Japan Open Golf Championship
Tournament information | |
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Location | Rittō, Shiga, Japan |
Established | 1927 |
Course(s) | Biwako Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,777 yards (6,197 m) |
Organized by | Japan Golf Association |
Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | ¥210,000,000 |
Month played | October |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 270 Masashi Ozaki (1994) 270 Yuta Ikeda (2014) 270 Yuki Inamori (2018) |
To par | −18 Masashi Ozaki (1994) |
Current champion | |
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Location Map | |
![]() ![]() Biwako CC 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. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan.[1]
The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million in 2021; it is also the tour's designated "Flagship 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 following year's Open Championship.
Winners[]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (¥) |
Venue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | ![]() |
275 | −5 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
31,500,000 | Murasaki (Sumire) |
2019 | ![]() |
285 | +1 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
42,000,000 | Koga |
2018 | ![]() |
270 | −14 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Yokohama (West) |
2017 | ![]() |
272 | −8 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Gifuseki |
2016 | ![]() |
275 | −5 | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
40,000,000 | Sayama |
2015 | ![]() |
275 | −13 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai (East) |
2014 | ![]() |
270 | −10 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
40,000,000 | Chiba (Umesato) |
2013 | ![]() |
274 | −10 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Ibaraki (East) |
2012 | ![]() |
292 | +8 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Naha |
2011 | ![]() |
282 | −2 | Playoff | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Takanodai |
2010 | ![]() |
271 | −13 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Aichi |
2009 | ![]() |
282 | −6 | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
40,000,000 | Musashi (Toyooka) |
2008 | ![]() |
283 | −1 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Koga |
2007 | ![]() |
283 | −5 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Sagamihara (East) |
2006 | ![]() |
277 | −7 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
40,000,000 | Kasumigaseki (West) |
2005 | ![]() |
282 | −2 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
24,000,000 | Hirono |
2004 | ![]() |
285 | −3 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
24,000,000 | Katayamazu (Hakusan) |
2003 | ![]() |
276 | −8 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
24,000,000 | Nikko |
2002 | ![]() |
271 | −9 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
24,000,000 | Shimonoseki |
2001 | ![]() |
277 | −7 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
24,000,000 | Tokyo |
2000 | ![]() |
281 | −3 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
24,000,000 | Takanodai |
1999 | ![]() |
298 | +10 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
24,000,000 | Otaru |
1998 | ![]() |
283 | −5 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
24,000,000 | Oarai |
1997 | ![]() |
286 | +2 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
24,000,000 | Koga |
1996 | ![]() |
282 | −2 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
24,000,000 | Ibaraki (West) |
1995 | ![]() |
277 | −7 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
16,200,000 | Kasumigaseki (East) |
1994 | ![]() |
270 | −18 | 13 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
18,000,000 | Yokkaichi |
1993 | ![]() |
281 | −3 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
18,000,000 | Biwako |
1992 | ![]() |
277 | −11 | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
18,000,000 | Ryugasaki |
1991 | ![]() |
290 | +2 | Playoff | ![]() |
18,000,000 | Shimonoseki |
1990 | ![]() |
281 | −7 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
18,000,000 | Otaru |
1989 | ![]() |
274 | −6 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
10,000,000 | Nagoya (Wago) |
1988 | ![]() |
288 | +4 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
10,000,000 | Tokyo |
1987 | ![]() |
279 | −9 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
10,000,000 | Arima Royal |
1986 | ![]() |
284 | −4 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
10,000,000 | Totsuka (West) |
1985 | ![]() |
285 | −3 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
10,000,000 | Higashinagoya |
1984 | ![]() |
283 | −5 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
10,000,000 | Ranzan |
