Kansai Open

Kansai Open
Tournament information
Location Varies – Higashiōmi, Shiga in 2015
Established 1926
Course(s) Varies – Meishin Youkaichi Country Club in 2015
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥60,000,000
Month played May
Current champion
Japan Koumei Oda

The Kansai Open (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技 Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a golf tournament in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and returned again in 2009. The 2012 event was the 78th edition. It is played in August/September at a variety of courses in Kansai region.

Winners

YearPlayerCountryVenueLocationScoreTo par1st prize (¥)Purse (¥)
2014 Koumei Oda  Japan Rokko Country ClubNishinomiya, Hyōgo273−15 12,000,00060,000,000
2013 Brad Kennedy  Australia Olympic Golf ClubMiki, Hyōgo206−10^ 12,000,00060,000,000
2012 Toshinori Muto  Japan Izumigaoka Country ClubSakai, Osaka266−18 12,000,00060,000,000
2011 Cho Min-gyu  South Korea Ono Golf ClubOno, Hyōgo270−14 10,000,00050,000,000
2010 Shigeru Nonaka  Japan Tanabe Country ClubKyōtanabe, Kyoto269−11 10,000,00050,000,000
2009 Hiroyuki Fujita  Japan Takarazuka Golf Club, New CourseTakarazuka, Hyōgo264−20 10,000,00050,000,000

PO Indicates a win in a playoff
^ Indicates weather-shortened to 54 holes

Future sites

Year Edition Course Location Dates Times hosted
2015 81st Meishin Youkaichi Country Club Higashiōmi, Shiga May 21–24 1981
2016 82nd Hashimoto Country Club Hashimoto, Wakayama TBA Never

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