The Bridgestone Open(ブリヂストンオープンゴルフトーナメント, Burijisuton ōpun gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.

The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Tournament hosts

In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upRef.
Bridgestone Open
2021Japan Tomoyasu Sugiyama265−193 strokesJapan Naoyuki Kataoka Japan Jinichiro Kozuma
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019Japan Shugo Imahira (2)131−111 strokeUnited States Seungsu Han Japan Hiroyuki Fujita Japan Tomoharu Otsuki Japan Akio Sadakata
2018Japan Shugo Imahira268−161 strokeJapan Masahiro Kawamura
2017Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu133−92 strokesSouth Korea Lee Sang-hee
2016Japan Satoshi Kodaira270−141 strokeSouth Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
2015Japan Michio Matsumura275−92 strokesAustralia Adam Bland Japan Mikumu Horikawa Japan Yuki Inamori South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
2014Japan Koumei Oda269−151 strokeJapan Hiroyuki Fujita
2013Japan Daisuke Maruyama203−103 strokesSouth Korea Jang Ik-jae
2012Japan Toru Taniguchi (3)272−121 strokeJapan Hiroyuki Fujita
2011Japan Toru Taniguchi (2)269−155 strokesJapan Shingo Katayama Japan Hiroo Kawai Japan Michio Matsumura Japan Koumei Oda
2010Japan Yuta Ikeda (2)265−233 strokesJapan Michio Matsumura
2009Japan Yuta Ikeda270−182 strokesJapan Kenichi Kuboya
2008Japan Azuma Yano267−214 strokesJapan Takao Nogami
2007Japan Shingo Katayama270−181 strokeAustralia Steven Conran Japan Keiichiro Fukabori Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2006Japan Taichi Teshima266−225 strokesJapan Kiyoshi Maita
2005New Zealand David Smail272−162 strokesJapan Toru Suzuki
2004Japan Toru Taniguchi272−161 strokeJapan Shigeki Maruyama Japan Shinichi Yokota
2003Japan Naomichi Ozaki267−21PlayoffAustralia Paul Sheehan
2002Australia Scott Laycock272−161 strokeJapan Shingo Katayama Japan Toru Taniguchi
2001Japan Toshimitsu Izawa274−141 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki
2000Japan Nobuhito Sato (2)272−161 strokeJapan Katsumasa Miyamoto
1999Japan Shigeki Maruyama (3)268−205 strokesJapan Toshimitsu Izawa
1998Japan Nobuhito Sato275−13PlayoffJapan Tateo Ozaki
1997Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)273−151 strokeJapan Shigeki Maruyama Japan Tateo Ozaki
1996Japan Shigeki Maruyama (2)272−162 strokesUnited States Brian Watts
1995Japan Shigeki Maruyama274−143 strokesUnited States Mark Calcavecchia Japan Masashi Ozaki Japan Shinichi Yokota
1994United States Brian Watts274−143 strokesUnited States Mark Calcavecchia
1993Japan Ikuo Shirahama271−175 strokesUnited States Mark Calcavecchia United States Nolan Henke Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1992Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (3)271−17PlayoffJapan Tetsu Nishikawa
1991Japan Isao Aoki134−101 strokeJapan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990Japan Saburo Fujiki274−14PlayoffJapan Akihito Yokoyama
1989Australia Roger Mackay277−111 strokeJapan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1988Japan Masashi Ozaki273−152 strokesJapan Isao Aoki
1987United States David Ishii282−6PlayoffJapan Hiroshi Makino Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1986Japan Tateo Ozaki276−122 strokesJapan Naomichi Ozaki
1985Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2)273−151 strokeJapan Isao Aoki
Bridgestone Tournament
1984Japan Masahiro Kuramoto279−9PlayoffTaiwan Chen Tze-chung Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita Scotland Sam Torrance
1983Japan Eitaro Deguchi274−141 strokeTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
1982Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (2)279−9PlayoffJapan Kikuo Arai
1981United States Hale Irwin275−138 strokesUnited States Bill Rogers
1980United States Bob Gilder283−51 strokeJapan Isao Aoki
1979United States Lanny Wadkins277−111 strokeJapan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
1978Japan Hiroshi Ishii (2)280−82 strokesJapan Fujio Kobayashi
1977Japan Fujio Kobayashi278−103 strokesJapan Haruo Yasuda
1976Japan Takashi Murakami282−6PlayoffTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan Japan Masaji Kusakabe
1975Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto283−53 strokesJapan Haruo Yasuda
1974Australia Graham Marsh278−101 strokeJapan Seiichi Numazawa
1973Japan Hiroshi Ishii275−132 strokesJapan Haruo Yasuda
1972Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan276−123 strokesUnited States Buddy Allin Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Notes

See also

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