1983 | ![]() |
281 | −7 | Playoff | ![]() |
8,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai |
1982 | ![]() |
277 | −7 | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
8,000,000 | Musashi (Toyooka) |
1981 | ![]() |
280 | E | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
8,000,000 | Nihon Line |
1980 | ![]() |
296 | E | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
8,000,000 | Sagamihara (East) |
1979 | ![]() |
285 | −3 | Playoff | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8,000,000 | Hino |
1978 | ![]() |
281 | −7 | Playoff | ![]() |
10,000,000 | Yokohama (West) |
1977 | ![]() |
284 | E | 1 stroke | ![]() |
10,000,000 | Narashino |
1976 | ![]() |
288 | −4 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
10,000,000 | Central (East) |
1975 | ![]() |
278 | −10 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
8,000,000 | Kasugai (East) |
1974 | ![]() |
279 | −13 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
6,000,000 | Central (East) |
1973 | ![]() |
278 | −10 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
4,500,000 | Ibaraki (West) |
1972 | ![]() |
278 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Otone (East) | ||
1971 | ![]() |
282 | Playoff | ![]() |
Aichi | ||
1970 | ![]() |
282 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Musashi (Sasai) | ||
1969 | ![]() |
284 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Ono | ||
1968 | ![]() |
284 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sobu (East & Middle) | ||
1967 | ![]() |
282 | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
Hirono | ||
1966 | ![]() |
285 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sodegaura | ||
1965 | ![]() |
284 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Miyoshi | ||
1964 | ![]() |
288 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Tokyo | ||
1963 | ![]() |
283 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Yokkaichi | ||
1962 | ![]() |
287 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Chiba (Umesato) | ||
1961 | ![]() |
289 | Playoff | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Takanodai | ||
1960 | ![]() |
294 | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Hirono | ||
1959 | ![]() |
296 | Playoff | ![]() |
Sagamihara | ||
1958 | ![]() |
288 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
Takanodai | ||
1957 | ![]() |
288 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
Aichi | ||
1956 | ![]() |
285 | 8 strokes | ![]() |
Kasumigaseki (West) | ||
1955 | ![]() |
291 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
Hirono | ||
1954 | ![]() |
293 | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
Tokyo | ||
1953 | ![]() |
291 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Takarazuka | ||
1952 | ![]() |
279 | 11 strokes | ![]() |
Kawana Hotel (Fuji) | ||
1951 | ![]() |
288 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
Naruo | ||
1950 | ![]() |
288 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Abiko | ||
1942–1949: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
1941 | ![]() |
290 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
Hodogaya | ||
1940 | ![]() |
285 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Tokyo (Asaka) | ||
1939 | ![]() |
287 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
Hirono | ||
1938 | ![]() |
294 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
Fujisawa | ||
1937 | ![]() |
284 | 7 strokes | ![]() |
Sagami | ||
1936 | ![]() |
293 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Naruo | ||
1935 | ![]() |
296 | 8 strokes | ![]() |
Tokyo (Asaka) | ||
1934 | No tournament due to flood damage | ||||||
1933 | ![]() |
294 | 9 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
Kasumigaseki (East) | ||
1932 | ![]() |
298 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Ibaraki | ||
1931 | ![]() |
281 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
Hodogaya | ||
1930 | ![]() |
287 | 19 strokes | ![]() |
Ibaraki | ||
1929 | ![]() |
298 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Ibaraki | ||
1928 | ![]() |
301 | 7 strokes | ![]() |
Tokyo (Komazawa) | ||
1927 | ![]() |
309 | 10 strokes | ![]() |
Hodogaya |
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Son Shi-Kin changed his name to Koichi Ono in 1954 or 1955.
- ^ Defending champion Chen Ching-Po finished ahead of Kobari but was disqualified after signing for an incorrect score.
References[]
- ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
External links[]
- Official site (in Japanese)
- Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
Coordinates: 33°43′32″N 130°27′21″E / 33.7255°N 130.4557°E
Categories:
- Golf tournaments in Japan
- Japan Golf Tour events
- Recurring sporting events established in 1927
- 1927 establishments in Japan