Okinawa Open
Tournament information | |
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Location | Yaese, Okinawa, Japan |
Established | 2002 |
Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Final year | 2005 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 270 Kiyoshi Miyazato (2004) |
To par | −14 as above |
Final champion | |
Tadahiro Takayama |
The Asia Japan Okinawa Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It was played each December from 2002 to 2005 and counted as the first official money event of the following season for both tours, that is for example the 2005 event was part of the 2006 season. The prize fund was US$830,000 each of the first two years.
Tournament hosts[]
Years | Venue | Location |
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2005–2006 | Naha Golf Club | Yaese, Okinawa |
2003–2004 | The Southern Links Golf Club | Yaese, Okinawa |
Winners[]
Year | Tours[a][b] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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Asia Japan Okinawa Open | ||||||
2005 | JPN, ASA | Tadahiro Takayama | 276 | −8 | Playoff | Kiyoshi Miyazato |
2004 | JPN, ASA | Kiyoshi Miyazato | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Hideki Kase Masahiro Kuramoto Mamo Osanai Jeev Milkha Singh Charlie Wi |
2003 | JPN, ASA | Hideto Tanihara | 279 | −9 | 3 strokes | Hiroshi Gohda Yūsaku Miyazato Charlie Wi Simon Yates Tsuyoshi Yoneyama |
2002 | JPN, ASA | Hiroyuki Fujita | 202 | −14 | 3 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato Ted Purdy |
- ^ JPN – Japan Golf Tour; ASA – Asian Tour.
- ^ The tournament formed part of the following year's season schedule for both the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour.
Earlier tournament[]
An earlier Okinawa Open was played at Awase Meadows golf course from 1961 until 1972.[1]
- 1972 Chen Chien-chin
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968 Frank Kadota
- 1967 Chen Chien-chin
- 1966 Hsu Sheng-san
- 1965 Bick Long
- 1964 Finegan Higa
- 1963 Kuo Chie Hsiung
- 1962 Kuo Chie Hsiung
- 1961 Horace Meredith
References[]
- ^ "12th Okinawa Open". Pacific Stars And Stripes. 29 October 1972. p. 18.
External links[]
- Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site (2003–2006)
Categories:
- Defunct golf tournaments in Japan
- Former Asian Tour events
- Former Japan Golf Tour events
- Sport in Okinawa Prefecture
- Recurring sporting events established in 2002
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2005
- Golf tournament stubs