Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

Tournament information
Location	Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
Established	1972
Course(s)	Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course
Par	72
Length	7,246 yards (6,626 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥200 million
Month played	November
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Hideki Matsuyama (2016)
To par	−23 as above
Current champion
Hideki Matsuyama

Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (三井住友VISA太平洋マスターズ, Mitsui sumitomo biza taiheiyō masutāzu) is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and in recent years at the Taiheiyo Club, Gotenba Course, Gotenba, Shizuoka and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded in 1972. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2016	Hideki Matsuyama (2)	Japan	265	−23	7 strokes	Song Young-han
2015	Shingo Katayama (2)	Japan	202*	−14	1 stroke	Thanyakon Khrongpha
2014	David Oh	United States	276	−12	1 stroke	Toshinori Muto
2013	Hideto Tanihara	Japan	275	−13	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa Masahiro Kawamura Tomohiro Kondo
2012	Ryo Ishikawa (2)	Japan	273	−15	1 stroke	Michio Matsumura
2011	Hideki Matsuyama (a)	Japan	203*	−13	2 strokes	Toru Taniguchi
2010	Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	274	−14	2 strokes	Brendan Jones
2009	Yasuharu Imano	Japan	275	–13	2 strokes	Kenichi Kuboya Han Lee
2008	Shingo Katayama	Japan	272	−16	Playoff	Yasuharu Imano
2007	Brendan Jones	Australia	274	−14	1 stroke	Toru Taniguchi
2006	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	275	−13	1 stroke	Toru Taniguchi
2005	Darren Clarke (2)	Northern Ireland	270	−18	2 strokes	Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2004	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	266	−22	6 strokes	Nozomi Kawahara Lee Westwood
2003	Kiyoshi Murota	Japan	272	−16	6 strokes	Ben Curtis Hiroyuki Fujita Kim Jong-duck
2002	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	272	−16	1 stroke	Hidemichi Tanaka
2001	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	270	−18	2 strokes	Yūsaku Miyazato (a) Shigeru Nonaka
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2000	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	274	−14	1 stroke	Keiichiro Fukabori
1999	Hirofumi Miyase	Japan	274	−14	Playoff	Darren Clarke Ryoken Kawagishi
1998	Lee Westwood (3)	England	275	−13	2 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
1997	Lee Westwood (2)	England	272	−16	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki Naomichi Ozaki
1996	Lee Westwood	England	206*	−10	Playoff	Costantino Rocca Jeff Sluman
1995	Satoshi Higashi	Japan	274	−14	4 strokes	Shigeki Maruyama
1994	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	270	−18	5 strokes	Bob Estes
1993	Greg Norman	Australia	272	−16	1 stroke	Yoshi Mizumaki
Taiheiyo Masters
1992	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	276	−12	1 stroke	Masahiro Kuramoto Bernhard Langer Tsukasa Watanabe
Visa Taiheiyo Masters
1991	Roger Mackay	Australia	272	−16	2 strokes	Yoshinori Kaneko
1990	José María Olazábal (2)	Spain	270	−18	5 strokes	Masashi Ozaki Bernhard Langer
1989	José María Olazábal	Spain	203*	−13	3 strokes	Isao Aoki Naomichi Ozaki
1988	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	281	−7	3 strokes	Yasuhiro Funatogawa
1987	Graham Marsh	Australia	276	−12	1 stroke	Tom Watson
Taiheiyo Masters
1986	Yasuhiro Funatogawa	Japan	274	−14	2 strokes	Larry Nelson
1985	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	280	−8	Playoff	David Graham
1984	Shinsaku Maeda	Japan	275	−13
1983	No tournament
1982	Scott Hoch	United States	278	−10	3 strokes	Masahiro Kuramoto
1981	Danny Edwards	United States	276	−12
1980	Norio Suzuki (2)	Japan	282	−6	Playoff	Masashi Ozaki
1979	Norio Suzuki	Japan	280	−8
1978	Gil Morgan	United States	273	−11	3 strokes	Jerry Pate
1977	Bill Rogers	United States	275	−9
1976	Jerry Pate	United States	279	−5	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
1975	Gene Littler (2)	United States	278	−6
1974	Gene Littler	United States	279	−5	5 strokes	Bert Yancey
1973	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	278	−6	Playoff	Bert Yancey
1972	Gay Brewer	United States	276	−8	Playoff	David Graham

* Indicates weather-shortened to 54 holes
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Main sources^[1][2]

References

External links

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