Japan Open Golf Championship
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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.
The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million in 2022. Between 1992 and 2021 it was 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. Starting with the 2025 tournament, the winner also earned entry into the Masters Tournament.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (¥) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Japan Naoyuki Kataoka | 277 | −3 | Playoff | Japan Satoshi Hara | 42,000,000 | Nikko |
| 2024 | Japan Shugo Imahira | 276 | −4 | 1 stroke | Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita | 42,000,000 | Tokyo |
| 2023 | Japan Aguri Iwasaki | 272 | −8 | 2 strokes | Japan Ryo Ishikawa | 42,000,000 | Ibaraki (West) |
| 2022 | Japan Taiga Semikawa (a) | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | Japan Kazuki Higa | 42,000,000 | Sanko |
| 2021 | South Africa Shaun Norris | 265 | −19 | 4 strokes | Japan Yuta Ikeda | 42,000,000 | Biwako |
| 2020 | Japan Yuki Inamori (2) | 275 | −5 | 1 stroke | Japan Hideto Tanihara | 31,500,000 | Murasaki (Sumire) |
| 2019 | United States Chan Kim | 285 | +1 | 1 stroke | Japan Mikumu Horikawa South Africa Shaun Norris | 42,000,000 | Koga |
| 2018 | Japan Yuki Inamori | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes | South Africa Shaun Norris | 40,000,000 | Yokohama (West) |
| 2017 | Japan Yuta Ikeda (2) | 272 | −8 | 1 stroke | Japan Takumi Kanaya (a) | 40,000,000 | Gifuseki |
| 2016 | Japan Hideki Matsuyama | 275 | −5 | 3 strokes | Japan Yuta Ikeda South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon | 40,000,000 | Sayama |
| 2015 | Japan Satoshi Kodaira | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Japan Yuta Ikeda | 40,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai (East) |
| 2014 | Japan Yuta Ikeda | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Japan Shingo Katayama Japan Satoshi Kodaira | 40,000,000 | Chiba (Umesato) |
| 2013 | Japan Masanori Kobayashi | 274 | −10 | 3 strokes | Japan Koumei Oda | 40,000,000 | Ibaraki (East) |
| 2012 | Japan Kenichi Kuboya | 292 | +8 | 1 stroke | Philippines Juvic Pagunsan | 40,000,000 | Naha |
| 2011 | South Korea Bae Sang-moon | 282 | −2 | Playoff | Japan Kenichi Kuboya | 40,000,000 | Takanodai |
| 2010 | South Korea Kim Kyung-tae | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | Japan Hiroyuki Fujita | 40,000,000 | Aichi |
| 2009 | Japan Ryuichi Oda | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Japan Yasuharu Imano Japan Ryo Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Musashi (Toyooka) |
| 2008 | Japan Shingo Katayama (2) | 283 | −1 | 4 strokes | Japan Ryo Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Koga |
| 2007 | Japan Toru Taniguchi (2) | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Japan Shingo Katayama | 40,000,000 | Sagamihara (East) |
| 2006 | Australia Paul Sheehan | 277 | −7 | 3 strokes | Japan Azuma Yano | 40,000,000 | Kasumigaseki (West) |
| 2005 | Japan Shingo Katayama | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes | Japan Ryoken Kawagishi Australia Craig Parry | 24,000,000 | Hirono |
| 2004 | Japan Toru Taniguchi | 285 | −3 | 4 strokes | Japan Toshimitsu Izawa New Zealand David Smail Taiwan Yeh Wei-tze | 24,000,000 | Katayamazu (Hakusan) |
| 2003 | Japan Keiichiro Fukabori | 276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Japan Yasuharu Imano | 24,000,000 | Nikko |
| 2002 | New Zealand David Smail | 271 | −9 | 4 strokes | South Korea Kim Jong-duck | 24,000,000 | Shimonoseki |
| 2001 | Japan Taichi Teshima | 277 | −7 | 4 strokes | Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 24,000,000 | Tokyo |
| 2000 | Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2) | 281 | −3 | 1 stroke | Taiwan Lin Keng-chi | 24,000,000 | Takanodai |
| 1999 | Japan Naomichi Ozaki | 298 | +10 | 2 strokes | Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara | 24,000,000 | Otaru |
