Japan Open Golf Championship

Japan Open
Tournament information
Location	Varies – Kobe, Hyōgo in 2015
Established	1927
Course(s)	Varies – Rokko Kokusai Golf Club, East Course in 2015
Par	72 in 2015
Length	7,394 yd (6,761 m) in 2015
Organized by	JGA
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥200,000,000
Month played	October
Current champion
Satoshi Kodaira

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 2012, 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

Year	Champion	Country	Venue	Location	Score	Winner's share (¥)
2015	Satoshi Kodaira	Japan	Rokko Kokusai Golf Club, East Course	Kobe, Hyōgo	275 (−13)	40,000,000
2014	Yuta Ikeda	Japan	Chiba Country Club, Umesato Course	Noda, Chiba	270 (−10)	40,000,000
2013	Masanori Kobayashi	Japan	Ibaraki Golf Club, East Course	Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki	274 (−10)	40,000,000
2012	Kenichi Kuboya	Japan	Naha Golf Club	Yaese, Okinawa	292 (+8)	40,000,000
2011	Bae Sang-moon	South Korea	Takanodai Country Club	Chiba, Chiba	282 (−2)	40,000,000
2010	Kim Kyung-tae	South Korea	Aichi Country Club	Nagoya, Aichi	271 (−13)	40,000,000
2009	Ryuichi Oda	Japan	Musashi Country Club, Toyooka Course	Iruma, Saitama	282 (−6)	40,000,000
2008	Shingo Katayama	Japan	Koga Golf Club	Koga, Fukuoka	283 (−1)	40,000,000
2007	Toru Taniguchi	Japan	Sagamihara Golf Club, East Course	Sagamihara, Kanagawa	283 (−5)	40,000,000
2006	Paul Sheehan	Australia	Kasumigaseki Country Club, West Course	Kawagoe, Saitama	277 (−7)	40,000,000
2005	Shingo Katayama	Japan	Hirono Golf Club	Kobe, Hyōgo	282 (−2)	24,000,000
2004	Toru Taniguchi	Japan	Katayamazu Golf Club, Hakusan Course	Kaga, Ishikawa	285 (−3)	24,000,000
2003	Keiichiro Fukabori	Japan	Nikko Country Club	Nikkō, Tochigi	276 (−8)	24,000,000
2002	David Smail	New Zealand	Shimonoseki Golf Club	Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi	271 (−9)	24,000,000
2001	Taichi Teshima	Japan	Tokyo Golf Club	Sayama, Saitama	277 (−7)	24,000,000
2000	Naomichi Ozaki	Japan	Takanodai Country Club	Chiba, Chiba	281 (−3)	24,000,000
1999	Naomichi Ozaki	Japan	Otaru Country Club	Otaru, Hokkaido	298 (+10)	24,000,000
1998	Hidemichi Tanaka	Japan	Oarai Golf Club	Ōarai, Ibaraki	283 (−5)	24,000,000
1997	Craig Parry	Australia	Koga Golf Club	Koga, Fukuoka	286 (+2)	24,000,000
1996	Peter Teravainen	United States	Ibaraki Country Club, West Course	Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki	282 (−2)	24,000,000
1995	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	Kasumigaseki Country Club, East Course	Kawagoe, Saitama	277 (−7)	16,200,000
1994	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	Yokkaichi Country Club	Mie Prefecture	270 (−18)	18,000,000
1993	Seiki Okuda	Japan	Biwako Country Club	Shiga Prefecture	281 (−3)	18,000,000
1992	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	Ryugasaki Country Club	Ibaraki Prefecture	277 (−11)	18,000,000
1991	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	Shimonoseki Golf Club	Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi	290 (+2)	18,000,000
1990	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	Otaru Country Club	Otaru, Hokkaido	281 (−7)	18,000,000
1989	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	Nagoya Golf Club, Wago Course	Tōgō, Aichi	274 (−6)	10,000,000
1988	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	Tokyo Golf Club	Sayama, Saitama	288 (+4)	10,000,000
1987	Isao Aoki	Japan	Arima Royal GC	Kobe, Hyōgo	279 (−9)	10,000,000
1986	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	Totsuka Country Club, West Course	Yokohama, Kanagawa	284 (−4)	10,000,000
1985	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	Higashinagoya Country Club	Toyota, Aichi	285 (−3)	10,000,000
1984	Koichi Uehara	Japan	Ranzan Country Club	Ranzan, Saitama	283 (−5)	10,000,000
1983	Isao Aoki	Japan	Rokko Kokusai Golf Club	Kobe, Hyōgo	281 (−7)	8,000,000
1982	Akira Yabe	Japan	Musashi Country Club, Toyooka Course	Iruma, Saitama	277 (−7)	8,000,000
1981	Yutaka Hagawa	Japan	Nihon Line Golf Club	Kani, Gifu	280 (E)	8,000,000
1980	Shoji Kikuchi	Japan	Sagamihara Golf Club, East Course	Sagamihara, Kanagawa	296 (E)	8,000,000
1979	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	Taiwan	Hino Golf Club	Gamō, Shiga	285 (−3)	8,000,000
1978	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	Yokohama Country Club, West Course	Yokohama, Kanagawa	281 (−7)	10,000,000
1977	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	Narashino Country Club	Katori, Chiba	284 (E)	10,000,000
1976	Kosaku Shimada	Japan	Central Golf Club, East Course	Namegata, Ibaraki	288 (−4)	10,000,000
1975	Takashi Murakami	Japan	Kasugai Country Club, East Course	Kasugai, Aichi	278 (−10)	8,000,000
1974	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	Central Golf Club, East Course	Namegata, Ibaraki	279 (−13)	6,000,000
1973	Ben Arda	Philippines	Ibaraki Country Club, West Course	Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki	278 (−10)

