The Bridgestone Aso Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978 to 1993. From 1983, it was played at the Aso Golf Club near Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Originally contested over 36 holes as the Aso National Park Open, the tournament was extended to 54 holes in 1981, and then 72 holes from 1982.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1981, 1983–1993Aso Golf ClubAso, Kumamoto
1976–1980, 1982Aso Kogen Hotel Golf CourseUbuyama, Kumamoto

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upRef.
Bridgestone Aso Open
1993Japan Shigeru Kawamata276−122 strokesJapan Katsunari Takahashi
1992Australia Peter Senior281−71 strokeCanada Rick Gibson
1991Japan Kiyoshi Murota208−82 strokesJapan Taisei Inagaki
1990Japan Teruo Sugihara213−32 strokesJapan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1989Australia Craig Parry272−166 strokesJapan Yoshiyuki Isomura
1988Australia Ian Baker-Finch282−61 strokeJapan Tadami Ueno
1987Japan Norio Mikami280−84 strokesUnited States David Ishii Japan Shuichi Sano
1986Australia Brian Jones240−121 strokeJapan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1985Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan280−8PlayoffJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
1984Japan Hideto Shigenobu283−5PlayoffJapan Katsuji Hasegawa Japan Akira Yabe
1983Japan Fujio Kobayashi213−3PlayoffJapan Tadami Ueno
1982Japan Tōru Nakamura283−53 strokesJapan Shigeru Uchida
Aso National Park Open
1981Japan Saburo Fujiki213−31 strokeJapan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
1980Japan Masaji Kusakabe109+11 strokeJapan Yurio Akitomi Japan Namio Takasu
1979Japan Takashi Kurihara149+5PlayoffJapan Shinsaku Maeda Japan Haruo Yasuda
1978Japan Tadami Ueno143−1PlayoffJapan Tatsuo Fujima Japan Teruo Suzumura
1977Japan Yukio Noguchi213−32 strokesJapan Kikuo Arai Japan Seiichi Kanai
1976Japan Norio Suzuki138−62 strokesJapan Tomomi Suzuki

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