| 1998 | Japan Hidemichi Tanaka | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Japan Naomichi Ozaki | 24,000,000 | Oarai |
| 1997 | Australia Craig Parry | 286 | +2 | 1 stroke | Philippines Frankie Miñoza Japan Seiki Okuda Japan Masashi Ozaki | 24,000,000 | Koga |
| 1996 | United States Peter Teravainen | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes | Philippines Frankie Miñoza | 24,000,000 | Ibaraki (West) |
| 1995 | Japan Toshimitsu Izawa | 277 | −7 | 1 stroke | Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 16,200,000 | Kasumigaseki (East) |
| 1994 | Japan Masashi Ozaki (5) | 270 | −18 | 13 strokes | United States David Ishii Japan Hideki Kase | 18,000,000 | Yokkaichi |
| 1993 | Japan Seiki Okuda | 281 | −3 | 5 strokes | Japan Masashi Ozaki | 18,000,000 | Biwako |
| 1992 | Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes | Canada Brent Franklin Japan Masahiro Kuramoto | 18,000,000 | Ryugasaki |
| 1991 | Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) | 290 | +2 | Playoff | Japan Noboru Sugai | 18,000,000 | Shimonoseki |
| 1990 | Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Japan Masashi Ozaki | 18,000,000 | Otaru |
| 1989 | Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | Australia Brian Jones | 10,000,000 | Nagoya (Wago) |
| 1988 | Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) | 288 | +4 | 1 stroke | Japan Isao Aoki Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 10,000,000 | Tokyo |
| 1987 | Japan Isao Aoki (2) | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan Nobuo Serizawa | 10,000,000 | Arima Royal |
| 1986 | Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Japan Isao Aoki Japan Masashi Ozaki | 10,000,000 | Totsuka (West) |
| 1985 | Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | Japan Hiroshi Makino | 10,000,000 | Higashinagoya |
| 1984 | Japan Koichi Uehara | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Japan Koichi Suzuki | 10,000,000 | Ranzan |
| 1983 | Japan Isao Aoki | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Australia Terry Gale | 8,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai |
| 1982 | Japan Akira Yabe | 277 | −7 | 5 strokes | Japan Yutaka Hagawa Japan Naomichi Ozaki | 8,000,000 | Musashi (Toyooka) |
| 1981 | Japan Yutaka Hagawa | 280 | E | 1 stroke | Japan Kenji Mori Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 8,000,000 | Nihon Line |
| 1980 | Japan Shoji Kikuchi | 296 | E | 1 stroke | Japan Isao Aoki Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa | 8,000,000 | Sagamihara (East) |
| 1979 | Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung | 285 | −3 | Playoff | Japan Isao Aoki Japan Koichi Uehara Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 8,000,000 | Hino |
| 1978 | Spain Seve Ballesteros (2) | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Australia Graham Marsh | 10,000,000 | Yokohama (West) |
| 1977 | Spain Seve Ballesteros | 284 | E | 1 stroke | Japan Takashi Murakami | 10,000,000 | Narashino |
| 1976 | Japan Kosaku Shimada | 288 | −4 | 1 stroke | Japan Tōru Nakamura Japan Takashi Murakami | 10,000,000 | Central (East) |
| 1975 | Japan Takashi Murakami | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Japan Seiichi Kanai | 8,000,000 | Kasugai (East) |
| 1974 | Japan Masashi Ozaki | 279 | −13 | 1 stroke | Japan Takashi Murakami | 6,000,000 | Central (East) |
| 1973 | Philippines Ben Arda | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Japan Isao Aoki | 4,500,000 | Ibaraki (West) |
| 1972 | South Korea Han Chang-sang | 278 | 1 stroke | Japan Masashi Ozaki | Otone (East) | ||
| 1971 | Japan Yoshimasa Fujii | 282 | Playoff | Japan Hideyo Sugimoto | Aichi | ||
| 1970 | Japan Mitsuhiro Kitta | 282 | 1 stroke | Japan Isao Aoki | Musashi (Sasai) | ||
| 1969 | Japan Hideyo Sugimoto (2) | 284 | 1 stroke | Japan Shigeru Uchida | Ono | ||
| 1968 | Japan Takaaki Kono | 284 | 1 stroke | Japan Kikuo Arai Australia Bruce Devlin Japan Namio Takasu | Sobu (East & Middle) | ||
