Tsuruya Open

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The Tsuruya Open is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1994. The tournament's to-par record is -17 (271) set by Katsumasa Miyamoto in 1998. The aggregate record is 268 (-16) set by Brendan Jones in 2007. The course measures 6,770 yards and the par is 71. In 2008, the purse was ￥120,000,000 with ￥24,000,000 going to the winner.

[edit] Tournaments hosts

• 2005-2008 Yamanohara Golf Club (Yamanohara Course)
• 1994-2004 Sports Shinko Country Club (Yamanohara Course)

[edit] Winners

• 2008 SK Ho
• 2007 Brendan Jones
• 2006 Brendan Jones
• 2005 Naomichi Ozaki
• 2004 Brendan Jones
• 2003 Hirofumi Miyase
• 2002 Dean Wilson
• 2001 Hidemichi Tanaka
• 2000 Richard Backwell
• 1999 Naomichi Ozaki
• 1998 Katsumasa Miyamoto
• 1997 Mitsuo Harada
• 1996 Peter McWhinney
• 1995 Satoshi Higashi
• 1994 Tommy Nakajima

[edit] External links

• Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site - in English

v • d • e Japan Golf Tour Events Tournaments in playing order Token Homemate Cup · Tsuruya Open · The Crowns · Pine Valley Beijing Open (A) · Japan PGA Championship · Munsingwear Open KSB Cup · Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf · Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic · Japan Golf Tour Championship · Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup · Sun Chlorella Classic · KBC Augusta · Fujisankei Classic · ANA Open · Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open (A) · Coca-Cola Tokai Classic · Canon Open · Japan Open Golf Championship · Bridgestone Open · mynavi ABC Championship · The Championship by Lexus · Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters · Dunlop Phoenix · Casio World Open · Golf Nippon Series JT Cup · Hitachi 3Tours Championship (unofficial event) (A) - co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.