1972 Hon Chang Sang – South Korea
1971 Yoshimasa Fujii – Japan
1970 Mitsuhiro Kitta – Japan
1969 Hideyo Sugimoto – Japan
1968 Takaaki Kono – Japan
1967 Tadashi Kitta – Japan
1966 Seichi Sato – Japan
1965 Tadashi Kitta – Japan
1964 Hideyo Sugimoto – Japan
1963 Toichiro Toda – Japan
1962 Teruo Sugihara – Japan
1961 Kenji Hosoishi – Japan
1960 Haruyoshi Kobari – Japan
1959 Chen Ching-Po – Taiwan
1958 Torakichi Nakamura – Japan
1957 Haruyoshi Kobari – Japan
1956 Torakichi Nakamura – Japan
1955 Koichi Ono^[1] – Japan
1954 Yoshiro Hayashi – Japan
1953 Son Shi-Kin ^[1] – Japan
1952 Torakichi Nakamura – Japan
1951 Son Shi-Kin ^[1] – Japan
1950 Yoshiro Hayashi – Japan
1942–49 No tournament due to World War II
1941 Tokuharu Nobuhara – Japan
1940 Tomekichi Miyamoto – Japan
1939 Toichira Toda – Japan
1938 Rin(Lin) Man-Puku – Japan
1937 Chin Sei-Sui – Taiwan
1936 Tomekichi Miyamoto – Japan
1935 Tomekichi Miyamoto – Japan
1934 No tournament due to flood damage
1933 Kodekichi Nakamura – Japan
1932 Tomekichi Miyamoto – Japan
1931 Rokuzo Asami – Japan
1930 Tomekichi Miyamoto – Japan
1929 Tomekichi Miyamoto – Japan
1928 Rokuzo Asami – Japan
1927 Rokuro Akahoshi – Japan

Future sites

Year	Course	Location	Dates	Times hosted
2016	Sayama Golf Club	Iruma, Saitama	Oct 13-16	Never
2017	Gifu Seki Country Club, East Course	Seki, Gifu	Oct TBA	Never
2018	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2019	Koga Golf Club^[2]	Koga, Fukuoka	Oct TBA	1997, 2008
2020	Murasaki Country Club, Sumire Course	Noda, Chiba	Oct TBA	Never

Source:^[3]

Notes

1 2 3 Son Shi-Kin changed his name to Koichi Ono in 1954 or 1955.
↑ "【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】". Japan Golf Association. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
↑ "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". Japan Golf Association. Retrieved October 5, 2014.

External links

Official site (Japanese)
Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site

Japan Golf Tour events

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