| 1967 | Japan Tadashi Kitta | 282 | 3 strokes | Japan Tomoo Ishii Japan Teruo Sugihara | Hirono | ||
| 1966 | Japan Seiichi Sato | 285 | 1 stroke | Taiwan Chen Ching-Po Japan Tadashi Kitta Japan Shozo Miyamoto | Sodegaura | ||
| 1965 | Japan Tadashi Kitta | 284 | 1 stroke | Japan Seiji Kumada Japan Shigeru Uchida Japan Kenji Unno | Miyoshi | ||
| 1964 | Japan Hideyo Sugimoto | 288 | 1 stroke | Taiwan Chen Ching-Po Japan Kokuni Kimoto | Tokyo | ||
| 1963 | Japan Toichiro Toda (2) | 283 | 2 strokes | Japan Teruo Sugihara | Yokkaichi | ||
| 1962 | Japan Teruo Sugihara | 287 | 2 strokes | Taiwan Chen Ching-Po | Chiba (Umesato) | ||
| 1961 | Japan Kenji Hosoishi | 289 | Playoff | Taiwan Chen Ching-Po Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo Japan Isao Katsumata Japan Koichi Ono | Takanodai | ||
| 1960 | Japan Haruyoshi Kobari (2) | 294 | 5 strokes | Japan Yoshimasa Fujii United States Orville Moody Japan Shiro Matsuda Japan Koichi Ono | Hirono | ||
| 1959 | Taiwan Chen Ching-Po | 296 | Playoff | Japan Yumasa Shimamura | Sagamihara | ||
| 1958 | Japan Torakichi Nakamura (3) | 288 | 4 strokes | Japan Yoshiro Hayashi | Takanodai | ||
| 1957 | Japan Haruyoshi Kobari | 288 | 6 strokes | Japan Tomoo Ishii | Aichi | ||
| 1956 | Japan Torakichi Nakamura (2) | 285 | 8 strokes | Japan Haruyoshi Kobari | Kasumigaseki (West) | ||
| 1955 | Japan Koichi Ono (3) | 291 | 5 strokes | Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui | Hirono | ||
| 1954 | Japan Yoshiro Hayashi (2) | 293 | 3 strokes | Japan Michio Ishii Japan Haruyoshi Kobari | Tokyo | ||
| 1953 | Japan Son Shi-Kin (2) | 291 | 1 stroke | Japan Torakichi Nakamura | Takarazuka | ||
| 1952 | Japan Torakichi Nakamura | 279 | 11 strokes | Japan Shigeru Ishii | Kawana Hotel (Fuji) | ||
| 1951 | Japan Son Shi-Kin | 288 | 3 strokes | Japan Koshio Kurihara | Naruo | ||
| 1950 | Japan Yoshiro Hayashi | 288 | 1 stroke | Japan Yumasa Shimamura | Abiko | ||
| 1942–1949: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
| 1941 | Japan Tokuharu Nobuhara | 290 | 3 strokes | Japan Torakichi Nakamura | Hodogaya | ||
| 1940 | Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (6) | 285 | 2 strokes | Japan Toichiro Toda | Tokyo (Asaka) | ||
| 1939 | Japan Toichiro Toda | 287 | 5 strokes | Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui | Hirono | ||
| 1938 | Taiwan Rin Man-Puku | 294 | 3 strokes | Japan Toichiro Toda | Fujisawa | ||
| 1937 | Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui | 284 | 7 strokes | Japan Rokuzo Asami | Sagami | ||
| 1936 | Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (5) | 293 | 1 stroke | Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui | Naruo | ||
| 1935 | Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) | 296 | 8 strokes | Japan Toichiro Toda | Tokyo (Asaka) | ||
| 1934 | No tournament due to flood damage | ||||||
| 1933 | Japan Kanekichi Nakamura | 294 | 9 strokes | Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Philippines Larry Montes | Kasumigaseki (East) | ||
| 1932 | Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) | 298 | 1 stroke | Japan Akira Muraki | Ibaraki | ||
| 1931 | Japan Rokuzo Asami (2) | 281 | 4 strokes | Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto | Hodogaya | ||
| 1930 | Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) | 287 | 19 strokes | Japan Kokichi Yasuda | Ibaraki | ||
| 1929 | Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto | 298 | 2 strokes | Japan Kokichi Yasuda | Ibaraki | ||
| 1928 | Japan Rokuzo Asami | 301 | 7 strokes | Japan Kokichi Yasuda | Tokyo (Komazawa) | ||
| 1927 | Japan Rokuro Akahoshi | 309 | 10 strokes | Japan Rokuzo Asami | Hodogaya |
Future venues
- 2026：Tarao Country Club (West Course), Kouga City, Shiga
- 2027：Boso Country Club Boso Golf Course (East Course), Mutsuzawa Town, Chosei District, Chiba Prifecture
See also
Notes
External links
- (in Japanese)
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