefecture277 (−11)18,000,000
1991Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) JapanShimonoseki Golf ClubShimonoseki, Yamaguchi290 (+2)18,000,000
1990Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) JapanOtaru Country ClubOtaru, Hokkaido281 (−7)18,000,000
1989Masashi Ozaki (3) JapanNagoya Golf Club, Wago CourseTōgō, Aichi274 (−6)10,000,000
1988Masashi Ozaki (2) JapanTokyo Golf ClubSayama, Saitama288 (+4)10,000,000
1987Isao Aoki (2) JapanArima Royal GCKobe, Hyōgo279 (−9)10,000,000
1986Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) JapanTotsuka Country Club, West CourseYokohama, Kanagawa284 (−4)10,000,000
1985Tsuneyuki Nakajima JapanHigashinagoya Country ClubToyota, Aichi285 (−3)10,000,000
1984Koichi Uehara JapanRanzan Country ClubRanzan, Saitama283 (−5)10,000,000
1983Isao Aoki JapanRokko Kokusai Golf ClubKobe, Hyōgo281 (−7)8,000,000
1982Akira Yabe JapanMusashi Country Club, Toyooka CourseIruma, Saitama277 (−7)8,000,000
1981Yutaka Hagawa JapanNihon Line Golf ClubKani, Gifu280 (E)8,000,000
1980Shoji Kikuchi JapanSagamihara Golf Club, East CourseSagamihara, Kanagawa296 (E)8,000,000
1979Kuo Chie-Hsiung TaiwanHino Golf ClubGamō, Shiga285 (−3)8,000,000
1978Seve Ballesteros (2) SpainYokohama Country Club, West CourseYokohama, Kanagawa281 (−7)10,000,000
1977Seve Ballesteros SpainNarashino Country ClubKatori, Chiba284 (E)10,000,000
1976Kosaku Shimada JapanCentral Golf Club, East CourseNamegata, Ibaraki288 (−4)10,000,000
1975Takashi Murakami JapanKasugai Country Club, East CourseKasugai, Aichi278 (−10)8,000,000
1974Masashi Ozaki JapanCentral Golf Club, East CourseNamegata, Ibaraki279 (−13)6,000,000
1973Ben Arda PhilippinesIbaraki Country Club, West CourseTsukubamirai, Ibaraki278 (−10)4,500,000
1972Han Chang-sang South KoreaOtone Country Club, East CourseBando, Ibaraki??????

Future sites

YearCourseLocationDatesTimes hosted
2019Koga Golf Club[2]Koga, FukuokaOct TBA1997, 2008
2020Murasaki Country Club, Sumire CourseNoda, ChibaOct TBANever

Source:[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Son Shi-Kin changed his name to Koichi Ono in 1954 or 1955.
  2. ↑ "【2019年度（第84回）日本オープンゴルフ選手権開催コースを古賀ゴルフ・クラブに決定】" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Association. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  3. ↑ "JGA 日本ゴルフ協会 【2014年度(第79回)日本オープンゴルフ選手権競技】今後の開催コース" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Association. Retrieved October 5, 2014.

Coordinates: 35°25′26″N 139°38′57″E / 35.4238°N 139.6492°E / 35.4238; 139.6492

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